Sighting Record for Utah

Common name:	Palm Warbler
Scientific name:	Setophaga palmarum
Date:	9/26/2018
Time:	10:00 AM
Length of time observed:	30 seconds
Number:	1
Age:	unknown
Sex:	unknown
Location:	Brighton Drain west of 7200 West
County:	Salt Lake
Latilong:	40.7630, -112.0651
Elevation:
Distance to bird:	30 ft.
Optical equipment:	10x42 binoculars, Canon 7D 300mm with 1.4x TC (420mm equiv.)
Weather:	Sunny and clear, little wind
Light Conditions:	Morning light, viewing bird from east so well lit
Description: Size of bird:	small
(Description:) Basic Shape:	warbler
(Description:) Overall Pattern:	brown with little yellow
(Description:) Bill Type:
(Description:) Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics:	Yellow under tail coverts, yellow/green rump, otherwise brown with sparse streaking on chest, dark-brown eye line with broken eye-ring, pale brown supercilium, all dark bill, pumping tail up and down when first perched. (see photos)
Song or call & method of delivery:	silent
Behavior:	Foraging in Tamarisk, pumping tail up and down when first perched.
Habitat:	Tamarisk along wet Canal surrounded by salt-shrub and grassland.
Similar species and how were they eliminated:	Combination of yellow only on under tail coverts and rump, darkish eyeline, lighter supercilium, and tail pumping behavior diagnostic.
Previous experience with this & similar species:	My second in Utah, but have observed extensively in New Jersey and Florida.
References consulted:	The Sibley Guide to Birds, second edition
Description from:	Notes made later From photo(s) taken at the time of the sighting
Observer:	Neil Paprocki
Observer's address:	777 East 1st Ave #2, Salt Lake City, UT 84103
Observer's e-mail address:	**
Other observers who independently identified this bird:
Date prepared:	9/26/2018
Additional material:	Photos
Additional comments:	https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48759732