LOUISIANA BIRD RECORDS COMMITTEE

REPORT FORM

1. English and Scientific names: Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera)

2. Number of individuals, sexes, ages, general plumage (e.g., 2 in alternate plumage):

1 male

3. Locality: Parish: _Cameron___________________________________________

Specific Locality:

____Pintail Drive_at Cameron Prairie Wildlife

Refuge_________________________________________

4. Date(s) when observed:

January 19, 2014

5. Time(s) of day when observed:

10:45 A. M.

6. Reporting observer and address:

Sandra DeHart

Abbeville, LA 70510

7. Other observers accompanying reporter who also identified the bird(s):

8. Other observers who independently identified the bird(s):

9. Light conditions (position of bird in relation to shade and to direction and amount of light):

bird was in front of the sunlight

10. Optical equipment (type, power, condition):

Nikon D7000 with 300mm lens with 1.7X convertor

11. Distance to bird(s):

30 feet

12. Duration of observation:

3 minutes

13. Habitat:

large ditch

14. Behavior of bird / circumstances of observation (flying, feeding, resting; include and stress habits used in identification; relate events surrounding observation):

resting in water

15. Description (include only what was actually seen, not what "should" have been seen; include if possible: total length/relative size compared to other familiar species, body bulk, shape, proportions, bill, eye, leg, and plumage characteristics. Stress features that separate it from similar species):

16. Voice:

17. Similar species (include how they were eliminated by your observation):

18. Photographs or tape recordings obtained? (by whom? attached?):

attached picture

19. Previous experience with this species:

none

20. Identification aids: (list books, illustrations, other birders, etc. used in identification):

posts from other birders

a. at time of observation:

b. after observation:

21. This description is written from: _____ notes made during the observation (_____notes attached?);_____notes made after the observation (date:_____); __x___memory.

22. Are you positive of your identification if not, explain:

yes

23. Date:_1-19-14_________Time:_5:05 P. M. ______