Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # 2016-27a
| Common name: |
Canada Warbler |
| Scientific name: | Cardellina canadensis |
| Date: | September 9, 2016 |
| Time: | 4:30 pm |
| Length of time observed: | 20 minutes |
| Number: | 1 |
| Age: | juvenile ? |
| Sex: | ?? |
| Location: | Big Cottonwood Park |
| County: | Salt Lake |
| Latilong: | |
| Elevation: | 4300' |
| Distance to bird: | 10 feet |
| Optical equipment: | Zeiss 10x42 binos, Nikon D5200 w/55-300mm lens |
| Weather: | clear, sunny, low 80's |
| Light Conditions: | shady understory with filtered light |
| Description: Size of bird: | small songbird |
| (Description:) Basic Shape: | warbler type |
| (Description:) Overall Pattern: | gray above, yellow below |
| (Description:) Bill Type: | pointed |
|
(Description:)
Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics: |
Upperparts all plain gray, no wing bars. Underparts all yellow, with necklace of
gray-brown streaks. Gray tail with white undertail coverts. Complete bold white
eye-ring. Bill pointed, with dark upper mandible and pink lower mandible. Pink
legs and feet. (see photos) |
| Song or call & method of delivery: | no song, some intermittent chip notes |
| Behavior: | active foraging in denser areas of mid-level foliage |
| Habitat: | shady mixed deciduous understory surrounding swampy pond |
| Similar
species and
how were they eliminated: |
Species with white eye-ring are Nashville -- lacks complete gray upperparts and white undertail Connecticut -- lacks yellow throat and white undertail Magnolia (female) -- has wing bars and black streaks on side Prairie (female) -- lacks gray back, bold eye-ring |
| Previous
experience with this & similar species: |
Seen Canada, Magnolia and Prairie at various locations back East. See Nashville
annually in migration. One sighting of Connecticut. |
| References consulted: | Sibley |
| Description from: | From photo(s) taken at the time of the sighting |
| Observer: | Joel Beyer |
| Observer's address: | Holliday, UT |
| Observer's e-mail address: | ** |
| Other observers who independently identified this bird: | Kathy Beyer |
| Date prepared: | September 10, 2016 |
| Additional material: | Photos |
| Additional comments: |