Key to checklist _____ Black-and-white Warbler _____ Le Conte's Sparrow _____ Prothonotary Warbler _____ Nelson's Sparrow Species listed in black have been confirmed at WLWCA. _____ Swainson's Warbler _____ Seaside Sparrow Species in gray could be expected based on “Birds of _____ Tennessee Warbler _____ Fox Sparrow Louisiana’s Rice-Growing Region” list. Please contact _____ Orange-crowned Warbler _____ Song Sparrow LDWF if any species listed in gray are observed. _____ Nashville Warbler _____ Lincoln's Sparrow _____ Mourning Warbler _____ Swamp Sparrow

_____ Kentucky Warbler _____ White-throated Sparrow * = species on Review List of the Louisiana Bird Re- _____ Common Yellowthroat _____ Harris's Sparrow cords Committee _____ Hooded Warbler _____ White-crowned Sparrow

(E) = extinct; (e) = formerly present but now extir- _____ American Redstart _____ Dark-eyed "Slate-colored" Junco pated in Louisiana; (Q) = status in question _____ Cerulean Warbler _____ Summer Tanager _____ Northern Parula _____ Scarlet Tanager (I) = established introduced population, or records _____ Magnolia Warbler _____ Northern Cardinal originate from established introduced population _____ Bay-breasted Warbler _____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak H = Hypothetical (none currently so designated: LBRC _____ Blackburnian Warbler _____ Blue Grosbeak requires specimen/photo for acceptance of First State _____ Yellow Warbler _____ Indigo Bunting Record)” – Dittmann, LBRC 2011 _____ Chestnut-sided Warbler _____ Painted Bunting _____ Blackpoll Warbler _____ Dickcissel

_____ Palm Warbler _____ Bobolink This list includes bird species documented to occur at _____ Pine Warbler _____ Red-winged Blackbird White Lake Conservation Area or species anticipated to _____ Yellow-rumped "Myrtle" Warbler _____ Eastern Meadowlark occur there (compiled through 15 September 2011). _____ Yellow-throated Warbler _____ Yellow-headed Blackbird Species list is adopted from official Louisiana State List _____ Prairie Warbler _____ Rusty Blackbird (Donna L. Dittmann, April 2011, _____ Black-throated Green Warbler _____ Brewer's Blackbird http://losbird.org/la_checklist_1104.pdf), using taxo- _____ Canada Warbler _____ Common Grackle nomic sequence of AOU’s Check-list of North American _____ Wilson's Warbler _____ Boat-tailed Grackle Birds 7th edition [AOU 1998, updated through 52nd _____ Yellow-breasted Chat _____ Great-tailed Grackle Supplement (AOU 2011]. See also Vermilion Parish list _____ Eastern Towhee _____ Bronzed Cowbird compiled by Rosemary Seidler, Louisiana Parish Check- _____ Chipping Sparrow _____ Brown-headed Cowbird list Project: _____ Clay-colored Sparrow _____ Orchard Oriole _____ Field Sparrow _____ Baltimore Oriole http://birdstudygroup.org/chklst_project.html. _____ Vesper Sparrow _____ Purple Finch _____ Lark Sparrow _____ House Finch _____ Savannah Sparrow _____ Pine Siskin _____ Grasshopper Sparrow _____ American Goldfinch _____ Henslow's Sparrow _____ House Sparrow (I)

Additional Species or Notes: Information About White Lake Wetlands Conservation Birds of White Lake Wetlands Area (WLWCA)

Conservation Area Nature Trail

and Surrounding Areas

The conservation area is 70,965 acres, located along the western boundary of Vermilion parish; it is bounded on the south by White Lake the northern boundary is 7.4 miles south of Gueydan at the south end of Hwy. 91. Lafayette is 32 air miles northeast and Lake Charles is 40 air miles northwest. The southern boundary of White Lake is 17.5 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico. The White Lake Birding and Nature Trail Observation Tower property averages 12 miles from east to west and located at the end of the trail. Photo Courtesy of LDWF 9 miles from north to south.

British Petroleum (BP) owned and managed what was then called BP America Production White Lake until July 8, 2002, when the company do- nated the property to the state of Louisiana. On Dec. 17, 2004, the state, BP, and White Lake Preservation Inc. (a 501(c)3 corporation), signed a Transition Agreement for the management of the property by White Lake Preservation Inc.

For more information on White Lake or additional birding opportunities available at this and other LDWF properties, please visit: www.wlf.la.gov

Cover photo courtesy of Kevin Leigh; all other photos cour- tesy of Steve Smith

_____ Red-headed Woodpecker _____ Bank Swallow _____ Black-bellied Whistling-Duck _____ Red-bellied Woodpecker _____ Cliff Swallow _____ Fulvous Whistling-Duck _____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker _____ Barn Swallow _____ Greater White-fronted Goose _____ Downy Woodpecker _____ Carolina Chickadee _____ Snow Goose _____ Hairy Woodpecker _____ Tufted Titmouse _____ Ross's Goose _____ Northern "Yellow-shafted" Flicker _____ Red-breasted Nuthatch _____ Cackling Goose _____ Pileated Woodpecker _____ Brown Creeper _____ Wood Duck _____ Olive-sided Flycatcher _____ Carolina Wren _____ Gadwall _____ Eastern Wood-Pewee _____ Bewick's Wren _____ American Wigeon _____ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher _____ House Wren _____ Mallard _____ Acadian Flycatcher _____ Winter Wren _____ Mottled Duck _____ Alder Flycatcher _____ Sedge Wren _____ Blue-winged Teal _____ Least Flycatcher _____ Marsh Wren _____ Cinnamon Teal * _____ Eastern Phoebe _____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher _____ Northern Shoveler _____ Vermilion Flycatcher _____ Golden-crowned Kinglet _____ Northern Pintail _____ Ash-throated Flycatcher _____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet _____ Green-winged Teal _____ Great Crested Flycatcher _____ Eastern Bluebird _____ Canvasback _____ Great Kiskadee _____ Veery _____ Redhead _____ Couch's/Tropical Kingbird _____ Gray-cheeked Thrush _____ Ring-necked Duck _____ Western Kingbird _____ Swainson's Thrush _____ Lesser Scaup _____ Eastern Kingbird _____ Hermit Thrush _____ Bufflehead _____ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher _____ Wood Thrush _____ Hooded Merganser _____ Loggerhead Shrike _____ American Robin _____ Red-breasted Merganser _____ White-eyed Vireo _____ Gray Catbird _____ Ruddy Duck _____ Yellow-throated Vireo _____ Northern Mockingbird _____ Northern Bobwhite _____ Blue-headed Vireo _____ Brown Thrasher _____ Common Loon _____ Warbling Vireo _____ European Starling (I) _____ Pied-billed Grebe _____ Philadelphia Vireo _____ American Pipit _____ Horned Grebe _____ Philadelphia Vireo _____ Sprague's Pipit _____ Eared Grebe _____ Red-eyed Vireo _____ Cedar Waxwing _____ Wood Stork _____ Blue Jay _____ Lapland Longspur _____ Neotropic Cormorant _____ American Crow _____ Ovenbird _____ Double-crested Cormorant _____ Fish Crow _____ Worm-eating Warbler _____ Anhinga _____ Horned Lark _____ Louisiana Waterthrush _____ American White Pelican _____ Purple Martin _____ Northern Waterthrush _____ Brown Pelican _____ Tree Swallow _____ Golden-winged Warbler _____ American Bittern _____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow _____ Blue-winged Warbler _____ Least Bittern

_____ Great Blue Heron _____ American Coot _____ Bonaparte's Gull _____ Great Egret _____ Sandhill Crane _____ Laughing Gull _____ Snowy Egret _____ Whooping Crane (e) * _____ Franklin's Gull _____ Little Blue Heron _____ Black-bellied Plover _____ Ring-billed Gull _____ Tricolored Heron _____ American Golden-Plover _____ Herring Gull _____ Reddish Egret _____ Snowy Plover _____ Lesser Black-backed Gull _____ Cattle Egret _____ Wilson's Plover _____ Least Tern _____ Green Heron _____ Semipalmated Plover _____ Gull-billed Tern _____ Black-crowned Night-Heron _____ Piping Plover _____ Caspian Tern _____ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron _____ Killdeer _____ Black Tern _____ White Ibis _____ Black-necked Stilt _____ Common Tern _____ Glossy Ibis _____ American Avocet _____ Forster's Tern _____ White-faced Ibis _____ Spotted Sandpiper _____ Royal Tern _____ Roseate Spoonbill _____ Solitary Sandpiper _____ Sandwich Tern _____ Black Vulture _____ Greater Yellowlegs _____ Black Skimmer _____ Turkey Vulture _____ Willet _____ Eurasian Collared-Dove (I) _____ Osprey _____ Lesser Yellowlegs _____ White-winged Dove _____ Swallow-tailed Kite _____ Upland Sandpiper _____ Mourning Dove _____ Mississippi Kite _____ Whimbrel _____ Inca Dove _____ Bald Eagle _____ Long-billed Curlew _____ Common Ground Dove _____ Northern Harrier _____ Hudsonian Godwit _____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo _____ Sharp-shinned Hawk _____ Marbled Godwit _____ Black-billed Cuckoo _____ Cooper's Hawk _____ Sanderling _____ Groove-billed Ani _____ Red-shouldered Hawk _____ Semipalmated Sandpiper _____ Barn Owl _____ Broad-winged Hawk _____ Western Sandpiper _____ Eastern Screech-Owl _____ Red-tailed Hawk _____ Least Sandpiper _____ Great Horned Owl _____ Crested Caracara _____ White-rumped Sandpiper _____ Barred Owl _____ American Kestrel _____ Baird's Sandpiper _____ Short-eared Owl _____ Merlin _____ Pectoral Sandpiper _____ Common Nighthawk _____ Peregrine Falcon _____ Dunlin _____ Chuck-will's-widow _____ Yellow Rail _____ Stilt Sandpiper _____ Eastern Whip-poor-will _____ Clapper Rail _____ Buff-breasted Sandpiper _____ Chimney Swift _____ King Rail _____ Short-billed Dowitcher _____ Buff-bellied Hummingbird _____ Virginia Rail _____ Long-billed Dowitcher _____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird _____ Sora _____ Wilson’s Snipe _____ Black-chinned Hummingbird _____ Purple Gallinule _____ American Woodcock _____ Rufous Hummingbird _____ Common Gallinule _____ Wilson's Phalarope _____ Belted Kingfisher