Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # 2017-64
| Common name: |
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch |
| Scientific name: | Leucosticte australis |
| Date: | 11-19-2017 |
| Time: | 1:15pm |
| Length of time observed: | 30 minutes |
| Number: | 1 |
| Age: | Hatch Year |
| Sex: | ? |
| Location: | [Alta] |
| County: | Salt Lake |
| Latilong: | |
| Elevation: | 9,000ft |
| Distance to bird: | Less than 1m at closest approach |
| Optical equipment: | Vortex 8.5X42 Binoculars |
| Weather: | Sunny,clear,40F |
| Light Conditions: | Very bright |
| Description: Size of bird: | 6.25in |
| (Description:) Basic Shape: | Typical finch |
| (Description:) Overall Pattern: | uniform frosted brown |
| (Description:) Bill Type: | Stout finch bill |
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(Description:)
Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics: |
Uniform brownish with pale frosted feather edging, no pink at all indicating a
hatch year bird, and a very dull sooty blackish brown cap with only a very
slight gray tint along a narrow band behind the eye, but this gray was so dull
and indistinct it was often to visible. Song_or_Call: Typical Rosy-Finch calls Behavior: Feeding under bird feeders,very tame Habitat: Sunflower seed bird feeders at 9,000ft, in a mixed aspen/spruce-fir forest. Similar_Species_Elimination: Similar to Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, but dull sooty brownish crown and frosted brownish feather edging on body. Experience_with_Species: Yes,I've seen them here before in 2015, and several times in Colorado References: Macaulay Library photos online Description_From: From photo(s) taken at the time of the sighting Observer: Bryant Olsen Observer_Address: 84102,SLC,UT Observer_Email: bryant_olsen@yahoo.com Other_Observers: Date_Prepared: |
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| Observer's e-mail address: | ** |
| Other observers who independently identified this bird: | Bill Hunt was with me, a few others reported it the same day and the next |
| Date prepared: | 11-21-17 |
| Additional material: | Photos |
| Additional comments: | eBird checklist: https://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40605369 |