English and Scientific names:	Cinnamon Teal/Anas cyanoptera
Number of individuals:	1/female?
Locality: LOUISIANA:	East Baton Rouge Parish
Specific Locality:	Campus Lake at LSU
Date(s) when observed:	October 7, 2005
Time(s) of day when observed:	early afternoon
Reporting observer and address:	Lisa Appelbaum Baton Rouge LA 70820
Other observers accompanying reporter who independently identified the bird(s):	I was alone
Light conditions (position of bird in relation to shade and to direction and amount of light):	bright overhead lighting
Optical equipment:	Olympus C-765 digital camera/10x optical zoom/bought new in July 2005
Distance to bird(s):	25-50 feet (I don't really remember)
Duration of observation:	about 30 min (it didn't fly away, I left)
Habitat:	shallow pond surrounded by pines, cypress trees, and oaks next to student dorms
Behavior of bird:	I was taking photos of egrets, herons, and wood ducks in and around oak tree branches hanging over the water and saw this duck in the water a bit farther away not very close to any vegetation or other birds. It was just swimming around slowly (resting I guess).
Description:	body plumage like most other female dabbling ducks, smaller than a wood duck, somewhat large dark bill, gentle slope from forehead to bill, dark eyeline and cap, light eye-ring, light feathers at base of bill, couldn't see its secondaries/secondary coverts
Voice:	it was silent the whole time I was there
Similar species:	other dabbling ducks are too big; Green-winged Teal doesn't have any white on its head; Blue-winged Teal has a smaller bill
Photographs or tape recordings obtained?	photos by me, unedited files attached
Previous experience with this species:	none
Identification aids:	a. at time of observation none b. following observation went straight home and compared photos and memory to Kaufman fieldguide, http://www.whatbird.com/, and http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/infocenter.html
This description is written from:	memory (looked back at photos to refresh)
Are you positive of your identification? If not, explain:	No, I'm not a very experienced birder and this is the only teal I've ever seen
Reporter:	Lisa Appelbaum
Date and time:	February 2, 2006 6:37pm