Click on a red site to view a summary table of all the birds captured at that site.

Coastal woodlands (cheniers), in general, are important spring stopover sites for Nearctic-Neotropical migrants because they provide a place to rest and replenish fat stores following trans-Gulf flight. Since 1988, we have been monitoring spring migration along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico in Cameron Parish, La. The initial site was at the Holleyman-Sheely Sanctuary (formerly called Peveto Woods), a coastal woodland, owned by Baton Rouge Audubon Society. For the last few years, we have moved our banding operation to the Johnson Bayou site, a privately owned woodland close to the town of Johnson Bayou. In 1998 , we added a new site and monitored migration at the Sabine National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge has approximately 125,000 acres of fresh, brackish, and saltwater marsh.  The study site within SNWR is located on a narrow man-made levee bordered by a canal on one side and a bog and mudflat on the other.  The dominant vegetation is yaupon (Ilex vomitoria) and Chinese tallow (Sapium sebiferum).  During migration, flocks of shorebirds concentrate on the flats bordering the site. 

 

 

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