Date: 2/17/26 3:10 am From: Peter H Yaukey via groups.io <pyaukey...> Subject: Re: [labird] Louisiana eBird trivia question
Sorry for the late reply!
I do not have any kind of overall population estimate on hand for the species, but I would not think it was approaching a majority. Very numerous and widespread species.
PY
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Just wondering. With those numbers could the events comprise the majority of those species?
Thanks. Sandra
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From: "John Dillon via groups.io" <kisforkryptonite...>
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Subject: Re: [labird] Louisiana eBird trivia question
I confess I already knew it. I’m a nerd for numbers. 10 million if I recall correctly? I once had an estimated million Tree Swallows in late March at Rockefeller with photos and videos. It was insane.
JD
> On Feb 9, 2026, at 3:10 PM, Peter H Yaukey via groups.io <pyaukey...> wrote:
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> And the answer is...Tree Swallow.
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> Good job Rob, John, Mac, Paul, and Annie for sleuthing it out.
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> The list is by Van Remsen (w Paul Ehrlich!), and has no more details than "Southern Cameron Parish", so I cannot tell whether they could have been associated with a roost/tornado or just a migratory passage.
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> And although this is the highest count of any species on any eBird list nationwide, I do recall (as Mac referenced) that there were multiple tens of millions of Redwings and likely Cowbirds and Starlings at that crazy roost in the Pine Prairie CBC circle during the winters in the 90s, which apparently have not yet been entered into eBird. There is a high count of BHCO that is currently #4 for any species nationwide (see screenshot below) that I believe is from that roost (see screenshot below).
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> Van, if you see this and can recall the specifics of any of this, would enjoy to hear your comments.
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> PY
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> those swallow tornadoes !
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> On Mon, Feb 9, 2026 at 7:11 AM Kevin Colley via groups.io<http://groups.io/> <Kcolley71...><mailto:<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<http://groups.io/> <rcdobbs...><mailto:<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<http://groups.io/> <pyaukey=
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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 made
>>> 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 so
>>> 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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