Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # 2021-55
| Common name: |
Hooded Warbler |
| Scientific name: | Setophaga citrina |
| Date: | 9/26/2021 |
| Time: | 12:30 PM |
| Length of time observed: | 5 minutes |
| Number: | 1 |
| Age: | Adult |
| Sex: | Male |
| Location: | Santa Clara River (below Baker Reservoir) |
| County: | Washington |
| Latilong: | 37.373100, -113.646107 |
| Elevation: | |
| Distance to bird: | 5 meters |
| Optical equipment: | 10x42 binoculars and 500 mm lens |
| Weather: | Sunny, warm |
| Light Conditions: | Shade |
| Description: Size of bird: | Small passerine |
| (Description:) Basic Shape: | Warbler |
| (Description:) Overall Pattern: | Mostly yellow with black and white |
| (Description:) Bill Type: | Thin, straight (insectivorous) |
|
(Description:)
Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics: |
An extensively yellow warbler (dark greenish-yellow above and bright yellow
below). No wing bars. A black hood begins at the top of its crown and connects
to a black throat below, enclosing a bright yellow face. Dusky lores, and a
relatively thin, dark bill. When observed from below, it showed extensive white
under-tail with darker outer edges. This stark white tail contrasted from its
otherwise entirely bright yellow underparts. Pinkish legs. (see photos) |
| Song or call & method of delivery: | Repeatedly gave "chink" calls |
| Behavior: | Actively flitting through dense understory and low tree branches. Mostly observed at or near eye level. |
| Habitat: | Riparian - many large Cottonwoods and Box Elder trees with fairly dense understory. Riparian zone surrounded by pinyon/juniper woodland. |
| Similar
species and
how were they eliminated: |
Nothing is very similar but for the sake of covering all bases: Male Wilson's Warbler: lacks the black hood and throat, and stark white under-tail. Kentucky Warbler: eliminated by combination of plumage details previously described. Would also appear shorter-tailed. |
| Previous
experience with this & similar species: |
One previous observation of Hooded Warbler (see UBRC 2018-55) |
| References consulted: | None needed for ID, but I matched up the call notes later using the Sibley App. |
| Description from: |
From memory From photo(s) taken at the time of the sighting |
| Observer: | Mike Schijf |
| Observer's address: | 109 S 330 W Ivins, UT 84738 |
| Observer's e-mail address: | ** |
| Other observers who independently identified this bird: | |
| Date prepared: | 9/27/2021 |
| Additional material: | Photos |
| Additional comments: |