Baton Rouge, LA Roost

Evan337 · Fri Jul 07, 2017 9:20 pm

Looks like a small roost may be forming in Baton Rouge along College Drive just south of I-10. Saw around 300 birds gathering, circling and landing in the crepe myrtles around Taco Bell in front of Hobby Lobby. I've never seen a roost at this location before. Not sure if this was a one time deal or the beginning of a new roost. Pretty cool to see.

K_Adams · Sat Jul 08, 2017 11:04 am

This has me excited. I'm in Denham Springs. Can't wait to check this out. Thanks for posting!

My family and I have a public site at North Park. See link below for story.

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Gauxt · Mon Jul 10, 2017 7:42 am

Thx for the info....I'll check it out also. Seems like a bad location but they don't ask permission first.

Evan337 · Thu Jul 19, 2018 8:49 pm

This micro roost is back to being active. Looks like it has grown. Maybe 1,000 - 1,500 martins.

Conrad Baker · Fri Jul 20, 2018 7:19 am

Evan337, what time do you see the most activity, in the AM or PM? I go through there quite often, and will adjust my travel time to coincide with the activity.

Evan337 · Fri Jul 20, 2018 8:29 am

Conrad Baker wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 20, 2018 7:19 am
Evan337, what time do you see the most activity, in the AM or PM? I go through there quite often, and will adjust my travel time to coincide with the activity.

Conrad,
We drove past the site around 7:45 last night. The sun hadn’t set but it was close. Still plenty of light out. I bet they start gathering an hour before. Sunset today is at 8:06pm.

Conrad Baker · Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:18 am

Thanks, I will pass that way on my way to L'Auberge to make my weekly donation.

Gauxt · Sun Jul 22, 2018 6:48 am

Thanks for the heads up Evan, I'll check it out