Dark-eyed "Gray-headed" Junco,  Junco hyemalis caniceps

Number of accepted Dark-eyed "Gray-headed" Junco records for Louisiana = 4 as of 25th Report of the LBRC (2022)  

Accepted Records

One male (1957-011) on 3 February 1957, Caddo: Shreveport; Horace H. Jeter (LSUMZ 22066) and Stephen M. Russell (SMR 1275).

Photo by Donna L. Dittmann

One male (1990-059) on 4 July 1990, Acadia: Crowley, 414 E. 11th St.; Martin D. Floyd (LSUMZ 139639).
Photo by Donna L. Dittmann

One (2000-008) on 3 Mar 2000, Caddo: 3 mi. SW of Greenwood; Paul M. Dickson (ph) and Terry Davis; noted as present "2-3 Mar" in NASFN 54(3): 294.

One (2021-043) on 30 January-1 March 2021, Caddo: Shreveport, 561 Dunmoreland Dr.; Jeff Trahan (ph; https://ebird.org/checklist/S82100431). This is only the fourth Louisiana occurrence of this subspecies.

Photo by Jeff Trahan

Unaccepted Records

One adult (1997-65) on 25-26 October 1997, Cameron: Rockefeller State Wildlife Refuge, Price Lake Rd. Although the written report suggested Gray-headed, the photos are more indicative of a Dark-eyed �Pink-sided� Junco (J. h. mearnsi).

One (1999-083) on 1-2 November 1999, Gulf of Mexico: Garden Banks 189 oil platform, 138 mi. S of Cameron, N 27.7786o, W 93.3095o. Referenced specimen was inadvertently skeletonized by an LSUMNS graduate student. A witness who examined the headless frozen specimen insisted that it was consistent with a typical Dark-eyed �Slate-colored� Junco.