LOUISIANA BIRD RECORDS COMMITTEE

REPORT FORM

     This form is intended as a convenience in reporting observations of species on the Louisiana Bird Records Committee (LBRC) Review List. The LBRC recommends the use of this form or a similar format when submitting records for review to assure that all pertinent information is accounted for. Attach additional pages or files as necessary. Please print or type for hard copy. For electronic copy, be sure to save this file to your computer before entering text. Attach field notes, drawings, photographs, or tape recordings, if available. Include all photos for more obscurely marked species. When completed (if hard copy), mail to Secretary, Louisiana Bird Records Committee, c/o Museum of Natural Science, 119 Foster Hall, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-3216, or e-mail electronic copy as an attachment to Paul Edward Conover at <zoiseaux@lusfiber.net> .

1. English and Scientific names: MacGillivray’s Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei

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

1, second-year male

3. Parish: Cameron

Specific Locality: Johnson’s Bayou

4. Date(s) when observed:

4/29/14

5. Time(s) of day when observed:

11am

6. Reporting observer and address:

Will Lewis

Wlewis7@gmail.com

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

Kristen Covino

Linnea Rowse

Eric Ripma

Carrie Gawne

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):

Good light, captured as part of a University of Southern Mississippi banding operation

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

None

11. Distance to bird(s):

Held in hand

12. Duration of observation:

~30min

13. Habitat:

Scrubby chenier forest

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

Only seen in hand and as it flew off, not relocated on site

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, or for species that are known to hybridize frequently, stress features that help eliminate possible hybrids):

Stocky warbler with short tail and large bill. Black lores and blackish spot on breast. Gray hood and yellow body. Broad white eyering (broken)

16. Voice:

n/a

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

Distinguished from MOWA by large broken white eyering and measurements as in Pyle.

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

Yes, by Will Lewis (attached)

19. Previous experience with this species:

Seen a few times in west. Other people at the banding station had handled them before.

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

a. at time of observation:

Pyle, Sibley

b. after observation:

none

21. This description is written from:

	notes made during the observation.	Are notes attached?
	notes made after the observation.	At what date?
X	memory
	study of images

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

Yes

23. Date: 8/31/14

Time:13:37

24. May the LBRC have permission to display this report or
portions of this report on its website? ___________Yes_____________

If yes, may we include your name with the report? ____Yes______________