LOUISIANA BIRD RECORDS COMMITTEE

REPORT FORM

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     This form is intended as a convenience in reporting observations of species on the Louisiana Bird Records Committee (LBRC) Review List. The LBRC recommends the use of this form or a similar format when submitting records for review (to assure that all pertinent information is accounted for). Attach additional pages as necessary. Please print or type. Attach xerox of field notes, drawings, photographs, or tape recordings, if available. Include all photos for more obscurely marked species. When completed, mail to Secretary, Louisiana Bird Records Committee, c/o Museum of Natural Science, 119 Foster Hall, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-3216.

1. English and Scientific names: Glaucous Gull, Larus hyperboreus

2. Number of individuals, sexes, ages, general plumage (e.g., 2 in alternate plumage):

1 - First winter

3. Locality: LOUISIANA: (parish)

Cameron Parish

Specific Locality:

2 miles west of Holly Beach, on the beach

4. Date(s) when observed:

March 17, 2012

5. Time(s) of day when observed:

11:00AM and later again at 7:00PM, same location

6. Reporting observer and address:

Dave Patton, 122 Memory Lane, Lafayette, LA 70506

7. Other observers accompanying reporter who also identified the bird(s):

8. Other observers who independently identified the bird(s):

9. Light conditions (position of bird in relation to shade and to direction and amount of light):

Good light from left looking offshore

10. Optical equipment (type, power, condition):

30X scope

11. Distance to bird(s):

50 yards

12. Duration of observation:

10 minutes

13. Habitat:

resting on open beach with mixed flock of other gulls

14. Behavior of bird / circumstances of observation (flying, feeding, resting; include and stress habits used in identification; relate events surrounding observation):

15. Description (include only what was actually seen, not what "should" have been seen; include if possible: total length/relative size compared to other familiar species, body bulk, shape, proportions, bill, eye, leg, and plumage characteristics. Stress features that separate it from similar species):

Large gull close in size to neighboring Herring Gulls. Almost completely white in plumage. Primaries and tail all white with no black. Belly, chest, and mantle were mostly white with a slight buffy splotchy, wash. Legs were pink, bill was pink with a black tip, eye looked dark.

16. Voice: none

17. Similar species (include how they were eliminated by your observation):

Herring has black in primaries.

18. Photographs or tape recordings obtained? (by whom? attached?):

Yes, Dave Patton

19. Previous experience with this species:

4 or 5 in Louisiana

20. Identification aids: (list books, illustrations, other birders, etc. used in identification):

a. at time of observation:

Sibley

b. after observation:

21. This description is written from: _____ notes made during the observation (_____notes attached?);_____notes made after the observation (date:_____); __X___memory.

22. Are you positive of your identification if not, explain: Yes

23. Signature of reporter: Dave Patton

Date:_3/20/2012_________

Time:_______

24. May the LBRC have permission to display this report or
portions of this report on its webite? Yes

If yes, may we include your name with the report?

Yes

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