Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # 2008-15
| Common name: |
Eastern Phoebe |
| Scientific name: | Sayornis phoebe |
| Date: | 03-31-08 |
| Time: | 1930 |
| Length of time observed: | 5 minutes |
| Number: | 1 |
| Age: | adult |
| Sex: | |
| Location: | Lytle Ranch |
| County: | Washington |
| Latilong: | 19 |
| Elevation: | ~850 m |
| Distance to bird: | 5 m |
| Optical equipment: | 8x42 binoculars |
| Weather: | clear and calm |
| Light Conditions: | evening light |
| Description: Size of bird: | |
| (Description:) Basic Shape: | |
| (Description:) Overall Pattern: | |
| (Description:) Bill Type: | |
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(Description:)
Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics: |
Overall large round head, small sharp bill, plump body, relatively short wings,
and long tail. Upperparts olive gray. Wings olive with pale edges on secondaries
and tertials. Underside, pale whitish throat, olive sides of breasts giving the
bird a vested appearance, whitish belly and undertail coverts with a pale
yellowish wash. Dark eye, inconspicous on dark face, dark bill and dark legs (see photos) |
| Song or call & method of delivery: | none heard |
| Behavior: | perched and flycatcher in boxelders around Lytle trailers and buildings. Perched upright, and slowly dipped it's tail. |
| Habitat: | Riparian area running through Joshua tree / creosote Mojave desert. |
| Similar
species and
how were they eliminated: |
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| Previous
experience with this & similar species: |
yes |
| References consulted: | |
| Description from: | Notes made later |
| Observer: | Rick Fridell |
| Observer's address: | 35050 West 290 North |
| Observer's e-mail address: | rfridell@redrock.net |
| Other observers who independently identified this bird: | none, however there was an Eastern Phoebe observed at Lytle in late fall (October/ November) 2007 |
| Date prepared: | 08-25-08 |
| Additional material: | Photos |
| Additional Comments: | description is copied from field notes written on April 2, 2008. |