Sighting Record for Utah

Common name:	Ovenbird
Scientific name:	Seiurus aurocapilla
Date:	9/12/2020
Time:	1:00pm
Length of time observed:	20-30 minutes
Number:	1
Age:	Adult
Sex:	unknown
Location:	Sand Hollow State Park
County:	Washington
Latilong:
Elevation:	unknown [Approx. 3000 ft.]
Distance to bird:	5-10 yards
Optical equipment:	Swarovski 12X50 EL Binoculars and 3 cameras
Weather:	Clear and hot
Light Conditions:	Bright mid-day sun
Description: Size of bird:	5"-6" estimated
(Description:) Basic Shape:	large warbler/thrush-like shape
(Description:) Overall Pattern:	Greenish brown with brown striped chest
(Description:) Bill Type:	Thin, pointed
(Description:) Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics:	Beautiful bird with full white eye-ring Olive colored wings back with white chest marked with sharply defined dark brown/black stripes and mustache. See photos. (see photos)
Song or call & method of delivery:	No vocalization heard.
Behavior:	Very skulky but busy bird foraging on ground and in roots of small clump of willows.
Habitat:	Small clump of willows on sandy beach on shore of Sand Hollow Reservoir.
Similar species and how were they eliminated:	Clear eye-ring eliminates Northern and Louisiana Waterthrush. Stripes eliminate Swainson's Warbler. Brown thrushes eliminated by orangish crown stripe.
Previous experience with this & similar species:	First found by Tony Jones who has seen and identified this species in the field before.
References consulted:	Sibley Birds West and Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America.
Description from:	From photo(s) taken at the time of the sighting
Observer:	Tony Jones [record submitted by Terry Reid]
Observer's address:	St George, UT
Observer's e-mail address:	**
Other observers who independently identified this bird:	Terry Reid, James Loveless
Date prepared:	9/18/20
Additional material:	Photos
Additional comments:	First located and identified by Tony Jones.