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Western Winter Hummingbirds in Louisiana
Winter 2001 / 2002

For wintering hummer reports in Louisiana in past seasons, click here.
For wintering hummingbirds in the entire US, click here.

This page last updated:  March 20, 2002

Louisiana Hummer Distribution Maps (use your browser's "Back" button to return to this page)
(Original state maps © 1995 Ray Sterner; John Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory. Used by permission. Adapted for this project by Stacy Peterson).

The hummingbird occurrence data on the maps are taken directly from the weekly "Winter Hummer Reports" compiled by Tom Sylvest and posted on Humnet.  Email Tom (tomande@stargazer.net) with new reports of winter hummers you find in Louisiana.  Email me (SJPeterson@aol.com) with corrections or suggestions on the maps.

Louisiana map with parish names

Winter 2001/2002        Through:  March 16, 2002

• Louisiana western hummers SPREADSHEET

• All Louisiana western hummers mapped by parish

• All Louisiana western hummers mapped by town

• Louisiana towns hosting "western" hummers (essentially the same as "mapped by town" above, but without the color codes to indicate hummer quantity in each locale).

• Species occurrence maps

  • Selasphorus (combined Rufous, Allen's, and Broad-tailed) hummingbirds - first bird observed 07/31/01, Vacherie, St. James Parish at Gilliland home
  • Black-chinned Hummingbird - first birds observed 09/09/01, Shreveport, Caddo Parish at Dickson home, and Sulphur, Calcasieu Parish at Young home.
  • Buff-bellied Hummingbird - first bird observed 09/08/01, Raceland, Lafourche Parish at Robichaux home
  • Calliope Hummingbird - first bird observed 10/03/01, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish at Macolini home
  • Broad-billed Hummingbird - first bird observed 10/10/01, River Ridge, Jefferson Parish at Fall home

For more information on hummingbirds in Louisiana, visit the Louisiana Ornithological Society (LOS) web page.  Here you can find Tom Sylvest's most recent Winter Hummer Report, histograms showing first observed dates for western species, and other hummingbird information.

--Stacy Jon Peterson
Mtn Home AFB, ID

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