Sighting Record for Utah

Common name:	Least Flycatcher
Scientific name:	Empidonax minimus
Date:	09-20-2015
Time:	11:30am
Length of time observed:	5 minutes
Number:	1
Age:	?
Sex:	?
Location:	Salt Lake International Center
County:	Salt Lake
Latilong:
Elevation:	4250ft
Distance to bird:	3m
Optical equipment:	Nikon 10x50 Binoculars, Canon SX50 hs Digital Camera
Weather:	Sunny and clear, 70F
Light Conditions:	Excellent
Description: Size of bird:	Small flycatcher
(Description:) Basic Shape:	typical Empidonax
(Description:) Overall Pattern:	overall grayish brown, with a white throat
(Description:) Bill Type:	short
(Description:) Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics:	Tiny empid, with a short tail, olive brown back, a white throat, short bi-colored bill, and a short primary projection. No other empid has that combination of field marks. The extremely close looks allowed excellent photos (see photos)
Song or call & method of delivery:	none heard
Behavior:	Perched up on a bush in plain view very close for a few minutes, then flitted off to unknown quarters
Habitat:	cultivated tree near a parking lot, in a known migrant trap on the south end of the Great Salt Lake
Similar species and how were they eliminated:	Dusky has a grayish throat, is larger with a longer tail Hammond has a gray throat, darker bill and longer primary projection Gray is larger and has a longer tail that it pumps down, and longer bill, plus duller gray color 'Westerns' and Yellow-bellied are much yellower
Previous experience with this & similar species:	Yes, many
References consulted:	'The Sibley Guide to Birds' D.A. Sibley 2014, online photos and articles
Description from:	From photo(s) taken at the time of the sighting
Observer:	Bryant Olsen
Observer's address:	688 East 700 South #105, SLC, UT 84102
Observer's e-mail address:	**
Other observers who independently identified this bird:	none
Date prepared:	10-14-2015
Additional material:	Photos
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