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New state bird nominee
Posted on 8/29/23 at 12:15 pm
Posted on 8/29/23 at 12:15 pm
Brown, about 2 foot tall with long legs and a long downward curving beak. I don’t know what they are but they are fricking the apple snails up. Pond behind the house was full of them, scooped them out by the hundreds. Now, hardly any and the few they have left them birds make quick work of it. Getting some vegetation back. Same on the river, you don’t see the pink egg piles everywhere like the last few years. My heroes until they create some different type of ecological mess. Maybe we can get some grass/vegetation back somewhere
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Posted on 8/29/23 at 12:16 pm to DTRooster
Posted on 8/29/23 at 12:19 pm to DTRooster
Likely an Ibis or beckcrosse (french spl?)
Posted on 8/29/23 at 12:26 pm to Kreweofwayne
That looks like them. Limpkins for president
Posted on 8/29/23 at 12:29 pm to DTRooster
Sounds like them too. Sumbitches make a racket, sounds like howler monkeys from a Tarzan movie
Posted on 8/29/23 at 12:30 pm to DTRooster
Limpkins
Its absolutely fascinating to me how quickly they've expanded across Louisiana. It was only 5 or 6 years ago that the first nesting pair was confirmed in the state. Now they are being reported all the way to Calcasieu Parish, and I believe one was even recorded around Fort Johnson recently.
Its absolutely fascinating to me how quickly they've expanded across Louisiana. It was only 5 or 6 years ago that the first nesting pair was confirmed in the state. Now they are being reported all the way to Calcasieu Parish, and I believe one was even recorded around Fort Johnson recently.
Posted on 8/29/23 at 12:49 pm to DTRooster
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New state bird nominee
Posted on 8/29/23 at 12:54 pm to keakar
Nah dog, them bastages ain’t nobody any favors
Posted on 8/29/23 at 3:53 pm to DTRooster
I thought Limpkins were relatively new to our state as they are mainly found in Florida. Though we now have a good bit, I've also seen White-Faced Ibis's tearing them up too, and they are found in Louisiana year round
Posted on 8/29/23 at 4:14 pm to Cowboyfan89
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Limpkins
Its absolutely fascinating to me how quickly they've expanded across Louisiana. It was only 5 or 6 years ago that the first nesting pair was confirmed in the state. Now they are being reported all the way to Calcasieu Parish, and I believe one was even recorded around Fort Johnson recently.
where are they native?
Posted on 8/29/23 at 4:54 pm to HuskyPanda
Ima check closer, see if they got the light colored head of a Limpit or not. But I know I haven’t seen any that look like the one on the left in your pics at my house
This post was edited on 8/29/23 at 4:57 pm
Posted on 8/29/23 at 10:08 pm to DTRooster
I'd swear there were two limpkins in Bossier parish this week. Saw them twice. Didn't get that close to positively ID though. They were amongst egrets.
Posted on 8/30/23 at 5:25 am to caro81
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where are they native?
Florida, but they are quickly becoming native here. They just showed up it appears.
I guess they could smell apple snails from all the way back in Florida.
Posted on 8/30/23 at 7:21 am to Cowboyfan89
Got one 20 yards away from me breakfast shopping right now, definitely a Limpkin
Posted on 8/30/23 at 10:54 am to Kreweofwayne
The real question is how do they taste?
Sorta kidding...
Sorta kidding...
Posted on 8/30/23 at 11:07 am to xenon16
quote:About like an Owl.
The real question is how do they taste?
I saw my first Rapides Limpkin last week. Not sure I've seen any other reports. While on the topic of firsts, add crested caracara to my Rapides list as well.
Posted on 8/30/23 at 10:04 pm to DTRooster
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Got one 20 yards away from me breakfast shopping right now, definitely a Limpkin
Why say a long downward curved beak if it is a Limpkin? That screams Ibis to me.
Posted on 8/30/23 at 10:21 pm to Outdoorreb
Limpkins are awesome! About 5 years ago, 4 or so showed up in Bayou Black when it was being overrun with apple snails. 5 years later, I rarely see the pink eggs and limpkins are everywhere. They are absolutely devastating to the snails
Posted on 8/30/23 at 11:08 pm to Big Bill
Limpkins started showing up in the lower pearl swamps about three years ago. Now they are thick in eastern st Tammany and do seem to be putting a dent in the apple snails but I still see a lot of those pink egg masses. Limpkins are not shy. They let you get pretty close. Glad they are here and hope they really do get these invasive snails under control.
Posted on 8/31/23 at 10:20 am to Outdoorreb
It looks and sounds like this. Let’s say a downsloping beak then. Limpkin
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