Sighting Record for Utah

Common name:	Zone-tailed Hawk
Scientific name:	Buteo albonotatus
Date:	May 2, 2019
Time:	3:46 PM
Length of time observed:	10 min
Number:	1
Age:	Adult
Sex:	Unknown
Location:	Forest Park, St. George, Utah
County:	Washington
Latilong:	37.126754,-113.546080
Elevation:	2860 ft.
Distance to bird:	Between 30-60 yards away.
Optical equipment:	Binoculars
Weather:	Clear & sunny
Light Conditions:	Good
Description: Size of bird:	Hawk-sized
(Description:) Basic Shape:	Black
(Description:) Overall Pattern:
(Description:) Bill Type:
(Description:) Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics:	All black on top. 4-6 bands on tail of black & white. From underneath, dark chest and lighter colored flight feathers. Narrow wings.
Song or call & method of delivery:	None
Behavior:	Soaring
Habitat:	Desert, sagebrush scrub
Similar species and how were they eliminated:	Initially thought it was a Turkey Vulture, noticing dark chest with lighter colored wingtips and soaring behavior similar to vulture., but seemed smaller. Eventually got a better look of back of bird and noticed all black, with a yellow beak, no red head. Wings narrower than Common Blackhawk, and flight feathers coloring underneath seemed much too light for a Common Blackhawk.
Previous experience with this & similar species:	None
References consulted:	Audubon app on iOS
Description from:	Notes taken at the time of the sighting
Observer:	Holden Green
Observer's address:	668 N. 1620 W. Cir, St. George UT 84770
Observer's e-mail address:	**
Other observers who independently identified this bird:	None
Date prepared:	5/11/2019
Additional material:	No_additional_Materials
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