Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # 2012-31
| Common name: |
'Eastern' Palm Warbler |
| Scientific name: | Setophaga palmarum hypochrysea |
| Date: | 07-31-2012 |
| Time: | 5:35pm |
| Length of time observed: | 3 minutes |
| Number: | 1 |
| Age: | unknown |
| Sex: | unknown |
| Location: | Near the Ruth Lake trailhead in the Uinta mountains |
| County: | Summit |
| Latilong: | |
| Elevation: | 10,400 feet |
| Distance to bird: | 20 feet |
| Optical equipment: | 10X50 Bushnell binoculars, Cannon SX20 Digital Camera |
| Weather: | overcast |
| Light Conditions: | poor |
| Description: Size of bird: | small passerine |
| (Description:) Basic Shape: | warbler like |
| (Description:) Overall Pattern: | mostly olive green |
| (Description:) Bill Type: | long and thin |
|
(Description:)
Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics: |
Saw an olive green warbler pop up into a small fir on the side of the road. It
had a very unique face pattern, that I was unfamiliar with. It had a pale
throat,a bold supercilium that went past the eye and then angled slightly
downward, and a dark olive cap. When I got back to the car and look through the
field guide,I found the only warbler that matched what I saw is a non-breeding
'Eastern' Palm Warbler. I watched it as it hopped from branch to branch for a
few minutes,before it disappeared and wouldn't come out to pissing (see photos) |
| Song or call & method of delivery: | none heard |
| Behavior: | Perched in a small fir road side,and then fluttered about in low branches for a few minutes |
| Habitat: | Sub-alpine Spruce-Fir forest at 10,400 feet,near a road |
| Similar
species and
how were they eliminated: |
Similar in color to an Orange-crowned Warbler,but they lack a pale throat and supercilium that goes past the eye,also lack a darker cap. MacGilivray's Warbler would have a grayish head and eye arch,but no supercilium or cap,and Yellow Wabler would not have a pale throat,supercillium or darker cap,and a Wilson's Warbler would not have a pale throat or supercilium that goes past the eye. |
| Previous
experience with this & similar species: |
none |
| References consulted: | Sibley Guide to North American Birds,2000 D.A. Sibley |
| Description from: | From memory |
| Observer: | Bryant Olsen |
| Observer's address: | 688 East 700 South SLC,UT 84102 |
| Observer's e-mail address: | ** |
| Other observers who independently identified this bird: | none |
| Date prepared: | 8-2-2012 |
| Additional material: | Photos |
| Additional_Comments: | Photos are of poor quality, but do show the field marks |