Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # 2011-61
| Common name: |
Prothonotary Warbler |
| Scientific name: | Protonotaria citrea |
| Date: | October 5-7, 2011 |
| Time: | various |
| Length of time observed: | ~ 45 min. totals |
| Number: | 1 |
| Age: | |
| Sex: | |
| Location: | Tonaquint Park, St. George |
| County: | Washington |
| Latilong: | 19 |
| Elevation: | ~ 870 |
| Distance to bird: | ~ 10 m |
| Optical equipment: | 8 x 42 binoculars |
| Weather: | various |
| Light Conditions: | various |
| Description: Size of bird: | see below |
| (Description:) Basic Shape: | |
| (Description:) Overall Pattern: | |
| (Description:) Bill Type: | |
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(Description:)
Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics: |
Dan Trujillo found a fall Prothonotary Warbler at the pond at Tonaquint Park
following storms moving through Washingotn County. We believe it was a first
fall male (?) based on plumage brightness. We observed the warbler foraging low
along the edge of the pond systematically working the shoreline, low overhanging
branches, and emergent sticks and debris. Observed through October 7th. Description: Large stocky warbler with a short tail and long stout bill. Bright yellow head with large black eye and large, stout, pale bill. Olive yellow mantle and bluish gray wings, rump, and upper tail. Undersides bright yellow from chin to belly and bright white undertail coverts. Underside of tail white with black edges and tip. White flashes in tail visible in flight. Grayish black legs and feet. (see photos |
| Song or call & method of delivery: | clear metallic chip, and louder higher call given in flight across pond |
| Behavior: | We observed the warbler foraging low along the edge of the pond systematically working the shoreline, low overhanging branches, and emergent sticks and debris. |
| Habitat: | dense vegetation bordering pond |
| Similar
species and
how were they eliminated: |
yes |
| Previous
experience with this & similar species: |
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| 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: | Found by Dan Trujillo |
| Date prepared: | 11-18-2011 |
| Additional material: | Photos |
| Additional_Comments: | information copied from field notes |