Well, we've decided to call our Big Day complete. Our last species of the day were Barn Owl and Great Horned Owl. We're heading back to Baton Rouge now for some much-needed rest.
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Meet our 2026 Big Day team! We have Brett Kincade and Quinn McCallum from the Mason Lab, and Phoebe Gordon and Gustavo Martins from the Thom lab
Big Day team check in: we had bad luck in Rice Country, where we spent far too long looking for shorebird fields. The perfect shorebird field is a rare thing, the water level has to be just right to support a variety of different foraging depths. Today all were too deep or dry.
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Today is the Big Day! Four LSUMNS Ornithology students are traveling across the state of Louisiana today to see how many species they can see in a single day. They're taking over our social media, so expect updates throughout the day!
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Dawn found us in Kisatchie National Forest, where we saw pine specialists like Red-cockaded Woodpecker and Brown-headed Nuthatch alongside breeding warblers and others. Added 23 species at this spot.