Date: 2/9/26 7:47 am From: Anne Gaiennie via groups.io <annegaiennie...> Subject: Re: [labird] Louisiana eBird trivia question
those swallow tornadoes !
On Mon, Feb 9, 2026 at 7:11 AM Kevin Colley via groups.io <Kcolley71=
<gmail.com...> wrote:
> What about Plegadis?
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> If I get it right, do I win anything? 🙂
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> Kevin Colley
> New Orleans
> > On Feb 8, 2026, at 10:26 AM, Rob Dobbs via groups.io <rcdobbs=
> <gmail.com...> wrote:
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> > I'm voting Tree Swallow, too.
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> > Robert Dobbs
> > Lafayette, LA
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> >> On Sat, Feb 7, 2026, 13:54 Peter H Yaukey via groups.io <pyaukey=
> >> <uno.edu...> wrote:
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> >> LaBirders:
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> >> I happened to notice just now that the single highest count of any bird
> >> species in the USA on eBird, belongs to Louisiana. It is from a list
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> >> in Cameron Parish on 4/20/1988.
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> >> This prompts me to post this trivia question: what was the species?
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> >> Rather than ending the competition when I receive the first correct
> >> answer, I will let folks keep posting their guesses (please Reply All
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> >> everyone can see). When these are accumulated, I will post the answer.
> >> Searching maxima for LA or USA in eBird is of course, forbidden.
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> >> Peter Yaukey
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