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Feeding: eat many insects. Grasshoppers are their favorite, but they also eat beetles, caterpillars, wasps, and other tiny insects. Cowbirds tend to eat more plant material such as grass and weed seeds, various grains, and occasionally wild fruits.
Habitat: found in a variety of habitats from cultivated areas to the suburbs. Nests in southern Canada and throughout the United States except in Florida. They winter in the central and southern parts of the United States and Florida.
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Brown-headed Cowbird
Molothrus ater
Cowbirds are nest parasites. They lay their eggs in the nests of other birds and leave them to be taken care of by the unknowing foster parents. Two to five other young birds die for each of the young cowbirds fostered.
Description: usually between 6-8 inches long. The cowbird is generally black with a glossy brown head.
Nesting: 4 or 5 white eggs with a light dusting of brown specks, laid one at a time in the nest of other songbirds.
ing: eats many insects. Grasshoppers are its favorite, but it also eats beetles, caterpillars, wasps, and other tiny insects. Cowbirds tend to eat more plant material such as grass and weed seeds, various grains, and occasionally wild fruits.
Habitat: found in a variety of habitats from cultivated areas to the suburbs. Nests in southern Canada and throughout the U.S. except in the Florida. They winter in the central and southern parts of the U.S. and Florida.
Park Status: year round residents of the parks wooded areas and pastures surronding the park. k. rk. k. k. k.
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Feeding: especially like berries, wild and cultivated. Waxwings also eat sap from maple trees, flower petals from apple and pecan trees, and a variety of insects, especially elm leaf beetles, weevils, and cankerworms.
Habitat: open woodlands, orchards, and residential areas. Waxwings nest from southeastern Newfoundland south throughout the temperate United States. They wander irregularly farther south and east during the winter.
Park Status: can be seen in the open wooded areas of the park during the winter and spring months.
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Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
If you see one waxwing, you will definitely see several because they form groups that perch and fly together. They also have a strange habit of passing berries from one bird to the next down a line sitting on a branch, until one of the birds finally eats the berry.
Description: smaller than a robin, usually 6-8" long. They are sleek, very pretty brown-shaded birds with black masks and crests, yellow tips on their tails, and red wax-like tips on their wings.
Nesting: 4-6 blue-gray eggs with dark brown and black spots, laid in a bulky cup-shaped nest made of twigs and grass placed in a tree in the open.
like berries, wild and cultivated. Waxwings also eat sap from maple trees, flower petals from apple and pecan trees, a variety of insects especially elm leaf beetles, weevils, and cankerworms.
Habitat: open woodlands, orchards, and residential areas. Waxwings nest from southeastern
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south and east during the winter.
Park Status: can be seen in the open wooded areas of the park during the winter and spring months.
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On the wintering grounds in Louisiana, redheads stay in shallow marine grassbeds where they can find abundant food. They stay in open water, away from the shoreline, so they can keep an eye out for predators. On the northern breeding grounds, they nest in smaller wetlands vegetated with bulrush, a plant that grows 10 feet in height! They build their nests in this tall vegetation so they will be hidden from predators....
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Habitat: found in a variety of habitats from cultivated areas to the suburbs. Nests in southern Canada and throughout the United States except in Florida. They winter in the central and southern parts of the United States and Florida.
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Molothrus ater
Cowbirds are nest parasites. They lay their eggs in the nests of other birds and leave them to be taken care of by the unknowing foster parents. Two to five other young birds die for each of the young cowbirds fostered.
Description: usually between 6-8 inches long. The cowbird is generally black with a glossy brown head.
Nesting: 4 or 5 white eggs with a light dusting of brown specks, laid one at a time in the nest of other songbirds.
ing: eats many insects. Grasshoppers are its favorite, but it also eats beetles, caterpillars, wasps, and other tiny insects. Cowbirds tend to eat more plant material such as grass and weed seeds, various grains, and occasionally wild fruits.
Habitat: found in a variety of habitats from cultivated areas to the suburbs. Nests in southern Canada and throughout the U.S. except in the Florida. They winter in the central and southern parts of the U.S. and Florida.
Park Status: year round residents of the parks wooded areas and pastures surronding the park. k. rk. k. k. k.
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On the wintering grounds in Louisiana, redheads stay in shallow marine grassbeds where they can find abundant food. They stay in open water, away from the shoreline, so they can keep an eye out for predators. On the northern breeding grounds, they nest in smaller wetlands vegetated with bulrush, a plant that grows 10 feet in height! They build their nests in this tall vegetation so they will be hidden from predators....
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Feeding: hop about on driftwood or partially submerged logs looking for beetles, spiders, or the larvae of aquatic insects. They will also cling to tree trunks to snatch up mayflies and caterpillars.
Habitat: wooded swamps and flooded bottomland forests. Prothonotary Warblers nest throughout the southeastern states and north into Minnesota, Michigan, and New York. They winter in the tropics.
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Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citrea
These warblers are so common in the southern swamplands that they are often called the golden swamp warbler. They are the only warblers in the eastern half of the United States to nest in tree cavities.
Description: 5" long, a size typical of most warblers. They are golden-orange with blue-gray wings and have large white spots on their tails.
Nesting: 6 creamy white, purple-spotted eggs are laid in moss-stuffed nests made in tree or stump cavities. These trees or stumps are almost always standing or leaning over water..ng: hops about on driftwood or partially submerged logs looking for beetles, spiders, or the larvae of aquatic insects. Theywill also cling to tree trunks to snatch up mayflies and caterpillars.
Habitat: wooded swamps and flooded bottomland forests. Prothonotarys nest throughout the southeastern states and north in to Minnesota, Michigan, and New York. They winter in the tropics.
Park Status: Caddos swamp and bottomland forest provide excellent nesting areas during the spring and summer months.
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On the wintering grounds in Louisiana, redheads stay in shallow marine grassbeds where they can find abundant food. They stay in open water, away from the shoreline, so they can keep an eye out for predators. On the northern breeding grounds, they nest in smaller wetlands vegetated with bulrush, a plant that grows 10 feet in height! They build their nests in this tall vegetation so they will be hidden from predators....
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Feeding: snatches insects out of the air, especially honeybees. They also feed on wasp grubs, beetles, weevils, moths, and dragonflies. Occasionally, they will feed on blackberries.
Habitat: open woodlands, particularly the dry oak and mixed forests of the southern states. They winter in the tropics.
Park Status: relatively common, but not easily seen during the spring and summer months of Caddo.
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Because of its habit of eating honey bees, the summer tanger is often called the bee bird. Despite its bright colors, it is difficult to find.
Description: smaller than a robin, usually about 7 inches or 8 inches long. Males are a solid rose red and the females are olive green with orange-yellow throats and bellies.
Nesting: 3 or 4 brown-spotted, blue green eggs laid in a loosely made, cup-shaped nest placed near the end of a horizontal branch of a dogwood, oak, or pine tree.
nsects out of the air especially honeybees. They also feed on wasp grubs, beetles, weevils, moths, and dragonflies. Occasionally, they will feed on blackberries.
Habitat: open woodlands particularly the dry oak and mixed forests of the southern states. They winter in the tropics.
Park Status: relatively common, but not easily seen during the spring and summer months of Caddo.
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On the wintering grounds in Louisiana, redheads stay in shallow marine grassbeds where they can find abundant food. They stay in open water, away from the shoreline, so they can keep an eye out for predators. On the northern breeding grounds, they nest in smaller wetlands vegetated with bulrush, a plant that grows 10 feet in height! They build their nests in this tall vegetation so they will be hidden from predators....
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Nesting: 5-7 brown-spotted white eggs laid in leaf- and grass-lined stick nests placed in almost any available cavity.
Feeding: eat mostly insects. Cotton boll weevils, cucumber beetles, and crickets seem to be their favorites. They will eat sow bugs, roaches, lizards, tree frogs, and some wild berries.
Habitat: low, brushy vegetation from southeastern Canada to eastern Nebraska, Iowa, and southeastern Minnesota , and south to Florida, the nothern Gulf of Mexico States, Arkansas, and Mexico.
tatus: definitely heard throughout the year in the park and seen if you are patient.
Carolina Wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus
The Carolina wren's loud song can be heard throughout the day and throughout the seasons of the year. It is one of only a few birds who sing constantly. Because they do not migrate, heavy snows in the north can wipe out flocks of these wrens.
Description: at 5 inches, these wrens are about the same size as an English sparrow. Carolina wrens are mostly reddish brown with a buff-white throat and belly. They have very conspicuous white eyebrows over each eye.
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Feeding: eats mostly insects. The cotton boll weevil, cucumber beetle and crickets seem to be
its favorite. They will eat sow bugs, roaches, lizards, tree frogs, and some wild berries.
Habitat: low, brushy vegetation from southeastern Canada , to eastern Nebraska, Iowa, and southeastern Minnesota , and south to Florida, the nothern Gulf States, Arkansas, and Mexico.
Park Status: definitely heard throughout the year in the park and seen if you are patient.
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On the wintering grounds in Louisiana, redheads stay in shallow marine grassbeds where they can find abundant food. They stay in open water, away from the shoreline, so they can keep an eye out for predators. On the northern breeding grounds, they nest in smaller wetlands vegetated with bulrush, a plant that grows 10 feet in height! They build their nests in this tall vegetation so they will be hidden from predators....
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Feeding: especially likes carpenter ants. Pileateds also eat flies, mosquitoes, moths, grubs, acorns, beechnuts, and wild fruits and berries.
Habitat: old growth forests or bottomland forest areas from southern Canada into northern California , and most of the United States east of the Rockies.
Park Status: permanent resident of the dense forest areas of the park..
Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
Even though they are rather large, these woodpeckers are generally shy and hard to observe. To get a close look at one requires quiet, careful stalking. It is much easier to find their rectangular- shaped nest openings.
Description: large, 17" long, crow-sized woodpeckers. They are black with white stripes, white wing linings, and red crests. The males have a red mustache and the females are black.
Nesting: 4 white eggs are laid in rectangular nest openings in dead trees or tall stumps. Some of these nest holes are dug three feet down into the tree..eeding: especially likes carpenter ants. Pileateds also eat flies, mosquitoes, moths, grubs, acorns, beechnuts, and wild fruits and berries.
Habitat: old growth forests or bottomland forest areas from northern California, into southern Canada, and most of the U.S. east of the Rockies.
Park Status: permanent resident of the dense forest areas of the park.rk..rk.ark.ark.
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Feeding: especially like berries, wild and cultivated. Waxwings also eat sap from maple trees, flower petals from apple and pecan trees, and a variety of insects, especially elm leaf beetles, weevils, and cankerworms.
Habitat: open woodlands, orchards, and residential areas. Waxwings nest from southeastern Newfoundland south throughout the temperate United States. They wander irregularly farther south and east during the winter.
Park Status: can be seen in the open wooded areas of the park during the winter and spring months.
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Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
If you see one waxwing, you will definitely see several because they form groups that perch and fly together. They also have a strange habit of passing berries from one bird to the next down a line sitting on a branch, until one of the birds finally eats the berry.
Description: smaller than a robin, usually 6-8" long. They are sleek, very pretty brown-shaded birds with black masks and crests, yellow tips on their tails, and red wax-like tips on their wings.
Nesting: 4-6 blue-gray eggs with dark brown and black spots, laid in a bulky cup-shaped nest made of twigs and grass placed in a tree in the open.
like berries, wild and cultivated. Waxwings also eat sap from maple trees, flower petals from apple and pecan trees, a variety of insects especially elm leaf beetles, weevils, and cankerworms.
Habitat: open woodlands, orchards, and residential areas. Waxwings nest from southeastern
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Park Status: can be seen in the open wooded areas of the park during the winter and spring months.
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On the wintering grounds in Louisiana, redheads stay in shallow marine grassbeds where they can find abundant food. They stay in open water, away from the shoreline, so they can keep an eye out for predators. On the northern breeding grounds, they nest in smaller wetlands vegetated with bulrush, a plant that grows 10 feet in height! They build their nests in this tall vegetation so they will be hidden from predators....
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Feeding: cling to trunks of trees to dig out beetle grubs or get at insect cocoons and eggs. They eat many other types of harmful insects and poison ivy berries when insects are scarce.
Habitat: residents of open woodlands, parks, and gardens from Alaska across southern Canada and south throughout the United States except in the Southwest.
Park Status: Caddo's wooded areas provide an excellent home for downy woodpeckers.
Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens
The drummings and tappings of Downy woodpeckers are heard much more easily than the birds are seen because they quickly hide from intruders.
Description: usually not more than 6" long, they are the smallest of the woodpeckers. They are black and white and have short stubby beaks. The males will have a small red patch at the nape of their necks.
Nesting: 4 or 5 white eggs laid in a hole in a tree. Both the male and the female share the task of digging out the opening for the nest.
to dig out beetle grubs or get at insect cocoons and eggs. They eat many other types of harmful insects and the berries of poison ivy when insects are scarce.
Habitat: residents of open woodlands, parks, and gardens from Alaska across southern Canada, and south throughout the U.S. except in the southwest.
Park Status: Caddos wooded areas provide an excellent home for downy woodpeckers.
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Habitat: usually is a year round resident along rivers, lakes, inland swamps, and coastal areas of
the Atlantic Caost from Massachusetts, southern New England south to Florida,along
the Gulf Coast, and west into Texas.
Park Status: not as numerous as the American Crow. The Fish Crows are year round residents of
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The wood duck carries out its entire annual cycle within a forested wetland, including a mixture of habitats such as live forest, greentree reservoirs, rivers, oxbows, riparian corridors, beaver ponds, shrub-scrub, and robust emergent plants.
NEST: The wood duck nests in tree cavities or artificial nest boxes within about 0.6 mi (1 km) of water.
Omnivorous. Plant foods primarily include acorns, maple samaras, elm seeds, and moist-soil plant seeds. Animal foods consist mainly of insects, but also some aquatic invertebrates. Food habits of adult wood ducks are sex related and seasonally driven. During winter, nearly 100% of the diet of wood ducks consists of plant foods, of which 75% may be acorns. An increase in animal foods in the diet (to about 35%) occurs in both sexes in early spring. This percentage remains constant for the male wood duck through summer and fall while undergoing the Prebasic and Prealternate molts, but increases to about 80% for the female during egg laying. Female wood ducks increase the amount of invertebrates in the diet to meet daily protein needs during egg laying. After egg-laying, animal foods compose less of the females diet, while consumption of high-energy seeds increases to meet the daily dietary requirements of incubation. Wood ducks consume a variety of plant and animal foods, typically by pecking or dabbling at foods on the surface. Subsurface and bottom feeding are rare. Therefore, shallow depths are important to make food available to foraging wood ducks. Because wood ducks feed mainly on the surface or at the edge of wetlands, nonaquatic and aquatic-associated invertebrates make up a large percentage of the invertebrates consumed. Live-forest and emergent vegetation are common wood duck foraging habitats. Wood ducks do not forage readily in agricultural fields unless shallowly flooded, live-forest habitats are not available.
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This bird breeds in marshes and agricultural areas, usually where there are wetlands and also along the edge of hayfields, old fields, and pastures. It prefers areas with trees nearby and where habitat edges are abundant; it often perches on old erect vegetation. The red-wing is extremely territorial, partitioning territories into areas of several hundred square feet, thus efficiently limiting the numbers that can exploit a resource. It flocks in the winter and moves throughout fields and marshy areas.
SPECIAL HABITAT REQUIREMENTS: Standing vegetation along open fields and marshes.
NEST: Red-wings nest in deep narrow cups of grass, reeds, and weed rootlets, usually attached to emergent vegetation (particularly cattails) up to 12 feet above ground. They also nest in weeds and brush patches, croplands such as alfalfa and cereal grains, and even upland areas of mixed chaparral.
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Feeding: particularly fond of acorns. They also eat a variety of other plant foods such as cypress cones, the seeds from several kinds of moist soil plants, duckweed, water lily seeds, and wild marsh rice. Sometimes eat insects and small invertebrates during nesting time.
Habitat: wooded swamps, rivers, ponds, and freshwater marshes throughout most of the United States except the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains. They winter in the more southern areas of the country.
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Wood Duck
Aix sponsa
The wood duck is considered to be the most beautiful duck in North America. It is a native U.S. duck because it rarely, if ever, is found in any other country.
Description: one of the smaller ducks, usually only 17-20" long. The males are multicolored with iridescent greens, purples, and blues over the main parts of their bodies and a very distinct white chin patch and face stripes. Their bills are patterned in red, yellows, blacks, and whites, and their eyes are orange-red. The females lack most of this brilliant coloring.
Nesting: 9-12 whitish or tan eggs laid in down nests placed in natural tree s or artificial nest boxes.
eding: particularly fond of acorns. They also eat a variety of other plant foods such as cypress cones, the seeds from several kinds of moist soil plants, duckweed, water lily seeds, and wild marsh rice. Some insects and small invertebrates are eaten during nesting time.
Habitat: wooded swamps, rivers, ponds, and freshwater marshes throughout most of the U.S. except the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains. They winter in the more southern areas
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Park Status: permanent residents, nesting in the Cypress swamp and looking for acorns in the bottomland forests of the park.
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On the wintering grounds in Louisiana, redheads stay in shallow marine grassbeds where they can find abundant food. They stay in open water, away from the shoreline, so they can keep an eye out for predators. On the northern breeding grounds, they nest in smaller wetlands vegetated with bulrush, a plant that grows 10 feet in height! They build their nests in this tall vegetation so they will be hidden from predators....
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Feeding: eat insects, mainly grasshoppers and crickets stirred up by grazing cattle. They also perch on the cattle and pick off the ticks and other bugs. They will also eat leopard and cricket frogs and some toads.
Habitat: wetland areas for nesting and open fields and pastures for foraging. They can be found from California through most of the western states, east to the Great Lakes and Maine, and south to the Gulf of Mexico Coast.
tus: can be seen foraging in the fields and pastures surrounding the park and in the marsh areas during nesting season.
eas for nesting and open fields and pastures for foraging. They can be found
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south to the Gulf Coast.
Park Status: can be seen foraging in the fields and pastures surrounding the park and in the marsh areas during nesting season.
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Cattle egrets perched on the backs of cattle or just wandering around the pasture with them are familiar sights. These egrets introduced themselves into the United States by flying across the Atlantic from Africa.
Description: about 20" long, these are one of the smaller versions of herons. They have small, stocky, white bodies with buff coloring on their heads and chests during breeding season.
Nesting: 3-5 pale blue eggs laid in nests of sticks placed in a bush or tree in wetland areas.
insects, mainly grasshoppers and crickets stirred up by grazing cattle. They also perch on the cattle and pick off the ticks and other bugs. They will also eat leopard and
cricket frogs and some toads.
Habitat: wetland areas for nesting and open fields and pastures for foraging. They can be found
from California, through most of the western states, east to the Great Lakes and Maine,
south to the Gulf Coast.
Park Status: can be seen foraging in the fields and pastures surrounding the park and in the marsh areas during nesting season.
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The mallard inhabits ponds, lakes, rivers, streams, marshes, wet meadows, and wooded swamps of primarily mixed and shortgrass prairie; it also inhabits boreal forest regions on subarctic deltas. It winters on inland ponds and rivers with some open water and less commonly in coastal marshes.
NEST: The mallard typically nests on the ground in dry or slightly marshy areas within 300 feet of water, sometimes as far as 1.5 miles away in grasslands. It conceals its nest well in snowberry clumps, among weeds and grasses, in pastures, stubble, or cultivated fields, or in marsh vegetation; it rarely nests in cavities, on hollowed tops of stubs, or in tree crotches.
The food of the mallard is ninety percent plants, such as marsh grass, smart weed, widgeon grass, eel grass, etc. The other ten percent consists of insects such as mosquito larvae and different kinds of flies.
The mallard feeds by dabbling in shallow waters of ponds, sloughs, lakes, streams, and swamps and by grazing and gleaning in grainfields and meadows. It consumes seeds, acorns, nuts, waste grains, aquatic insects, mollusks, tadpoles, frogs, small fish, and fish eggs.
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Feeding: eats mostly plant material such as marsh grass, smart weed, widgeon grass, wild rice, and the seeds of the various marsh trees. They also eat mosquito larvae, a variety of flies, tadpoles, and fish eggs.
Habitat: marshes and flooded bottomland forests. Mallards nest from Alaska east to Quebec, south to southern California,east to Virginia, Texas, and into northern Mexico. They winter throughout the United States and South and Central America and the West Indies.
Park Status: seen in the swamp areas in the park and along the banks of Cypress Bayou throughout the year.
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Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Mallards are the most common, mostly easily identified, and most abundant ducks in the western hemisphere. The species is the ancestor of the majority of all domestic ducks.
Description: fair-sized ducks, usually from 18-27" long. Male mallards have an emerald green head with a white neck ring, a grayish-white body, a chestnut-colored breast, and an orange and black bill. Females are a drab, mottled brown with a white tail.
Nesting: 8-10 pale green eggs laid in shallow nests built on the ground hidden in the marsh grass.
stly plant material such as march grass, smart weed, widgeon grass, wild rice, and the seeds of the various marsh trees. They also eat mosquito larvae, a variety of flies, tadpoles, and fish eggs.
Habitat: marshes and flooded bottomland forests. Mallards nest from Alaska, east to Quebec, south to southern California,east to Virginia, Texas, and into northern Mexico. They winter throughout the U.S. and south to Central America and the West Indies.
Park Status: seen in the swamp areas in the park and along the banks of Cypress Bayou throughout the year.
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On the wintering grounds in Louisiana, redheads stay in shallow marine grassbeds where they can find abundant food. They stay in open water, away from the shoreline, so they can keep an eye out for predators. On the northern breeding grounds, they nest in smaller wetlands vegetated with bulrush, a plant that grows 10 feet in height! They build their nests in this tall vegetation so they will be hidden from predators....
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Nesting: 3-7 pale greenish-blue eggs laid on a shallow platform of sticks lined with grass and moss. Great blues nest in colonies, usually placing their nests in trees. At times, they will build their nests on the ground, concealed in reeds or swamp grass.
Habitat: lakes, ponds, rivers, swamps, or marshes from coastal Alaska throughout the United States and south to Mexico and the West Indies. Those in northern areas will migrate south for the winter.
Park Status: year round residents of the park.
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Standing motionless and alone in the shallow waters of a swamp or lake, the great blue heron is an awesome and intriguing sight. They are very territorial and solitary. A loud haunting squawk will warn intruders of invasion of the great blue's privacy.
Description: large herons, anywhere from 39-52" tall. They are mainly grayish blue with pale, yellowish bills and black legs.
Feeding: feed mostly on fish and frogs. Great blue herons spear their prey and then swallow them whole. They will also feed on dragonflies, salamanders, and small mammals.
esting: 3 - 7 pale greenish-blue eggs laid on a shallow platform of sticks lined with
grass and moss. Great blues nest in colonies, usually placing their nests in trees. Ther are times that they will build their nests on the ground, concealed in reeds or swamp grass.
Habitat: lakes, ponds, rivers, swamps, or marshes from coastal Alaska throughout the
US and south to Mexico and the West Indies. Those in northern areas will migrate south for the winter.
Park Status: year round residents of the park..k...the park.
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Nesting: 4 - 6 pale blue eggs laid in cup-shaped nests made of grasses and plant stems placed in tree cavities, old woodpecker holes, and bird boxes.
Habitat: open woodlands and treed farmlands east of the Rockies from southeastern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico Those living in the northern regions winter in the southern parts of the United States and in Mexico.
Status: year round residents of the park.
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialis
Nothing seems bluer than the bluebirds of spring. Nest boxes, put up to help increase declining populations, can be seen hanging on fence posts throughout the country. Bluebirds are a favorite of many and are also considered good luck symbols.
Description: no more than 7 inches long. Bluebirds are bright blue with rust-colored throats and breasts and white bellies and undertails.
Feeding: eat many harmful insects such as caterpillars, weevils, grasshoppers, and flies.
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Habitat: open woodlands and treed farmlands east of the Rockies from southeastern
Canada to the Gulf of Mexico Those living in the northern regions winter
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Park Status: year round residents of the park.
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Feeding: runs across the ground searching for earthworms. Robins also eat various insects such as weevils, grasshoppers, cicadas, termites, and caterpillars, and will eat wild fruits and berries.
Habitat: towns, gardens, open woodlands, and agricultural land. Nesting from western and northern Alaska, throughout southern Canada, and south to California, Texas, Arkansas, and South Carolina. They generally winter in the northern states.
Status: not easily found but are permanent residents of the park.
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
After the dreary months of winter, everyone looks for robin red-breast, the herald of spring. Robins used to be forest birds, but they have adapted very well to urban/suburban development. They are protected by the Federal Migratory Bird Law.
Description: on average, 10" in length. Robins are gray colored with a darker gray head and brick-red breast. They have long, slender black tails and pointed wings.
Nesting: 3-4 light bluish-green eggs (robin's egg blue) laid in nests made of mud and grasses usually in a fork or on a branch of a tree or shrub.
g: run across the ground searching for earthworms. Robins also eat various insects such as
weevils, grasshoppers, cicadas, termites, and caterpillar, and will eat wild fruits and
berries.
Habitat: towns, gardens, open woodlands, and agricultural land. Nesting from western and
northern Alaska, throughout southern Canada, and south to California, Texas,
Arkansas, and South Carolina. They generally winter in the northern states.
Park Status: not easily found but are permanent residents of the park.
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r though than an English sparrow, with a blue back and a brownish-red and white breast. The bird is present all year round in Louisiana but is more common in the winter when many of the northern birds migrate to Louisiana. The bluebird and robin both belong to the thrush family. Their song is a low, mellow warble.
The female bluebird lays about four or six pale bluish-white eggs. The young, when they get their first feathers, are decidedly brown streaked.
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(Sialia sialis)
This bluebird is a small bird, larger though than an English sparrow, with a blue back and a brownish-red and white breast. The bird is present all year round in Louisiana but is more common in the winter when many of the northern birds migrate to Louisiana. The bluebird and robin both belong to the thrush family. Their song is a low, mellow warble.
The female bluebird lays about four or six pale bluish-white eggs. The young, when they get their first feathers, are decidedly brown streaked.
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(Sialia sialis)
This bluebird is a small bird, larger though than an English sparrow, with a blue back and a brownish-red and white breast. The bird is present all year round in Louisiana but is more common in the winter when many of the northern birds migrate to Louisiana. The bluebird and robin both belong to the thrush family. Their song is a low, mellow warble.
The female bluebird lays about four or six pale bluish-white eggs. The young, when they get their first feathers, are decidedly brown streaked.
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(Sialia sialis)
This bluebird is a small bird, larger though than an English sparrow, with a blue back and a brownish-red and white breast. The bird is present all year round in Louisiana but is more common in the winter when many of the northern birds migrate to Louisiana. The bluebird and robin both belong to the thrush family. Their song is a low, mellow warble.
The female bluebird lays about four or six pale bluish-white eggs. The young, when they get their first feathers, are decidedly brown streaked.
GENERAL INFORMATION
(Sialia sialis)
This bluebird is a small bird, larger though than an English sparrow, with a blue back and a brownish-red and white breast. The bird is present all year round in Louisiana but is more common in the winter when many of the northern birds migrate to Louisiana. The bluebird and robin both belong to the thrush family. Their song is a low, mellow warble.
The female bluebird lays about four or six pale bluish-white eggs. The young, when they get their first feathers, are decidedly brown streaked.
GENERAL INFORMATION
(Sialia sialis)
This bluebird is a small bird, larger though than an English sparrow, with a blue back and a brownish-red and white breast. The bird is present all year round in Louisiana but is more common in the winter when many of the northern birds migrate to Louisiana. The bluebird and robin both belong to the thrush family. Their song is a low, mellow warble.
The female bluebird lays about four or six pale bluish-white eggs. The young, when they get their first feathers, are decidedly brown streaked.
GENERAL INFORMATION
(Sialia sialis)
This bluebird is a small bird, larger though than an English sparrow, with a blue back and a brownish-red and white breast. The bird is present all year round in Louisiana but is more common in the winter when many of the northern birds migrate to Louisiana. The bluebird and robin both belong to the thrush family. Their song is a low, mellow warble.
The female bluebird lays about four or six pale bluish-white eggs. The young, when they get their first feathers, are decidedly brown streaked.
GENERAL INFORMATION
(Sialia sialis)
This bluebird is a small bird, larger though than an English sparrow, with a blue back and a brownish-red and white breast. The bird is present all year round in Louisiana but is more common in the winter when many of the northern birds migrate to Louisiana. The bluebird and robin both belong to the thrush family. Their song is a low, mellow warble.
The female bluebird lays about four or six pale bluish-white eggs. The young, when they get their first feathers, are decidedly brown streaked.
GENERAL INFORMATION
(Sialia sialis)
This bluebird is a small bird, larger though than an English sparrow, with a blue back and a brownish-red and white breast. The bird is present all year round in Louisiana but is more common in the winter when many of the northern birds migrate to Louisiana. The bluebird and robin both belong to the thrush family. Their song is a low, mellow warble.
The female bluebird lays about four or six pale bluish-white eggs. The young, when they get their first feathers, are decidedly brown streaked.
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Feeding: forage from the canopy of the forest to the ground. They are omnivorous, eating mostly plant matter such as grain, weed seeds, and wild fruit. They will feast on insects, mice, frogs, and the even the eggs and young of other birds.
Habitat: deciduous forests and mixed woodlands that support oak, beech, hickory, and conifers throughout most of the United States east of the Rockies and in southern Canada. They winter in the more southern portion of their range.
rk Status: easily found in the wooded areas of the park throughout the year.
Feeding: forage from the canopy of the forest to the ground. They are omnivorous, eating mostly
plant matter such as grain, weed seeds, and wild fruit. They will feast on insects, mice,
frogs, and the even the eggs and young of other birds.
Habitat: deciduous forests and mixed woodlands that support oak, beech, hickory, and conifers
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Park Status: easily found in the wooded areas of the park throughout the year.
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Cyanocitta cristata
Raucous noise and flashes of blue; that is the oh-so-familiar blue jay. Surprisingly, these beautiful blue birds are members of the crow family. Blue jays are called "feathered tree planters" because of their habit of forgetting acorns and seeds that they have buried.
Description: on an average, about 12" long. They vary from a bright blue to a grayish blue with black and white markings on their tails and wings. Jays have black markings on their face and neck and a conspicuous crest.
Nesting: 3-6 spotted olive-green eggs are laid in well hidden nests placed in the crotch of forked branches high in the trees.
forage from the canopy of the forest to the ground. They are omnivorous, eating mostly
plant matter such as grain, weed seeds, and wild fruit. They will feast on insects, mice,
frogs, and the even the eggs and young of other birds.
Habitat: deciduous forests and mixed woodlands that support oak, beech, hickory, and conifers
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Park Status: easily found in the wooded areas of the park throughout the year.
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The cardinal is a bird of the thickets. It is found in cities around houses with a lot of shrubbery. It is in one of these bushes that it build its nest of rough sticks and lines it with finer materials. Three to four white eggs spotted with brown and lilac are laid.
SPECIAL HABITAT REQUIREMENTS: Dense forest understory or dense shrub habitat.
NEST: The cardinal builds a loose nest in dense shrubbery, small deciduous or coniferous trees, thickets, vines, briar tangles, or mesquite trees, generally less than 10 feet but may be up to 20 feet, above the ground.
Their food consists of insects, wild fruits, and seeds. This bird is very helpful to the farmer.
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Cardianlis cardinalis
That flash of red coming into view one minute and disappearing the next is the familiar cardinal. Cardinals seem to be a favorite with almost everyone because of their friendliness, bright color, and cheerful songs.
Description: average-sized birds, usually 8-9" long. Male cardinals are bright red with crests, black faces, and fat red beaks. The females are a buff-brown with red on their crests, wings, and tails.
Nesting: 3-4 maroon-spotted, pale green eggs laid in bowl-shaped nests of twigs, leaves, and grass concealed in tangles of thickets or vines.
eeding: primarily eats plant material such as weed seeds, wild fruits, and the blossoms, buds, and seeds of elm trees. They also eat many harmful insects, making them a farmers friend.
Habitat: year round residents of dense forest understory or dense shrub areas in southern Canada and throughout the southwestern and southeastern U.S. including the Gulf Coast.
Park Status: permanent residents of the dense shrubbery areas of the park.
Feeding: primarily eats plant material such as weed seeds, wild fruits, and the blossoms, buds, and seeds of elm trees. They also eat many harmful insects, making them a farmer's friend.
Habitat: year-round residents of dense forest understory or dense shrub areas in southern Canada and throughout the southwestern and southeastern United States including the Gulf of Mexico Coast.
: permanent residents of the dense shrubbery areas of the park.
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Habitat: usually is a year round resident along rivers, lakes, inland swamps, and coastal areas of
the Atlantic Caost from Massachusetts, southern New England south to Florida,along
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Park Status: not as numerous as the American Crow. The Fish Crows are year round residents of
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On the wintering grounds in Louisiana, redheads stay in shallow marine grassbeds where they can find abundant food. They stay in open water, away from the shoreline, so they can keep an eye out for predators. On the northern breeding grounds, they nest in smaller wetlands vegetated with bulrush, a plant that grows 10 feet in height! They build their nests in this tall vegetation so they will be hidden from predators....
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Feeding: darts from its perch to snatch dragonflies and other insects from the air, then circles and returns to its perch. They will also drop down to capture grasshoppers, katydids, spiders, and various wild berries.
Habitat: under the forest canopy in open woodland areas. They nest from southcentral to southeastern Canada and throughout the United States. Winters find them in Florida and the tropics.
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and summer in the open wooded areas of the park.
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st from south-central to southeastern Canada and throughout the U.S. Winters find them in Florida and the tropics.
Park Status: migratory breeders, usually seen in the spring and summer in the open wooded areas of the park.
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
These flycatchers have the mysterious habit of lining their nests with shredded snakeskins. They are very aggressive birds and will defend their territory by flying at intruders, clawing at them, and even tearing out feathers.
Description: usually 9 inches long with a 12-14 inches wingspan. They are brown-gray with a gray throat and pale yellow belly. The wings are cinnamon colored and have two dull white bars.
Nesting: 5 or 6 creamy white, brown-spotted eggs laid in cup-shaped nests placed in natural tree cavities or in abandoned woodpecker holes.
rom their perch to snatch dragonflies and other insects from the air then circles and returns to their perch. They will also drop down to capture grasshoppers, katydids, spiders, and various wild berries.
Habitat: under the forest canopy in open woodland areas. They nest from south-central to southeastern Canada and throughout the U.S. Winters find them in Florida and the tropics.
Park Status: migratory breeders, usually seen in the spring and summer in the open wooded areas of the park.
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On the wintering grounds in Louisiana, redheads stay in shallow marine grassbeds where they can find abundant food. They stay in open water, away from the shoreline, so they can keep an eye out for predators. On the northern breeding grounds, they nest in smaller wetlands vegetated with bulrush, a plant that grows 10 feet in height! They build their nests in this tall vegetation so they will be hidden from predators....
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They will battle with bumblebees to get to the nectar of these flowers. Rubys are attracted to artificial feeders, particularly red ones.
Nesting: 2 white eggs laid in a nest woven from soft plant material and spider silk and covered with lichen. The nests are placed in the branches of trees in forest clearings or near water.
Habitat: woodlands, parks, and suburban gardens from southern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico Coast. They migrate to the tropics for the winter.
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
These hummingbirds are one of the smallest and widest ranging of all the hummingbirds. Rubys are the only ones to nest east of the Mississippi River. Even though very tiny, they are fearless and will attack and chase kingbirds, crows, and eagles. They are the only birds that can fly backwards.
Description: no more than 3 1/2" long. They are metallic green with white bellies and needlelike bills. Adult males will have bright red throats.
Feeding: nectar sippers. They favor tubular red flowers such as salvia, columbine, and trumpet creeper. hey will battle with bumblebees to get to the nectar of these flowers. Rubys are attracted to artificial feeders, particularly red ones.
Nesting: 2 white eggs laid in nest woven from soft plant material and spider silk and covered with lichen. The nests are placed in the branches of trees in forest clearings or near water.
Habitat: woodlands, parks, and suburban gardens from southern Canada to the gulf coast. They migrate to the tropics for the winter.
Park Status: easily seen during the summer months.
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Feeding: forage from the canopy of the forest to the ground. They are omnivorous, eating mostly plant matter such as grain, weed seeds, and wild fruit. They will feast on insects, mice, frogs, and the even the eggs and young of other birds.
Habitat: deciduous forests and mixed woodlands that support oak, beech, hickory, and conifers throughout most of the United States east of the Rockies and in southern Canada. They winter in the more southern portion of their range.
rk Status: easily found in the wooded areas of the park throughout the year.
Feeding: forage from the canopy of the forest to the ground. They are omnivorous, eating mostly
plant matter such as grain, weed seeds, and wild fruit. They will feast on insects, mice,
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Habitat: deciduous forests and mixed woodlands that support oak, beech, hickory, and conifers
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These birds once nested mostly on islands along the coast in colonies of many thousands. Their nests are bulky structures of large sticks placed in mangrove trees or on the ground. Two or three large eggs are laid.
The pelican eats fish, but not the ones that are caught by fisherman for food. Gulf sardines and menhaden are the fish pelicans most commonly eat.
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The same nest may be used for many years by the same pair of hawks either for nesting or as an eating platform.
Feeding: birds of prey, red-shouldered hawks hunt in low searching flights for small mammals, snakes, insects, snails, and earthworms.
Habitat: remote areas in swampy woods. They can be found throughout eastern Canada, throughout the eastern and southern United States, and even into eastern Mexico.
Park Status: can be found during the spring and summer months in the bottomland and cypress forests particularily during mating season.
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
During most of the year, red-shouldered hawks are quiet, shy birds and not easily found. That all changes during nesting season when they begin their screaming, whirling mating flights.
Description: large, 16-24", long-winged hawks with white bars on their dark colored wings. They have rust-colored patches on their shoulders and on their bellies.
Nesting: 2-6 brown-blotched white eggs laid in large platform type nests built in the crotches of large trees anywhere from 20 to 60 feet up. same nest may be used for many years by the same pair of hawks either for nesting or as an eating platform.
-shouldered hawks hunt in low searching flights for small mammals,
snakes, insects, snails, and earthworms.
Habitat: remote areas in swampy woods. They can be found throughout eastern Canada,
throughout the eastern and southern U. S., and even into eastern Mexico.
Park Status: can be found during the spring and summer months in the bottomland and cypress
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On the wintering grounds in Louisiana, redheads stay in shallow marine grassbeds where they can find abundant food. They stay in open water, away from the shoreline, so they can keep an eye out for predators. On the northern breeding grounds, they nest in smaller wetlands vegetated with bulrush, a plant that grows 10 feet in height! They build their nests in this tall vegetation so they will be hidden from predators....
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eding: hops around looking primarily for ants, but will eat various other insects. Flickers will dart into the air to catch flying insects. Occasionally they will eat wild fruits and berries and grass and clover seeds.
Habitat: open woods and fields or coniferous woods and swamps from Alaska to Newfoundland and south to southern Florida, the Gulf of Mexico Coast, and into Mexico.
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Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus
Northern flickers have a brown-barred back and a white rump patch that is conspicuous in flight. Often found feeding on the ground, the northern flicker's diet, more that any other North American bird, consists largely of ants. They are also known as the yellow-shafted flicker and are the state bird of Alabama.
Description: large woodpeckers, usually 12" long. They have brown backs with dark bars and spots, and buff-colored breasts with black spots and a black crescent. There is a red patch on the nape of their necks and yellow linings on their wings.
Nesting: 6-8 white eggs laid in a tree cavity or power pole. Males usually pick the nest site and will often ects. Flickers will dart into the air to catch flying insects. Occasionally they will eat wild fruits and berries and grass and clover seeds.
Habitat: open woods and fields or coniferous woods and swamps from Alaska to Newfoundland, and south to southern Florida, the gulf coast, and in to Mexico.
Park Status: permanent residents of the park.
arge woodpeckers usually 12 long. They have brown backs with dark bars and spots and buff colored breast with black spots and a black crescent. There is a red patch on
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Nesting: 6-8 white eggs laid in a tree cavity or power pole. Males usually pick the nest site and will often return to nests of previous years.
Feeding: hops around looking primarily for ants, but will eat various other insects. Flickers will
dart into the air to catch flying insects. Occasionally they will eat wild fruits and berries and grass and clover seeds.
Habitat: open woods and fields or coniferous woods and swamps from Alaska to Newfoundland,
and south to southern Florida, the gulf coast, and in to Mexico.
Park Status: permanent residents of the park.
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Feeding: hops around looking primarily for ants, but will eat various other insects. Flickers will dart into the air to catch flying insects. Occasionally they will eat wild fruits and berries and grass and clover seeds.
Habitat: open woods and fields or coniferous woods and swamps from Alaska to Newfoundland and south to southern Florida, the Gulf of Mexico Coast, and into Mexico.
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Feeding: usually forages on the ground. Starlings eat clover weevils, cutworms, Japanese beetles, and various other insects. They will also eat grains, sprouting seeds, livestock feed, and domestic and wild fruits.
Habitat: very adaptable to a variety of habitats from Alaska through southern Canada, the United States, and into northern Mexico.
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European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
The starling can be distinguished from other black birds by its short tail and wolf whistle. Starlings came from Europe, and because they have no natural predators in this country they have multiplied to the point that they have become a pest.
Description: smaller than a robin, usually 7-8" long. They are chunky birds and are iridescent black with a long, pointed yellow bill and a short tail.
Nesting: 4-6 pale blue eggs laid in twig and grass mass nests placed in old woodpecker holes, natural tree cavities, or trees. They are very adaptable when choosing nest sites.
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Feeding: skillful at grabbing flying insects out of the air. They also feed on beetles, weevils, spiders, fruit of the bayberry, dogwood and cedar tree, and grass and goldenrod seeds.
Habitat: coniferous and mixed forest. They nest from northern Alaska through Canada, south and west to northern Mexico, and into Michigan, New York, Massachusetts, and Maine. They migrate south and into the tropics for winter.
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during migration and winter.
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Yellow-rumped Warbler
Dendroica coronata
The conspicuous bright yellow patch on the rump of these birds makes them easy to identify and also gives them their common name. The yellow-rumped warbler is also known as the myrtle warbler and Audubon's warbler.
Description: fairly typical warbler size, 5-6" long. They are usually bluish with streaks of black, have bright yellow rumps and crowns, two yellow patches on either side of their white bellies, and white spots on their tails.
Nesting: 4-5 brown-spotted white eggs laid in a bulky twig and grass nest that has been placed in some type of conifer.
skillful at grabbing flying insects out of the air. They also feed on beetles, weevils, spiders, fruit of the bayberry, dogwood and cedar tree, and grass and goldenrod seeds.
Habitat: coniferous and mixed forest. They nest from northern Alaska, through Canada, south
and west to northern Mexico, and into Michigan, New York, Massachusetts, and Maine.
They migrate south and into the tropics for winter.
Park Status: easily found in the cypress stands of the park during migration and winter.
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Feeding: being birds of prey, barred owls will eat mice and other rodents, birds, frogs, snakes, crayfish, and large insects.
Habitat: low wet woods and swampy forests. They can be found east of the Rockies throughout Canada and the United States and sometimes as far south as Mexico and Central America.
tatus: Caddo Lake, with swampy, secluded wooded areas, provides an excellant year round habitat for Barred owls.
Barred Owl
Strix varca
The barred owl is also known as the crazy owl, hoot owl, or swamp owl. It is a very noisy bird, making loud barking calls and screams even during the daylight hours.
Description: a large owl with a wing spread of 3 feet or more. It has a stocky, gray-brown body with bars of whitish color on its breast, hence its name. Barred owls do not have ear tufts.
Nesting: 2-4 white eggs are laid in unlined cavities of dead trees deep in the forest. Sometimes they will nest in abandoned crow, squirrel, or hawk nests.
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Habitat: low wet woods and swampy forests. They can be found east of the Rockies throughout Canada and the U.S. and sometimes as far south as Mexico and Central America.
Park Status: Caddo Lake, with swampy, secluded wooded areas, provides an excellant year round habitat for Barred owls.
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On the wintering grounds in Louisiana, redheads stay in shallow marine grassbeds where they can find abundant food. They stay in open water, away from the shoreline, so they can keep an eye out for predators. On the northern breeding grounds, they nest in smaller wetlands vegetated with bulrush, a plant that grows 10 feet in height! They build their nests in this tall vegetation so they will be hidden from predators....
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their powerful talons. Sometimes they will steal fish out of the grasp of smaller birds. They will eat ducks, turtles, rabbits, and even dead animals if fish are not plentiful.
Nesting: 1-3 white eggs laid in massive 6 feet by 6 feet stick nests. These nests are usually built near the top of the tallest trees in the area.
Habitat: lakes, marshes, rivers, and seacoasts, nesting from Alaska east through southern Canada and south throughout most of the United States except in the extreme southwest. They winter along the coasts and large rivers in much of the United States.
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Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephulus
Thought of as a symbol of courage and power, the bald eagle is our national bird. Bald eagles are endangered throughout most of the United States; however, they are making a slow comeback after a dramatic decline caused by pesticide poisoning in the 1960's.
Description: 30"-31" tall with a wing span of over 6 feet. The adults are dark brown with distinctive white heads and tails and yellow eyes and beak. Eagle young do not get their white head and tail until they are 4 or 5 years old.
Feeding: fish eaters, they snatch the fish off the surface of the water with lons. Sometimes they
ll steal fish out of the grasp of smaller birds. They will eat ducks, turtles, rabbits, and even dead animals if fish are not plentiful.
Nesting: 1 - 3 white eggs laid in massive stick nests that can be up to 6 in diameter and 6 tall. These nests are usually built near the top of the tallest trees in the area.
Habitat: lakes, marshes, rivers, and seacoasts, nesting from Alaska east through southern Canada and south throughout most of the US except in the extreme southwest. They winter along the coasts and large rivers in much of the US.
Park Status: more and more sightings are occurring during the winter months.
Habitat: usually is a year round resident along rivers, lakes, inland swamps, and coastal areas of the Atlantic Caost from Massachusetts, southern New England south to Florida,along the Gulf Coast, and west into Texas.
Park Status: not as numerous as the American Crow. The Fish Crows are year round residents of
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the coasts and large rivers in much of the US.
Park Status: more and more sightings are occurring during the winter months.
Habitat: usually is a year round resident along rivers, lakes, inland swamps, and coastal areas of
the Atlantic Caost from Massachusetts, southern New England south to Florida,along
the Gulf Coast, and west into Texas.
Park Status: not as numerous as the American Crow. The Fish Crows are year round residents of
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On the wintering grounds in Louisiana, redheads stay in shallow marine grassbeds where they can find abundant food. They stay in open water, away from the shoreline, so they can keep an eye out for predators. On the northern breeding grounds, they nest in smaller wetlands vegetated with bulrush, a plant that grows 10 feet in height! They build their nests in this tall vegetation so they will be hidden from predators....
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Feeding: darts from its perch to snatch dragonflies and other insects from the air, then circles and returns to its perch. They will also drop down to capture grasshoppers, katydids, spiders, and various wild berries.
Habitat: under the forest canopy in open woodland areas. They nest from southcentral to southeastern Canada and throughout the United States. Winters find them in Florida and the tropics.
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and summer in the open wooded areas of the park.
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st from south-central to southeastern Canada and throughout the U.S. Winters find them in Florida and the tropics.
Park Status: migratory breeders, usually seen in the spring and summer in the open wooded areas of the park.
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
These flycatchers have the mysterious habit of lining their nests with shredded snakeskins. They are very aggressive birds and will defend their territory by flying at intruders, clawing at them, and even tearing out feathers.
Description: usually 9 inches long with a 12-14 inches wingspan. They are brown-gray with a gray throat and pale yellow belly. The wings will be cinnamon colored and have two dull white bars.
Nesting: 5 or 6 creamy white, brown-spotted eggs laid in cup-shaped nests placed in natural tree cavities or in abandoned woodpecker holes.
rom their perch to snatch dragonflies and other insects from the air then circles and returns to their perch. They will also drop down to capture grasshoppers, katydids, spiders, and various wild berries.
Habitat: under the forest canopy in open woodland areas. They nest from south-central to southeastern Canada and throughout the U.S. Winters find them in Florida and the tropics.
Park Status: migratory breeders, usually seen in the spring and summer in the open wooded areas of the park.
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Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Sometimes known as the swamp blackbird, the red-winged blackbird is one of the most studied song birds in the world. Male red-wings will lock up a group of females in a harem.
Description: 7-9" long, with the males being completely black and having a bright red wing patch. The females and the young are streaked with brown.
Nesting: 3-5 blue, brown, and purple marked eggs laid in deep cups of marsh grass or reeds and usually attached to cattails or in weed patches in cropland areas.
eding: ominivorous, eating both plant and animal material such as grains, seeds, insects, spiders, and snails. Redwings will descend in large groups on cultivated fields to eat the grain.
Habitat: standing vegetation along open fields and marshes. They can be found from Alaska to Florida.
Park Status: can be seen and heard throughout the park especially along the edges of the marshes and old fields. They are year round residents of Caddo.do.....do..do..ddo.residents of Caddo.h in winter.
STATUS: Abundant.
The red-winged blackbird consumes a diet consisting of both plant and animal material, including a variety of grains and seeds, insects, spiders, mites, and snails. It often descends in large numbers on cultivated fields, eating a great deal of the grain. Nearly seven-eighths of the food of the red-wing is weed seeds and insects harmful to the farmer. It does eat a small amount of grain, but the good it does far outweighs the small amount of harm. This bird definitely should be protected because of the good it does for humans.
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This bird breeds in marshes and agricultural areas, usually where there are wetlands and also along the edge of hayfields, old fields, and pastures. It prefers areas with trees nearby and where habitat edges are abundant; it often perches on old erect vegetation. The red-wing is extremely territorial, partitioning territories into areas of several hundred square feet, thus efficiently limiting the numbers that can exploit a resource. It flocks in the winter and moves throughout fields and marshy areas.
SPECIAL HABITAT REQUIREMENTS: Standing vegetation along open fields and marshes.
NEST: Red-wings nest in deep narrow cups of grass, reeds, and weed rootlets, usually attached to emergent vegetation (particularly cattails) up to 12 feet above ground. They also nest in weeds and brush patches, croplands such as alfalfa and cereal grains, and even upland areas of mixed chaparral.
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Habitat: standing vegetation along open fields and marshes. They can be found from Alaska to Florida.
Park Status: can be seen and heard throughout the park especially along the edges of the marshes and old fields. They are year round residents of Caddo.
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Feeding: runs across the ground searching for earthworms. Robins also eat various insects such as weevils, grasshoppers, cicadas, termites, and caterpillars, and will eat wild fruits and berries.
Habitat: towns, gardens, open woodlands, and agricultural land. Nesting from western and northern Alaska, throughout southern Canada, and south to California, Texas, Arkansas, and South Carolina. They generally winter in the northern states.
Status: not easily found but are permanent residents of the park.
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
After the dreary months of winter, everyone looks for robin red-breast, the herald of spring. Robins used to be forest birds, but they have adapted very well to urban/suburban development. They are protected by the Federal Migratory Bird Law.
Description: on average, 10" in length. Robins are gray colored with a darker gray head and brick-red breast. They have long, slender black tails and pointed wings.
Nesting: 3-4 light bluish-green eggs (robin's egg blue) laid in nests made of mud and grasses usually in a fork or on a branch of a tree or shrub.
g: run across the ground searching for earthworms. Robins also eat various insects such as
weevils, grasshoppers, cicadas, termites, and caterpillar, and will eat wild fruits and
berries.
Habitat: towns, gardens, open woodlands, and agricultural land. Nesting from western and
northern Alaska, throughout southern Canada, and south to California, Texas,
Arkansas, and South Carolina. They generally winter in the northern states.
Park Status: not easily found but are permanent residents of the park.
of the park.
r though than an English sparrow, with a blue back and a brownish-red and white breast. The bird is present all year round in Louisiana but is more common in the winter when many of the northern birds migrate to Louisiana. The bluebird and robin both belong to the thrush family. Their song is a low, mellow warble.
The female bluebird lays about four or six pale bluish-white eggs. The young, when they get their first feathers, are decidedly brown streaked.
GENERAL INFORMATION
(Sialia sialis)
This bluebird is a small bird, larger though than an English sparrow, with a blue back and a brownish-red and white breast. The bird is present all year round in Louisiana but is more common in the winter when many of the northern birds migrate to Louisiana. The bluebird and robin both belong to the thrush family. Their song is a low, mellow warble.
The female bluebird lays about four or six pale bluish-white eggs. The young, when they get their first feathers, are decidedly brown streaked.
GENERAL INFORMATION
(Sialia sialis)
This bluebird is a small bird, larger though than an English sparrow, with a blue back and a brownish-red and white breast. The bird is present all year round in Louisiana but is more common in the winter when many of the northern birds migrate to Louisiana. The bluebird and robin both belong to the thrush family. Their song is a low, mellow warble.
The female bluebird lays about four or six pale bluish-white eggs. The young, when they get their first feathers, are decidedly brown streaked.
GENERAL INFORMATION
(Sialia sialis)
This bluebird is a small bird, larger though than an English sparrow, with a blue back and a brownish-red and white breast. The bird is present all year round in Louisiana but is more common in the winter when many of the northern birds migrate to Louisiana. The bluebird and robin both belong to the thrush family. Their song is a low, mellow warble.
The female bluebird lays about four or six pale bluish-white eggs. The young, when they get their first feathers, are decidedly brown streaked.
GENERAL INFORMATION
(Sialia sialis)
This bluebird is a small bird, larger though than an English sparrow, with a blue back and a brownish-red and white breast. The bird is present all year round in Louisiana but is more common in the winter when many of the northern birds migrate to Louisiana. The bluebird and robin both belong to the thrush family. Their song is a low, mellow warble.
The female bluebird lays about four or six pale bluish-white eggs. The young, when they get their first feathers, are decidedly brown streaked.
GENERAL INFORMATION
(Sialia sialis)
This bluebird is a small bird, larger though than an English sparrow, with a blue back and a brownish-red and white breast. The bird is present all year round in Louisiana but is more common in the winter when many of the northern birds migrate to Louisiana. The bluebird and robin both belong to the thrush family. Their song is a low, mellow warble.
The female bluebird lays about four or six pale bluish-white eggs. The young, when they get their first feathers, are decidedly brown streaked.
GENERAL INFORMATION
(Sialia sialis)
This bluebird is a small bird, larger though than an English sparrow, with a blue back and a brownish-red and white breast. The bird is present all year round in Louisiana but is more common in the winter when many of the northern birds migrate to Louisiana. The bluebird and robin both belong to the thrush family. Their song is a low, mellow warble.
The female bluebird lays about four or six pale bluish-white eggs. The young, when they get their first feathers, are decidedly brown streaked.
GENERAL INFORMATION
(Sialia sialis)
This bluebird is a small bird, larger though than an English sparrow, with a blue back and a brownish-red and white breast. The bird is present all year round in Louisiana but is more common in the winter when many of the northern birds migrate to Louisiana. The bluebird and robin both belong to the thrush family. Their song is a low, mellow warble.
The female bluebird lays about four or six pale bluish-white eggs. The young, when they get their first feathers, are decidedly brown streaked.
GENERAL INFORMATION
(Sialia sialis)
This bluebird is a small bird, larger though than an English sparrow, with a blue back and a brownish-red and white breast. The bird is present all year round in Louisiana but is more common in the winter when many of the northern birds migrate to Louisiana. The bluebird and robin both belong to the thrush family. Their song is a low, mellow warble.
The female bluebird lays about four or six pale bluish-white eggs. The young, when they get their first feathers, are decidedly brown streaked.