English and Scientific names:	Great Kiskadee, Pitangus sulphuratus
Number of individuals:	One, adult plumage
Locality: LOUISIANA:	Ouachita
Specific Locality:	Black Bayou Lake NWR, Monroe, LA
Date(s) when observed:	10-22-05
Time(s) of day when observed:	about 9:00 am
Reporting observer and address:	Steve Pagans, 128 Honeysuckle Drive, West Monroe, LA 71291
Other observers accompanying reporter who also identified the bird(s):	Joan Brown
Other observers who independently identified the bird(s)	Doug Liles saw what I assume to be the same bird on 12-4-05 at his house which about 0.5 to 1 mile from where Joan and I first saw the bird. Also on 12-4-05, the bird was seen probably less than 0.5 miles from Doug’s house at a bridge that leads to the Black Bayou Lake NWR visitor center by Janis Harrison. From what I have heard about Doug, I would say he is an excellent birder, and at that time Janis would have been a fairly good birder.
Light conditions (position of bird in relation to shade and to direction and amount of light):	Sunny but bird was in light shade in full view.
Optical equipment:	I was probably using my Bausch & Lomb Elite Binoculars, 8x42, which were in excellent condition. I don’t know which binoculars Joan was using.
Distance to bird(s):	about 50 yards
Duration of observation:	several minutes by Steve Pagans and longer by Joan Brown. I went to my truck to get a camera and upon returning Joan told me that the bird flew east into some woods. We did not see it again.
Habitat:	Sitting in a tree that was right on the edge of an opening overlooking the boat launch on the refuge.
Behavior of bird:	Bird was calmly sitting on a tree limb in full view facing us.
Description:	The bird was just like the picture of a Great Kiskadee as found in several bird identification books.
Voice:	Bird called a couple of times saying kis-ka-dee just as we were exiting a trail from some woods just minutes before we sighted the bird.
Similar species:	It was obvious what the bird was without any need to eliminate other species.
Photographs or tape recordings obtained?	None. Bird left tree and flew east into woods before I got back with my camera.
Previous experience with this species:	I had seen this species on two different occasions in south Texas on the Santa Ana NWR and at the Anzalduas Dam Park in the Rio Grande Valley in January 2001.
Identification aids:	There was really no need to look at bird books but Joan and I may have after the bird left, but I don't remember now which books.
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Are you positive of your identification? If not, explain:	Neither Joan Brown nor myself have any doubt as to what bird was seen on that day.
Reporter:	Stephen L. Pagans
Date and time:	4-13-09 9:21 pm This report is being submitted late because of an over sight.