Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # 2003-02
Common name: |
Broad-winged Hawk |
Scientific name: | Buteo platypterus |
Date: | Early October 2002 |
Time: | ~late noon |
Length of time observed: | 1 minute |
Number: | 1 |
Age: | Second year, 1st Adult plumage |
Sex: | Unknown |
Location: | Bountiful Peak |
County: | Salt Lake |
Latilong: | Unknown |
Elevation: | 8400 ft. |
Distance to bird: | ~100 ft overhead |
Optical equipment: | Zeiss 7x45 |
Weather: | Clear, mild |
Light Conditions: | Optimal |
Detailed description of bird: | Did not take field or mental notes, see photograph |
Song or call & method of delivery: | Sight |
Behavior: | Soaring, gliding south |
Habitat: | Wasatch Mountains |
Similar
species and how were they eliminated: |
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Previous experience with this & similar species: | Much |
References consulted: | None |
Description from: | |
Observer: | Jerry Liguori |
Observer's address: | 1216 S. Windsor SLC, UT 84105 |
Observer's e-mail address: | jerrylig@hotmail.com |
Other
observers who independently identified this bird: |
None |
Date prepared: | 1/10/03 (General Public) |
Additional material: | photo |
Additional comments: | Sorry to say, I did not realize that BWHA was a write-up bird for UT or I would have submitted the reports earlier. Luckily, I photographed each for HawkWatch International. |