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the one where the great kiskadee hides in the bushes and makes weird mewing sounds 2004-01-03 - 6:24 p.m. This morning I took an hour to do a feeder watch. When I first started at 7 A.M. dozens upon dozens and then hundreds upon hundreds of Red-Winged Blackbirds came flying over. The Rufous/Allen's hummingbird visited the feeder three times before 8 A.M. Later BF and I went on the Great Kiskadee hunt at Bayou Sauvage. We heard it but we didn't see it, although another woman saw it when we were trying to look from the other side of the shrubs. I don't want to count a "heard only" as my first sight record for the state, so I'm not counting it. I did get a nice Blue-Headed Vireo which was nicely marked with bright yellow sides and those big white spectacles. The spectacles must have reminded me of the Plumbeous Vireo which I saw out west, because I didn't realize it was a life bird until I got home and checked my list. It was much more vividly colored than a Plumbeous Vireo, of course. Notable: A female American Kestrel posed up close for us to admire. Later, at the overlook, we saw a splendidly marked male American Kestrel with prey. A crow chased the bird, but he didn't drop his prey. Good for the little guy. Global Warming Note: We saw a Red-bellied Woodpecker drilling out a nest hole. Two sulphur butterflies and a number of dragonflies were out enjoying the temperatures in the mid-70s. Here's the list: American White Pelican Brown Pelican Double-crested Cormorant Anhinga Great Egret Tricolored Heron Little Blue Heron Snowy Egret White Ibis American Wigeon Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Cooper's Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel American Coot Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs American Herring Gull -- on the bridge Laughing Gull Royal Tern Forster's Tern Rock Dove -- in Mandeville Eurasian Collared-Dove -- in neighborhood Mourning Dove Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird -- yard Red-bellied Woodpecker -- lots! Downy Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe Tree Swallow Ruby-crowned Kinglet -- only one Cedar Waxwing Carolina Wren -- yard Northern Mockingbird -- everywhere American Robin -- only one Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Carolina Chickadee -- ubiquitous Tufted Titmouse -- yard Blue Jay -- yard American Crow -- yard and Bayou Sauvage Fish Crow Blue-headed Vireo Yellow-rumped Warbler -- many in Bayou Sauvage Northern Cardinal -- yard Red-winged Blackbird -- yard, overflight, probably hundreds departing their night roost Common Grackle back - next All Rights Reserved, Copyright 2002-2017 by Elaine Radford