Sighting Record for Utah

Common name:	Blue-headed Vireo
Scientific name:	Vireo solitarius
Date:	08-18-07
Time:	5:30 P.M.
Length of time observed:	5-10 seconds
Number:	1
Age:	Adult
Sex:	Unkown
Location:	Garr Ranch, Antelope Is.
County:	Davis
Latilong:	?
Elevation:	4700" ??
Distance to bird:	20 feet or less
Optical equipment:	10x50 Nikon Binoculars
Weather:	Cloudy
Light Conditions:	Fair
Description: Size of bird:
(Description:) Basic Shape:
(Description:) Overall Pattern:
(Description:) Bill Type:
(Description:) Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics:	Bold white spectacles (no eye line), blue head, white throat & breast, small, blunt bill. About 5 inches in length. Darkish-colored back. The contrast between the head & white throat & breast was distinct. It was facing me at a lower elevation in a vine & I did not see flanks. (see photos by Tim Avery)
Song or call & method of delivery:	None
Behavior:	Foraging in vegetation at about four feet high along fenceline.
Habitat:	Forested
Similar species and how were they eliminated:	Wasn't a warbler because of bill shape. Wasn't a Plumbeous or Cassin's Vireo due to head color. Both of these have gray heads. The bird I saw had a distinct blue head.
Previous experience with this & similar species:	Only once in Minnesota about 3 years ago.
References consulted:	Kaufman's Birds of No. America, Pg. 291
Description from:	From memory
Observer:	Merrill Webb
Observer's address:	1063 E. 400 No. Orem, UT 84097
Observer's e-mail address:	merrill_webb@yahoo.com
Other observers who independently identified this bird:	None
Date prepared:	08-19-07
Additional material:
Additional Comments:	Was with Glenn Barlow who was about 30 yards away. I hollered at him 3 separate times, each time a little louder because he didn't hear me. The 3rd time when he finally heard me, it scared the bird into the trees & we could not relocate it. Frustrating.