LOUISIANA BIRD RECORDS COMMITTEE

REPORT FORM

1. English and Scientific names: Townsend’s Warbler, Setophaga townsendi

2. Number of individuals, sexes, ages, general plumage (e.g., 2 in alternate plumage): 1

3. Locality: Parish: Cameron

Specific Locality: Peveto Woods BRAS.

4. Date(s) when observed: 09/22/2013

5. Time(s) of day when observed: mid-morning

6. Reporting observer and address: Paul Conover, Lafayette LA 70506

7. Other observers accompanying reporter who also identified the bird(s): Rob Dobbs and Meribeth Huizinga found and identified the bird, alerted me to it.

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): Sunny, good light.

10. Optical equipment (type, power, condition): Zeiss 10s, Nikon D50 with 300 mm lens.

11. Distance to bird(s): within 20 feet at closest, but mainly about 40 feet

12. Duration of observation: On and off for probably 5 minutes

13. Habitat: Remnant chenier on gulf edge managed for birds. Live oak the keystone tree species of the woods.

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

Bird was actively foraging in live oaks, working the treetops with a small flock of warblers.

15. Description:

Wood warbler with wingbars, and white spots in tail, yellow head with black face patch.

Head clear yellow with broad greenish-gray central crown stripe extending down neck. Dark mask on side of medium yellow face formed by dull gray lores and auriculars (broadly washed greenish along edges but appears plain gray in center of auriculars in my photos), framed above by yellow supercilia and below by yellow malar; also yellow crescent below eye within mask. Yellow extending onto chin, throat, and breast. Throat washed grayish with vague blurry grayish streaking along sides of breast, extending as beige wash onto whitish flanks. Rest of underparts whitish with no yellow wash on vent, narrow dark streaks on shafts of some undertail coverts. Mantle greenish. Wings dark gray with two distinct white wingbars. Tail same dark gray as wings, with extensive white on inner webs of outer rectrices.

Bill black. Eyes dark.

16. Voice: Didn’t note

17. Similar species: Black-throated Green Warbler, the expected member of the “Black-throated” warblers in this area, eliminated by distinct complete dark mask on sides of face, lack of yellowish wash on vent, more extensive yellow on breast. Golden-cheeked eliminated among other things by dark mask instead of dark eyeline.

18. Photographs or tape recordings obtained? Some photos taken, the most representative attached.

19. Previous experience with this species: Seen mostly out west, but a few in Louisiana as well.

21. This description is written from: Memory, photos.

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

23. Date: 2/23/2014