Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # 2016-06
| Common name: |
Palm Warbler |
| Scientific name: | Setophaga palmarum (western) |
| Date: | 4/28/2016 |
| Time: | 10:02 a.m. |
| Length of time observed: | 3 different times over an 1.5 hours |
| Number: | 1 |
| Age: | Adult |
| Sex: | unknown |
| Location: | 40*40'48.8"N 111*27'27.0"W [Park City, Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail] |
| County: | Summit |
| Latilong: | |
| Elevation: | about 6,625' |
| Distance to bird: | 25' |
| Optical equipment: | 12x binoculars and Canon camera with 200-500mm lens |
| Weather: | 35* and snowing. Slight wind. |
| Light Conditions: | Dismal, low light. |
| Description: Size of bird: | Same size as Yellow-rumped Warblers it was with. |
| (Description:) Basic Shape: | Warbler shape, |
| (Description:) Overall Pattern: | Yellow on undertail coverts and on throat jumped out. Streaks on side and rufouse crown. |
| (Description:) Bill Type: | Typical warbler bill. |
|
(Description:)
Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics: |
Rufous crown, streaks on breast. Olive green above. Yellow throat, yellow
supercilium, and yellow under tail coverts. Black eye line through the lores.
Identified as western given lack of yellow on under belly. (see photo) |
| Song or call & method of delivery: | None |
| Behavior: | Moving often and quickly low in shrubs between sagebrush and willows. Occasionally perched up but only very very briefly. Stuck with a flock of Yellow-rumped Warblers and loosely with Chipping Sparrows. |
| Habitat: | Sagebrush and Willows near a riparian area. |
| Similar
species and
how were they eliminated: |
I can't think of anything else even closely similar to an adult Palm Warbler. When it first flushed and before I even got a good look at it I knew I had an adult Palm Warbler. |
| Previous
experience with this & similar species: |
I saw one Palm Warbler a few years ago near Utah Lake. |
| References consulted: | Field guides. |
| Description from: | From photo(s) taken at the time of the sighting |
| Observer: | Matthew Pendleton |
| Observer's address: | 1417 Eaest Point Dr. Sandy, Ut |
| Observer's e-mail address: | ** |
| Other observers who independently identified this bird: | I alerted Bryant Olsen about the bird and its location. He arrived with Vivian Schneggenburger about 40 minutes later. We refound the bird and they both got good looks and I believe Bryant got an additional photo. |
| Date prepared: | 4/28/2016 |
| Additional material: | Photo |
| Additional comments: | Ebird checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S29261651 |