Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # 2011-57
| Common name: |
Tennessee Warbler |
| Scientific name: | (Vermivora peregrina) [Oreothlypis peregrina] |
| Date: | September 30, 2011 |
| Time: | evening |
| Length of time observed: | 1-2 minutes |
| Number: | 1 |
| Age: | |
| Sex: | |
| Location: | St. George |
| County: | Washington |
| Latilong: | 19 |
| Elevation: | ~ 875 m |
| Distance to bird: | 3-5 m |
| Optical equipment: | 10 x 42 binoculars |
| Weather: | clear and calm |
| Light Conditions: | |
| Description: Size of bird: | |
| (Description:) Basic Shape: | |
| (Description:) Overall Pattern: | |
| (Description:) Bill Type: | |
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(Description:)
Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics: |
Relatively small and non-descript fall warbler. Upperparts bright olive-yellow
from crown to upper tail. Underparts dull yellow-olive throat, chest and breast
fading to whitish on the belly and white undertail coverts. Face with dark eye,
pale supercilium, dark loral line extending through eye, and indistinct pale arc
below eye. Wings olive with two indistinct pale wing bars and darker primaries
with thin pale tips. White visible at bend of the wing. Tail relatively short
(long undertail coverts) and dark below. (see photos) |
| Song or call & method of delivery: | none heard |
| Behavior: | gleaning in cottonwoods and tamarisks |
| Habitat: | cottonwoods and tamarisks at edge of pond |
| Similar
species and
how were they eliminated: |
distinguished from Orange-crowned Warbler by brighter olive-yellow back and white undertail coverts |
| Previous
experience with this & similar species: |
yes |
| References consulted: | |
| Description from: | |
| Observer: | Rick Fridell |
| Observer's address: | Hurricane, UT |
| Observer's e-mail address: | rfridell@redrock.net |
| Other observers who independently identified this bird: | |
| Date prepared: | 11-18-2011 |
| Additional material: | Photos |
| Additional_Comments: | information copied from field notes |