BIRDS OF GRAND ISLE & NEW ORLEANS AREAS

LEGENDS

SPRING
S
 MARCH-MAY
SUMMER
SU
 JUNE-AUGUST
FALL
F
 SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER
WINTER
W
 DECEMBER-FEBRUARY
A abundant: hard to miss, very numerous
C common: should see in suitable habitat
U uncommon: may see, low numbers or very local in extent
R rare: seen only once or twice a season
O occasional: seen only every few years
I irregular: may be absent in many years, appear in great numbers in others
X accidental: only one or two records exist
H hypothetical: usually only a single questionalbe record
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Grand Isle
New Orleans
BIRDS
S
SU
F
W
S
SU
F
W
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
U
U
O
R
U
U
Least Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
U
U
U
U
C
U
C
C
Horned Grebe
O
U
U
Red-necked Grebe
X
Eared Grebe
R
R
Western Grebe
Yellow-nosed Albatross
Greater Shearwater
X
Audubon's Shearwater
R
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
U
U
Leach's Storm-Petrel
R
Masked Booby
U
Brown Booby
X
Red-footed Booby
X
X
Northern Gannet
U
U
American White Pelican
C
C
C
C
U
U
U
Brown Pelican
C
C
C
C
O
O
O
Double-crested Cormorant
C
C
C
C
C
A
Neotropic Cormorant
Anhinga
R
U
U
U
R
Magnificent Frigatebird
R
R
R
American Bittern
O
O
R
R
R
Least Bittern
U
U
U
U
U
U
Great Blue Heron
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Great Egret
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Snowy Egret
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Little Blue Heron
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
C
Tricolored Heron
C
C
C
C
U
U
U
U
Reddish Egret
U
U
U
U
R
Cattle Egret
C
C
C
U
C
C
C
C
Green Heron
C
C
C
O
C
C
C
R
Black-crowned Night-Heron
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
U
O
U
R
C
C
U
O
White Ibis
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Glossy Ibis
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
White-faced Ibis
U
U
U
U
C
C
C
C
Roseate Spoonbill
R
Wood Stork
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
R
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Tundra Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Greater White-fronted Goose
O
Snow Goose
O
O
U
U
Ross' Goose
Brant
X
X
Canada Goose
O
O
O
Wood Duck
C
C
C
C
Green-winged Teal
C
C
U
C
C
C
American Black Duck
R
Mottled Duck
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Mallard
U
U
U
U
U
U
Northern Pintail
U
U
U
U
U
U
Blue-winged Teal
C
O
C
C
A
A
C
Cinnamon Teal
R
Northern Shoveler
C
O
C
C
C
C
C
Gadwall
C
C
C
C
C
Eurasian Wigeon
X
O
American Wigeon
C
C
C
C
C
Canvasback
C
O
C
C
O
Redhead
U
U
O
O
U
Ring-necked Duck
O
O
O
U
U
C
Greater Scaup
O
O
Lesser Scaup
C
C
C
U
C
King Eider
X
Oldsquaw
O
O
Black Scoter
R
O
Surf Scoter
O
White-winged Scoter
R
R
Common Goldeneye
O
O
O
U
Bufflehead
O
C
O
C
Hooded Merganser
O
U
O
O
O
O
Common Merganser
R
Red-breasted Merganser
C
C
U
U
U
Ruddy Duck
U
U
O
U
Masked Duck
X
X
Black Vulture
O
O
O
U
U
U
U
Turkey Vulture
U
U
U
U
C
C
C
C
Osprey
U
U
R
U
U
U
American Swallow-tailed Kite
U
U
R
White-tailed Kite
O
O
Mississippi Kite
C
C
C
Bald Eagle
O
O
O
Northern Harrier
C
C
C
Sharp-shinned Hawk
U
U
U
U
U
U
Cooper's Hawk
U
U
U
O
R
U
O
Northern Goshawk
X
Red-shouldered Hawk
U
U
U
C
C
C
C
Broad-winged Hawk
U
U
R
U
O
U
R
Swainson's Hawk
O
X
White-tailed Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
X
Red-tailed Hawk
U
U
U
C
O
U
C
Ferruginous Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
O
O
Golden Eagle
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
C
X
C
C
C
O
C
C
Merlin
U
U
U
O
U
O
Peregrine Falcon
U
U
U
O
U
O
Greater Prairie Chicken
Wild Turkey
U
U
U
U
Northern Bobwhite
U
U
U
U
Yellow Rail
Black Rail
H
Clapper Rail
C
C
C
C
U
U
U
U
King Rail
C
C
C
C
U
U
U
U
Virginia Rail
U
U
U
O
U
O
Sora
U
U
U
U
C
C
Purple Gallinule
U
U
O
X
Common Moorhen
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
American Coot
C
O
C
C
C
O
C
A
Sandhill Crane
Whooping Crane
Black-bellied Plover
C
C
C
U
U
U
American Golden Plover
Mongolian Plover
X
Snowy Plover
Wilson's Plover
C
C
C
O
Semipalmated Plover
C
C
U
U
U
O
Piping Plover
U
U
U
Killdeer
C
U
C
C
C
C
C
C
American Oystercatcher
R
Black-necked Stilt
U
O
U
U
C
C
C
O
American Avocet
U
O
U
U
O
Greater Yellowlegs
C
U
C
C
U
U
U
Lesser Yellowlegs
C
U
C
C
U
U
U
U
Solitary Sandpiper
C
U
X
Willet
C
C
C
C
U
U
U
Spotted Sandpiper
U
O
U
U
C
C
U
Upland Sandpiper
O
X
O
U
U
Eskimo Curlew
Whimbrel
U
O
O
Long-billed Curlew
R
R
Black-tailed Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
C
C
O
Ruddy Turnstone
C
U
C
C
U
U
Red Knot
U
R
U
U
Sanderling
C
U
C
O
O
Semipalmated Sandpiper
C
X
C
X
U
U
Western Sandpiper
C
U
C
C
U
U
U
Least Sandpiper
C
U
C
C
C
U
C
U
White-rumped Sandpiper
C
R
R
Baird's Sandpiper
O
O
Pectoral Sandpiper
C
C
C
C
X
Purple Sandpiper
O
O
Dunlin
C
C
C
U
U
U
Curlew Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
C
X
C
C
C
R
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
O
O
U
U
Ruff
Short-billed Dowitcher
C
O
C
U
U
U
O
Long-billed Dowitcher
C
O
C
C
U
U
U
Common Snipe
U
U
C
U
U
C
American Woodcock
U
Wilson's Phalarope
O
O
O
O
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope
X
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
X
Laughing Gull
A
A
A
A
A
C
A
C
Franklin's Gull
O
O
Little Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
U
U
U
U
O
U
Ring-billed Gull
A
U
A
A
U
U
A
California Gull
X
Herring Gull
C
U
C
C
U
U
C
Thayer's Gull
R
O
Lesser Black-backed Gull
O
O
O
Glaucous Gull
R
R
R
R
Great Black-backed Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Sabine's Gull
X
X
Gull-billed Tern
U
R
U
U
O
U
O
O
Caspian Tern
C
C
C
C
U
U
U
U
Royal Tern
A
C
A
A
C
U
C
C
Sandwich Tern
C
C
U
O
Common Tern
C
C
U
U
R
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Least Tern
C
C
U
C
C
Bridled Tern
U
X
Sooty Tern
U
X
X
Black Tern
C
C
U
U
U
Brown Noddy
Black Skimmer
C
C