Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # 2003-03
| Common name: |
Broad-winged Hawk |
| Scientific name: | Buteo platypterus |
| Date: | Early May, 2002 |
| Time: | ~late noon |
| Length of time observed: | 1 minute |
| Number: | 1 |
| Age: | Juvenile |
| Sex: | Unknown |
| Location: | In foothills of Wasatch Mts, above University Hospital in Salt Lake City |
| County: | Salt Lake |
| Latilong: | |
| Elevation: | Unknown |
| 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 north |
| 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. |