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Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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February 19, 1953, Audubon Park, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.
9-10:15 a.m. OVC, occasional rain.
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds near flowering shrubery
Yellow-shafted Flicker ARCHILOCHUS COLARIS
Blue Jays
E. Mockingbirds
Robins
Ruby-crowned Kinglets
Cedar Waxwings
White-eyed VIREO - in trees behind bear cages.
Myrtle Warbler
Wilson's Warbler - 1 full male seen behind bear cages.
Boat-tailed Grackle - have thumping noise made with wings, too.
Cowbirds
Cardinals
White-throated Sparrows
Feb. 19, 1953, Chalmette National Historical Park, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.
11:45-12:30 p.m. CST.
Sparrow Hawk
Killdeer
Blue Jay
Eastern Crow
Fish Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Brown Breerer
Carolina Wren - 2 in arbor near bldg.
Mockingbirds
Robins
Ruby-crowned Kinglets
Golden-crowned Kinglets.
Starlings
Prairie Warbler - olivish head and back,
with yellow on face, yellow throat,
lighter below, very faint wing bars.
Probably an immature. Faint side stripes.
Myrtle Warbler
E. Meadowlark
Cardinals
Slate-colored Juncos
White-throated Sparrows.
Feb. 19, 1953 - Lake Ponchartrain Drive, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.
N. Orleans Airport west to City Park - 1315-1500 CST.
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Brown Pelican
Blue Heron
Common Egret
Lesser Scaups on wavy lake waters
Red-shouldered Hawk - along W side of Burma Road.
Coot - 50&
Killdeer
Ringbilled Gull
Herring Gull
Mourning Dove THALASSEUS MAXIMUS
Royal Tern -- full winter plumage - perched on top of post over water.
Yellow-shafted Flicker
Tree Swallows over lake
Blue Jays
E. Crows.
Fish Crows
Mockingbirds
Brown Thrashers
Robins
Cedar Waxwings
Water Pipits
Starlings
Shrike
Myrtle Warblers
Boat-tailed Grackes