English and Scientific names:	Say’s phoebe (Sayornis saya)
Number of individuals:	1 sex unknown; adult plumage
Locality: LOUISIANA:	On the levee road about 8 miles north of Ramah, LA.  I am not terribly positive about the distance - this is based on a loose idea of how far I had to drive, I did not actually record the distance from the Ramah exit.  I know that the total drive to HWY 190 was about 23 miles; and this bird was located well above the South Farm entrance to Sherburne WMA.
Specific Locality:	I do not have an address, but the bird was on a fence post near an "graveyard" of old farm equipment.
Date(s) when observed:	October 14, 2007
Time(s) of day when observed:	1:15 PM
Reporting observer and address:	Jeffrey W. Harris Baton Rouge, LA
Other observers accompanying reporter who also identified the bird(s):	none
Other observers accompanying reporter who independently identified the bird(s):	Michael Seymour; Jacob Saucier
Light conditions (position of bird in relation to shade and to direction and amount of light):	bright and sunny
Optical equipment:	8 x 40 binoculars, Alpen
Distance to bird(s):	15 feet was the closest; I brought the bird to me with birdpod playback of the species song.
Duration of observation:	half an hour
Habitat:	The bird was perching on fence posts on the river-side of a levee, with open grassy areas all around.  The fence lines were clean, and in general there was little or no brush cover.  The bird could see unobstructed for long distances along the north-south axis of the levee system, but the cover became brushy with 30-50 yards to the east of the levee where all the farm equipment lay.
Behavior of bird:	I did not see the bird at first.  Playback of the song attracted it to me from behind (I was facing the farm equipment).  It hovered directly over my head (about 8 feet above) when I saw it for the first time.  I stopped playing the song, and the phoebe flew to a fence post near the top of the levee.  I watched for at least a half an hour, and the bird sallied several times, and eventually moved to a fence post closer to the farm equipment.  Satisfied of the bird's ID, I eventually became distracted by a nearby scissor-tailed flycatcher (about 40 yards north of the Say's when I saw it), which I pursued.  I did not return to the Say's phoebe's location.
Description:	I saw a phoebe-like bird with brownish appearance on the dorsum and a peach or salmon colored breast.  It looked to be the same size or slightly larger than a typical Eastern phoebe.  The proportions seemed similar to the Eastern phoebe.  There were a few tail bobs, but not like in some of the Empidonax flycatchers.
Voice:	The bird called a couple of times when it first landed on the fence post (after I stopped playing the song on speakers) -- and the tone and voice matched the latter part of the birdpod playback.
Similar species:	The breast color pretty much sealed the ID.
Photographs or tape recordings obtained?	I have neither.
Previous experience with this species:	I had seen this species in Phoenix, Arizona during January 2006.
Identification aids:	at time of observation:Just the ipod.  But I also had looked at field guides before leaving to find the bird, which was first reported by Michael Seymour. after observation: none
This description is written from:	This description is from memory.  I did not take notes in the field.
Are you positive of your identification? If not, explain:	Yes, the color of the bird and its response to playback.
Reporter:	Jeffrey W. Harris
Date and time:	February 11, 2008 at 5:45 PM