Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # 2003-13
| Common name: |
Northern Bobwhite |
| Scientific name: | Colinus virginianus |
| Date: | 8 May 2003 |
| Time: | 1830 |
| Length of time observed: | 1 hour |
| Number: | 1 |
| Age: | Adult |
| Sex: | Male |
| Location: | Backyard bird feeder, Emigration Oaks, Emigration Canyon |
| County: |
Salt Lake |
| Latilong: | |
| Elevation: | 5,000' |
| Distance to bird: | 7-10 feet |
| Optical equipment: | None needed |
| Weather: | Cloudy |
| Light Conditions: | Overcast |
| Detailed description of bird: | Stocky 6-7" in length, obvious gallinaceous bird. Bright white throat and eyebrown, chestnet back and flands with irregular streaking aong flanks. Darker belly. Very short tail. |
| Song or call & method of delivery: | None |
| Behavior: | On the ground, pecking at seeds |
| Habitat: | Scrub Oak woodland, at backyard feeder beneath Aspens |
| Similar
species and how were they eliminated: |
Chukar: Chukar's are bigger, differently colored. This bird is only a few feet away, readily visible through the window. I've seen Chukar's LOTS of times, and had them in the yard, too. |
| Previous experience with this & similar species: | Seen in Texas and Florida |
| References consulted: | Sibley |
| Description from: | Notes made later |
| Observer: | Susan and Jeffrey Saffle |
| Observer's address: | PO BOX 8094, SLC, UT 84108 |
| Observer's e-mail address: | susjeffsaffle@earthlink.net |
| Other
observers who independently identified this bird: |
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| Date prepared: | 8 May 2003 (General Public) |
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| Additional comments: |