Sighting Record for Utah

Common name:	Least Flycatcher
Scientific name:	Empidonax minimus
Date:	3 Jun, 2018
Time:	10:00 am
Length of time observed:	5 min.
Number:	1
Age:	Adult
Sex:
Location:	River Lane along the Spanish Fork River
County:	Utah
Latilong:
Elevation:	~4500
Distance to bird:	12 feet
Optical equipment:	8x42 binoculars
Weather:	Clear and sunny
Light Conditions:	excellent
Description: Size of bird:	small flycatcher
(Description:) Basic Shape:	flycatcher
(Description:) Overall Pattern:	olive gray on top light underneath
(Description:) Bill Type:	flycatcher
(Description:) Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics:	Looked like an empidonax flycatcher: Prominent wing bars, olive gray above & white with a touch of yellow below. Fairly prominent, slightly teardrop-shaped eye ring -- a little broader posteriorly. The head looked relatively large and a little squarish compared to the usual empid giving it a stocky look.
Song or call & method of delivery:	A persistent sharp and loud enough for even me to hear, "chebic" call -- typical of a Least Flycatcher.
Behavior:	Moving around and calling in a tree
Habitat:	Riparian - near a dirt road along a river
Similar species and how were they eliminated:	Other Empdonax flycatchers by the shape of the eye ring, the comparitively prominent head and overall stocky look and the unique song.
Previous experience with this & similar species:	I've seen them four or five times in Utah.
References consulted:	Sibley Field Guide
Description from:	Memory
Observer:	Milton Moody
Observer's address:	Provo, Utah
Observer's e-mail address:	**
Other observers who independently identified this bird:	Jessica and Cory Stokes on the same day, (I motioned them over as they were coming down the road) and many before and after that starting around the 24th of May (originally seen by Max Malmquist I believe) up to the date of this report.
Date prepared:	15 Jun 2018
Additional material:	Photos by Suzi Holt
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