Sighting Record for Utah

Common name:	Palm Warbler
Scientific name:	Setophaga palmarum
Date:	10-23-2018
Time:	12:00pm
Length of time observed:	10 minutes
Number:	1
Age:	?
Sex:	?
Location:	Fish Spring National Wildlife Refuge, in the parking lot of the Visitor Center
County:	Juab
Latilong:	N 39.839471, -113.398868
Elevation:	4,400ftish
Distance to bird:	3m at closest
Optical equipment:	10x42 Binos, Canon SX60 Digital Camera
Weather:	Mostly sunny, 60F
Light Conditions:	excellent
Description: Size of bird:	5.5in
(Description:) Basic Shape:	Typical warbler
(Description:) Overall Pattern:	mostly dull olive
(Description:) Bill Type:	short thin
(Description:) Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics:	Noticed a Warbler feeding on the ground in gravel by itself. Overall very drab olive-brown, streaking on breast, prominent supercilium, white eye arcs with dark eye-line, pale throat with contrasting bright yellow rump, some yellow in wings as well. Constantly walking on the ground bobbing long tail, very distinctive. (see photos)
Song or call & method of delivery:	None heard
Behavior:	Walking around on the ground near maintenance building feeding, landed on buildings occasionally.
Habitat:	Parking-lot of maintenance buildings and visitor center, but many planted small trees and shrubs nearby around houses, known migrant trap
Similar species and how were they eliminated:	Orange-crowned Warbler brighter yellowish, lacks contrasting bright rump,shorter tail and doesn't walk on the ground bobbing tail.
Previous experience with this & similar species:	Yes, my 4th in Utah
References consulted:	Memory
Description from:	From photo(s) taken at the time of the sighting
Observer:	Bryant Olsen
Observer's address:	84102
Observer's e-mail address:	**
Other observers who independently identified this bird:	Max Malmquist and Lauri Taylor were with me
Date prepared:	10-24-2018
Additional material:	Photos
Additional comments:	eBird checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S49409611