English and Scientific names:	Say’s Phoebe
Number of individuals:	1
Locality: LOUISIANA:	Cameron Parish
Specific Locality:	Talen’s Landing Road/Cameron Solid Waste Treatment Plant near Cory Road
Date(s) when observed:	12/27/2008
Time(s) of day when observed:	late morning
Reporting observer and address:	Paul Conover Lafayette, LA
Other observers accompanying reporter who also identified the bird(s):
Other observers who independently identified the bird(s):	This must have been the same bird the Pontiffs found nearby and reported a short while before.
Light conditions (position of bird in relation to shade and to direction and amount of light):	foggy or cloudy but fine.
Optical equipment:	Zeiss 10X
Distance to bird(s):	From 10-50 yards.
Duration of observation:	about 1 hour
Habitat:	The general area is scrubby, basically a Baccharis field with a large clearing that houses the sewage plant. The land is just a few miles north of the beginning of the marsh. The plant is surrounded by a long hurricane fence.
Behavior of bird:	The bird was foraging around the perimeter of the plant on the hurricane fencetop. It would also light on the ground or on low debris. At times it would hover for many seconds (5-10) in the same spot.
Description:	A long, thin flycatcher, often perching at about a 45 degree angle on open perches. A typical Say’s Phoebe, ashy grayish-brown above and onto chest in a sort of broad hood, with peachy belly and undertail, and darker, blackish tail and flight feathers in wing. Slight pale edges on wing coverts make these coverts stand out somewhat. Legs, eyes, and bill dark.
Voice:	Not heard.
Similar species:	None that I’m aware of.
Photographs or tape recordings obtained?	Pictures, none great, but certainly identifiable.
Previous experience with this species:	A bit out of state, and recently, a bit in the state.
Identification aids:	None.
This description is written from:	Memory
Are you positive of your identification? If not, explain:	Yes.
Reporter:	Paul Conover
Date and time:	Jan 20, 2008