Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # 2020-46
| Common name: |
Blackburnian Warbler |
| Scientific name: | Setophaga fusca |
| Date: | 20 Sep 2020 |
| Time: | 7:34 AM |
| Length of time observed: | 2 minutes |
| Number: | 1 |
| Age: | unknown |
| Sex: | unknown |
| Location: | Sand Hollow State Park Reservoir |
| County: | Washington |
| Latilong: | 19, Lat 37.102763 Lon -113.369797 |
| Elevation: | 3000 ft |
| Distance to bird: | 15 ft |
| Optical equipment: | Wingspan 8x40 binoculars; Canon 6D Mark II with Sigma 150-600mm Contemporary lens |
| Weather: | Clear skies, calm winds |
| Light Conditions: | Just before sunrise |
| Description: Size of bird: | approx. 5 in |
| (Description:) Basic Shape: | medium-sized new-world warbler shape |
| (Description:) Overall Pattern: | dark above, light below, two wing bars |
| (Description:) Bill Type: | thin short pointed bill |
|
(Description:)
Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics: |
Dark back and wings with two bright white wing bars. Yellow throat and white
belly, vent, and undertail coverts with black tail. Ligth streaking on sides.
Dark cap appearing to extend past nape to back, with gray face and lighter
contrasting supercilium. Broken eye ring. Dark upper mandible with lighter base
mandible. (see photos) |
| Song or call & method of delivery: |
None noted. |
| Behavior: | Foraging in a tree, moving rapidly from branch to branch. |
| Habitat: | Small grove of trees near the reservoir's water's edge. |
| Similar
species and
how were they eliminated: |
Grace's Warbler is lighter above with brighter yellow throat and shorter eyebrow, and darker streaking on sides. Yellow-throated Warbler has darker streaking and darker pattern on face with black ear patch. |
| Previous
experience with this & similar species: |
First Blackburnian Warbler. I have seen a few Grace's Warblers but only in Pine Valley. |
| References consulted: | iBird Ultimate app, Merlin Bird ID, 'What's This Bird?' Facebook group |
| Description from: |
From memory From photo(s) taken at the time of the sighting |
| Observer: | Jenner Bryson |
| Observer's address: | |
| Observer's e-mail address: | ** |
| Other observers who independently identified this bird: | |
| Date prepared: | 21 Sep 2020 |
| Additional material: | Photos |
| Additional comments: | Seven photographs from several angles will be submitted separately via emial. |