One female (1933-02) on 23 December 1933, Cameron: Sweet Lake, 25 mi. SE Lake Charles; R. T. Newton (LSUMZ 6337). Lowery (1974) gives the record as “a female shot by a hunter a few miles south Lake Charles.” This represents the first state record.
Photograph by Donna L. Dittmann
One female (1971-05) on 7 January 1971, Cameron: 2 mi. N Holly Beach on Mobile Lease; J. Jay Lafleur (LSUMZ 69201) and P. Ambrose Daigre (*). Lowery (1974) reports that this represents the fourth record for the state.
One female (1973-13) on 6 January 1973, Vermilion: 4 mi. SW Esther; J. Bernard (LSUMZ 127446, mount in collection) and Mark J. Villien. Lowery (1974) reports that this represents the fifth record for the state.
One in basic plumage (1992-15) on 19 Jan. 1992, Lafourche: Nicholls State University Experimental Farm; Gary Worthington (AB 46(2):276; LOS 147). Although reported in AB as the sixth record for Louisiana, this is technically the first record reviewed and accepted by the LBRC.
One adult female (2018-040) on 26 June-24 July 2018, Caddo: Tar Slough, 1513 Leonard Rd., N 32.368056o
W93.679444o;
Paul M. Dickson
,
Jacob Kraemer
(ph only [in Dickson report])
, J. V. Remsen
(ph,
video
only)
,
Robert C. Dobbs (ph),
Jay V. Huner (ph)
,
Paul E. Conover,
John K. Dillon (ph)
. This is the fifth accepted state occurrence.
Photo by J. V. Remsen