Date: 2/7/26 9:12 pm From: Paul Conover via groups.io <zoiseaux...> Subject: Re: [labird] Louisiana eBird trivia question
Tree Swallow seems likely. There's often a huge roost SW of Gibbstown
Bridge and they stay pretty late.
On 2/7/26 10:22 PM, Mac Myers wrote:
> Well, the number would have to be in the tens of thousands or more
> likely hundreds of thousands. It's hard to imagine catbirds in such
> numbers. Lesser Scaup might be possible, but that does seem a little
> late in spring. Perhaps a swallow--TRSW or NRWS? If the count were
> from October, I'd certainly pick Northern Rough-winged Swallow. I
> remember several October days with almost unimaginable numbers of
> rough-wings streaming west throughout the day. I've not seen such
> numbers in spring, but....
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> On Sat, Feb 7, 2026 at 7:19 PM Paul Conover via groups.io
> <http://groups.io> <zoiseaux...> wrote:
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> I recall some huge movements of Lesser Scaup, and some huge
> estimates,
> but April seems a bit late.
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> Paul Conover
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> On 2/7/26 1:54 PM, Peter H Yaukey via groups.io <http://groups.io> > wrote:
> > 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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