Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # 2017-77
| Common name: |
Philadelphia Vireo |
| Scientific name: | Vireo philadelphicus |
| Date: | May 27 2016 |
| Time: | 3 pm |
| Length of time observed: | 5 minutes |
| Number: | 1 |
| Age: | |
| Sex: | |
| Location: | City Creek Canyon |
| County: | Salt Lake |
| Latilong: | |
| Elevation: | |
| Distance to bird: | ten feet |
| Optical equipment: | Canon Powershot SX60 |
| Weather: | clear |
| Light Conditions: | a bit shady |
| Description: Size of bird: | about the size of a chickadee |
| (Description:) Basic Shape: | like a warbler but more rotund |
| (Description:) Overall Pattern: | dull tan and cream |
| (Description:) Bill Type: |
fairly short and slightly hooked |
|
(Description:)
Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics: |
It looked round and had a short bill and a tail about the length of its
undertail coverts. It might have had a tinge of yellow to its throat but looked
dull overall with a wash of yellow on its breast. The face pattern was contrasty
and the white was strongest around its eyes; forming semicircles above and
below. (see photos) |
| Song or call & method of delivery: | quiet |
| Behavior: | It moved around a lot in thick cover and was seen best when it stopped to eat a green caterpillar on its twig. |
| Habitat: | Thick and brushy, alder I think, on a small hillside. The creek was on the other side of the trail. |
| Similar
species and
how were they eliminated: |
I guessed it might be Philadelphia because it looked rounder than the Warblings I saw. It looked more yellowish under than the warblings I saw in similar shade. It had a little yellow on its breast and white/very pale yellow on its undertail coverts and belly. Its face looked more contrasty and dark, and had shorter round eyebrows and short triangular lores so its head looked less long. Its back was darker and its forehead may have been slightly darker.I have very little experience with this species. |
| Previous
experience with this & similar species: |
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| References consulted: | The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America |
| Description from: | Notes made later |
| Observer: | Chan Nam |
| Observer's address: | 354 Warren Avenue Rochester NY 14618 |
| Observer's e-mail address: | ** |
| Other observers who independently identified this bird: | Kenny Frisch? |
| Date prepared: | December 30, 2017 |
| Additional material: | Photos |
| Additional comments: | [nnina] |