Sighting Record for Utah

Common name:	Chestnut-sided Warbler
Scientific name:	(Dendroica pensylvanica) [Setophaga pensylvanica]
Date:	October 5-7, 2011
Time:	various
Length of time observed:	~ 20 minutes total
Number:	1
Age:	first fall
Sex:	female
Location:	Tonaquint Park, St. George
County:	Washington
Latilong:	19
Elevation:	~ 870
Distance to bird:	~ 10 m
Optical equipment:	8 x 42 binoculars
Weather:	overcast, rainy, and windy to clear and calm
Light Conditions:	various
Description: Size of bird:
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(Description:) Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics:	I observed a hatch-year female type Chestnut-sided Warbler at the pond at Tonaquint while watching the Prothonotary Warbler. Later I thought I relocated this warbler but noticed there was a second CS Warbler present with faint rufous streaking along the sides (first fall male or adult female type). I viewed both warblers foraging together in a willow on October 6th. Present through at least October 7th. Description: Medium sized, chunky warbler. Uppersides: bright lime green crown, mantle, and rump, dark olive-gray wings with prominent yellowish white wingbars, and thin yellow edging on the secondaries and primaries, and broader yellow-white edging on tertials. Gray face with black eye and complete distinct white eye-ring. Undersides white from chin to undertail coverts; grayish wash at sides of upper breast. Tail feathers dark with white edges when perched, flashing white outer rectrices in flight; underside of tail white with black teardrops at tips of outer rectrices. Dark gray bill legs and feet. (see photo)
Song or call & method of delivery:	chip similar to a Yellow Warbler
Behavior:	gleaning and hover gleaning
Habitat:	dense vegetation (willows and cottonwoods) around edge of pond
Similar species and how were they eliminated:
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:	Photo
Additional_Comments:	information copied from field notes