Sighting Record for Utah

Common name:	Black-throated Blue Warbler
Scientific name:	Setophaga caerulescens
Date:	October 07, 2012
Time:
Length of time observed:	30 min
Number:	1
Age:	?
Sex:	Female
Location:	Tonaquint Park, St. George
County:	Washington
Latilong:	19
Elevation:
Distance to bird:	< 5 m
Optical equipment:	8 x 42 binoculars
Weather:	overcast am, broken clouds pm
Light Conditions:	shade and partly sunny
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(Description:) Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics:	Observed a female Black-throated Blue at Tonaquint Park near the nature center. I heard it s unique chip note in with flock of Audubon s Warblers as I entered the park (reminiscent of a junco). The warbler was gleaning moths from under the eaves of the building. I returned later in the afternoon and relocated it in the cottonwoods and willows closer to the parking lot. Description: Medium sized chunky warbler. Olive green upperparts and buffy yellow underparts. Face with dark eye and bright white lower eye arc and thin white supra loral stripe, dark lores, and grayish auricular patch. Wings with olive coverts, secondaries and tertials, and dark primaries with a small white fleck near the base of the outer primaries. Tail, underside pale and upperside dark, bluish green. Bill dark and legs pale. (see photo)
Song or call & method of delivery:	periodic chip not (reminiscent of a junco) and softer flight call
Behavior:	foraging
Habitat:	urban park with natural plantings
Similar species and how were they eliminated:
Previous experience with this & similar species:	yes
References consulted:
Description from:	Notes made later
Observer:	Rick Fridell
Observer's address:	Hurricane, UT
Observer's e-mail address:	**
Other observers who independently identified this bird:
Date prepared:	12-23-12
Additional material:	Photo
Additional_Comments:	description copied from field notes.