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The most unusual was Tennessee Warbler (1, Grand Isle). Although not as abundant, 25 Red-breasted Nuthatches from 11 CBCs was also a relatively good count.Ī total of 14 species of warblers were found during the CBCs, representing a somewhat average winter. Similarly, a total of 601 Pine Siskins were reported from 17 CBCs. Purple Finches were in good numbers, with a total of 418 reported from 20 CBCs, plus one additional CBC report this species as a count week. Several undocumented reports of Evening Grosbeak (all flyovers) came from different parts of Louisiana during the Christmas Bird Count season, although none was accepted by the Louisiana Bird Records Committee. The large irruption of winter finches in the east touched into Louisiana this winter. Natchitoches (115) and Red River NWR (113) had the highest number of species among north Louisiana counts. Lacassine NWR-Thornwell tallied the most species (157) among the counts, with New Orleans making an excellent showing at 156 species, Palmetto Island at 154 species, and Baton Rouge at 147 species. Tammany), and Bullock’s Oriole (1, White Lake).Īmong the 27 Louisiana CBCs, 22 topped the 100 species mark. Tammany 1, Venice), Brown-crested Flycatcher (1, New Orleans), Couch’s Kingbird (1, Lacassine NWR-Thornwell), Tropical/Couch’s Kingbird (1, New Orleans) Mountain Bluebird (1, Sweet Lake-Cameron Prairie NWR), Black-headed Grosbeak (1, St. Ten Review List species and two species complexes were found during CBCs including Long-tailed Duck (1, Natchitoches 1, New Orleans), Red-necked Grebe (1, New Orleans), Western Grebe (1, Shreveport), Vaux’s Swift (24, Baton Rouge), Broad-billed Hummingbird (1, Baton Rouge), Pacific-slope/Cordilleran “Western” Flycatcher (1, New Iberia 1, St. The species total across all Louisiana CBCs was 250 species, plus an addition five species not countable per Louisiana Ornithological Society rules (Canada Goose, Muscovy Duck, Whooping Crane, Monk Parakeet, and Scaly-breasted Munia). A total of 1,625,599 individual birds were counted, with Red-winged Blackbird (551,705), Snow Goose (301,926), and Brown-headed Cowbird (216,862) topping the list and collectively representing 65.9% of all birds counted. In addition, 57 feeder-watchers provided 115.37 hours of count data. Tammany (32), the second most active CBC.

An average of 17.9 people participated in each count, with Baton Rouge (64) having twice as many participants as St. Even so, and despite the Covid-19 pandemic, a near high of 235 parties dedicated 1700 party-hours to count birds. Lake Charles and Sabine NWR CBCs were not conducted because of extreme impacts in the region from Hurricanes Laura and Delta during the fall. Reserve-Bonnet Carré CBC was not conducted this year after the retirement of the compiler. During the 2020-2021 (121 st) Audubon Christmas Bird Count, Louisiana birders conducted 27 counts, down from the previous high of 30 counts.