Date: 2/7/26 12:36 pm From: Mac Myers via groups.io <budogmacm...> Subject: Re: [labird] Louisiana eBird trivia question
I have no idea what it is, but whatever it is will be a surprise to
me--given that it is from late April in Cameron. I would have thought that
an all time high would be of a blackbird, probably Red-winged and during
mid-winter, and not from a coastal or near-coastal site. I seem to recall
such counts in the hundreds of thousands or even millions, but maybe they
never made it into eBird. In fact, I definitely recall some controversial
control measures involving aerial spraying of detergents onto huge
Brown-headed Cowbird winter roosts.
On Sat, Feb 7, 2026 at 1:54 PM Peter H Yaukey via groups.io <pyaukey=
<uno.edu...> wrote:
> LaBirders:
>
> 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.
>
> This prompts me to post this trivia question: what was the species?
>
> 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.
>
> Peter Yaukey
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