Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # 2020-50
| Common name: |
Kentucky Warbler |
| Scientific name: | Oporornis formosus (gotten from a 1990 version of Book of North American Birds) |
| Date: | 9/21/2020 |
| Time: | approx. 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m |
| Length of time observed: | approx. 10 minutes |
| Number: | one |
| Age: | |
| Sex: | |
| Location: | backyard of my residence [St. George] |
| County: | Washington |
| Latilong: | |
| Elevation: | |
| Distance to bird: | 6-8 ft (I was inside the house looking out) |
| Optical equipment: | eyesight |
| Weather: | sunny, calm |
| Light Conditions: | light |
| Description: Size of bird: | |
| (Description:) Basic Shape: | |
| (Description:) Overall Pattern: | |
| (Description:) Bill Type: | |
|
(Description:)
Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics: |
bright yellow underside with yellow band around eyes. Dark greenish gray on back
and ‘widow’s peak’ to beak (see photos) |
| Song or call & method of delivery: | none that I heard |
| Behavior: | hopped around in the grass looking for insects I suspect |
| Habitat: | |
| Similar
species and
how were they eliminated: |
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| Previous
experience with this & similar species: |
have never seen one |
| References consulted: | Elaine York of the Nature Conservancy/Ann Neville and above mentioned book once they told me what it was |
| Description from: | photos I took |
| Observer: | Jeana S. |
| Observer's address: | St. George, UT 84790 |
| Observer's e-mail address: | ** |
| Other observers who independently identified this bird: | |
| Date prepared: | 9/30/2020 |
| Additional material: | Photos |
| Additional comments: |