Warbler that should be wintering in western Mexico turns up in Louisiana

Jonathan Olivier
The Courier
Sun, 28 Dec 2014 15:48 UTC

Lucy's Warbler. It is normally found in the Sonoran desert and winters along the Pacific coast of northern Mexico.

A bird rarely seen in Louisiana was among 130 species heard or spotted on Grand Isle during the National Audubon Society's annual winter bird count.

A Lucy's warbler, which normally lives in the U.S. Southwest or in Mexico, was the exciting find of the day on Grand Isle, said Chris Brantley, who organized the count on Louisiana's only inhabited barrier island and one of nearly 30 planned around Louisiana between mid-December and Jan. 5.

There are only a few records of the bird ever being seen in Louisiana, Brantley said.

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