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English and Scientific names: |
Couch's
kingbird Tyrannus couchii
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Number of individuals: |
1 in alternate plumage,; male based on its singing |
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Locality: LOUISIANA: |
Red River |
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Specific Locality: |
Near Red River at end of Red River Parish Rd. 408; private property |
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Date(s) when observed: |
3 January 2006 |
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Time(s) of day when
observed: |
afternoon |
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Reporting observer and address: |
Dr. James L. Ingold Department of Biological
Sciences |
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Other observers accompanying reporter who also
identified the bird(s): |
Paul Dickson, Jeff
Trahan, Larry Raymond, John McBride |
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Other
observers who independently identified the bird(s) |
Mac Hardy, Marty Guidry |
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Light
conditions (position of bird in relation to shade and to direction and amount
of light): |
sunny, clear day bird
moved around a bit and we had excellent sun angles |
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Optical equipment: |
Celestron regals 10 x
40(?) |
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Distance to
bird(s): |
~15 feet as closest
distance |
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Duration of
observation: |
1+ hour |
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Habitat: |
Riverine habitat/old field bordered by tall trees along the Red River |
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Behavior of bird:
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bird approached observers in response to playback of song from Stokes CD played on an I-POD |
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Description:
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I spent my time recording the bird singing using a Marantz PDM 222 portable cassette recorder using a Sennheiser ME 66 shotgun microphone. |
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Voice: |
gave the typical queer, chi-queer, bereeeeer which matched the song on the Stokes CD |
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Similar
species: |
Cassin's, Tropical, Western eliminated by song |
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Photographs
or tape recordings obtained? |
Song was recorded by me/ others took photographs. Cassette tape will be sent to LSUMNS |
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Previous
experience with this species: |
I saw and heard a few in September of 2002 near Harlingen Texas |
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Identification aids: |
at time of observation: None after observation: Sibley |
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This description is written from: |
memory |
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Are
you positive of your identification? If not, explain: |
Yes |
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Reporter: |
Jim Ingold
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Date and time:
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15 March 2006 3:26 p.m. |