Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # 2013-33
| Common name: |
Mountain Plover |
| Scientific name: | Charadrius montanus |
| Date: | 4/10/2013 |
| Time: | 11:30 am |
| Length of time observed: | 1 hour |
| Number: | 2 |
| Age: | n/a |
| Sex: | a pair |
| Location: | White Rock Bay, Antelope Island, Syracuse, Utah |
| County: | Davis |
| Latilong: | n/a |
| Elevation: | n/a |
| Distance to bird: | Approx. 100 yards |
| Optical equipment: | field glasses, and scope |
| Weather: | cool |
| Light Conditions: | good |
| Description: Size of bird: | approx. 10 inches |
| (Description:) Basic Shape: | plover shape |
| (Description:) Overall Pattern: | back brownish, lower part white |
| (Description:) Bill Type: | round, average length, pointed |
|
(Description:)
Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics: |
The birds were easy to see with naked eye also. The face was white, with a black line from bill to eye. White forehead. Brownish top, and white bottom |
| Song or call & method of delivery: | n/a |
| Behavior: | They were not afraid of the group watching them. At times is appeared they be nesting, did not fly |
| Habitat: |
dried grass field |
| Similar
species and
how were they eliminated: |
Black bellied Plover also seen on the island. Overall marking made it easy to see the difference. Black bellied seen in the lake, and Mountain on land |
| Previous
experience with this & similar species: |
Seen this species at Harold Crane WMA last December 2012. |
| References consulted: | National Geographic |
| Description from: | Notes taken at the time of the sighting |
| Observer: | Ned Bixler |
| Observer's address: | 1156 N 2920 W Provo, Utah |
| Observer's e-mail address: | ** |
| Other observers who independently identified this bird: | Doug Mead, Norm & Gail Jensen, Bob Hunnington |
| Date prepared: | 4/11/2013 |
| Additional material: | |
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