Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # 2002-34
| Common name: |
Red-necked Grebe |
| Scientific name: | Podiceps grisegena |
| Date: | 10/28/02 |
| Time: | 1:00pm |
| Length of time observed: | 30 minutes |
| Number: | 1 |
| Age: | Juvenile |
| Sex: | |
| Location: | East Canyon Reservoir |
| County: | Morgan |
| Latilong: | |
| Elevation: | |
| Distance to bird: | 20m |
| Optical equipment: | Scope |
| Weather: | Partly Cloudy |
| Light Conditions: | Excellent |
| Detailed description of bird: | Large grebe-like, long neck, yellow bill, black and white stripes on head and neck. Mainly grey, front of neck red. [see photos] |
| Song or call & method of delivery: | |
| Behavior: | Feeding |
| Habitat: | Lake |
| Similar
species and how were they eliminated: |
Common Loon |
| Previous experience with this & similar species: | |
| References consulted: | Sibley |
| Description from: | From memory |
| Observer: | Jack Torrey, Glenda Cotter, Bob Huntington |
| Observer's address: | 1611 Westminster Ave, Salt Lake City, UT 84105 |
| Observer's e-mail address: | jack.a.torrey@williams.com |
| Other
observers who independently identified this bird: |
Glenda Cotter, Bob Huntington, Dennis Shirley |
| Date prepared: | 10/29/02 (General Public) |
| Additional material: | Photos |
| Additional comments: |