House Finch was removed from the LBRC Review List on 31 Mar. 1990. House Finch is considered to have arrived in Louisiana from established introduced populations elsewhere in the eastern United States. The species is now an established resident in Louisiana.
One female or immature (1978-08; was 84-36) in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, from 8 to 18 January 1978 (Robert Hamilton).
One adult male (1984-6) photographed at Fort Polk, Vernon Parish, from 30 March - 24 April 1984 (Gary Pontiff).
Two (1987-03; was 89-32) on 22 Nov. 1987, East Baton Rouge: Baton Rouge, 827 E. Boyd Street; J. V. Remsen (AB 42(1):91).
One adult male (88-12) on 24 Mar. 1988, Vermilion: Abbeville; William R. Fontenot (card, ph) (AB 42(3):449).
One adult male and one female (1988-40; was 89-26) on 24 May 1988, East Baton Rouge: Baton Rouge, 2974 Reymond (home of Helaine Moyse); Tom Schulenberg, John Bates, Shannon Hackett, Kenneth V. Rosenberg, AK. Moyse (pers. comm.) reported that the two birds were first observed during Feb.-Mar. 1988. The number of individuals increased to five during the summer, suggesting local breeding. The pair remained through the winter of 1988-89.
One in juvenal plumage (89-147) on 10 Aug. 1989, East Baton Rouge: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University campus; Steven W. Cardiff, Donna L. Dittmann (AB 44(1): 108).
One female (1989-006; was 90-6) on 25 Nov. 1989, East Baton Rouge: Baton Rouge, 2013 Olive Street; Curtis A. Marantz, MMS.
At least three adult males (89-162) on 13 Dec. 1989, Lafayette: just E of Cankton; Henry Miller (AB 44(2):283).
Four individuals, including two adult males (1989-11; was 90-11) on 14 Dec. 1989, Lafourche: Thibodaux, 626 Fairway Drive (residence of Michael Rhodes); Richard S. Bello (ph) (AB 44(2): 283).
Two adult males (1989-005) on 16 December 1989, Terrebonne: Thibodaux; Mitch Foret.
Four, one male and two female-plumaged birds (1989-04), on 17 Dec 1989, Natchitoches: Natchitoches, William Avenue on Cane River; Charlie Viers.
One heard (1989-041) on 21 December 1989, East Baton Rouge: Baton Rouge, LSU Campus; Kenneth V. Rosenberg (card only).
Four, two males and two female-plumaged birds (1989-09), on 26 Dec 1989, Evangeline: Cazan's Lake, approximately 9 mi. N of Ville Platte; William R. Fontenot.
Two (1990-101) on 3 Jan 1990, Madison: Tensas River NWR, feeders at refuge headquarters; Keith Ouchley.
Four (2 males and 2 females) (90-10) on 18 Jan. 1990, Rapides: Alexandria, 2019 Monroe Street, residence of BB; Kermit C. Cummings. A photograph of these birds appeared in the Alexandria Towntalk, along with an article by Hope J. Norman.
One female (90-15) on 21 Jan. 1990, St. Tammany: Mandeville, Al & Gwen Smalley, Norton Nelkin. The bird first appeared at the home of HH on about 9 Jan.
One female (90-34) on 27 Apr. 1990, Cameron: Cameron; Donna L. Dittmann & Steven W. Cardiff, TAP. This species was removed from the Review List on 31 Mar. 1990.
Two males and four to six females (90-77) on 13 Nov. 1990, Lafayette: approx. 1 mi. S of Lafayette, intersection of Hwy. 167 and Hapsburg Lane; Charles A. Butterworth (AB 45(l):117).
Two or three (90-115) on 20 Nov 1990, East Baton Rouge: Baton Rouge, LSU Campus; Paul McKenzie. These birds were heard only.
Pair (1991-23) nesting under bridge on 31 May 1991, Concordia: Vidalia; Charlie Viers.
Up to 12, including up to four males and eight females (1991-57), from early Jan-12 Feb 1991, Avoyelles: 3 mi. N of Marksville. This received a split non-accept vote on the second circulation, with three members voting to accept based primarily on probability. The observer clearly was not used to writing bird descriptions and the description is very brief. Because the description did not clearly eliminate Purple Finch, the other four members were opposed to acceptance. These sorts of records pose a philosophical problem for the LBRC and members who may have very different opinions on how best to handle older records of now common species. There is no official LBRC policy or specific criteria regarding how a member should evaluate a record. Different members have different individual policies, philosophies, or thresholds of acceptance and, although this may create some inconsistent treatment of records, overall the LBRC tries to achieve consistency by holding records up to a certain standard, regardless of the experience level of observers. The LBRC certainly does not want to discourage observers from submitting reports and hopes that, regardless of published outcomes, observers realize that it is important that every record be archived and remain available for later review or re-analysis.