Sighting Record for Utah

Common name:	Palm Warbler
Scientific name:	Setophaga palmarum
Date:	5/26/2022
Time:	1900
Length of time observed:	~15 mins
Number:	1 (maybe 2)
Age:	Adult
Sex:
Location:	Skipper Bay Trail
County:	Utah
Latilong:	40.248512, -111.731217
Elevation:	20 feet
Distance to bird:
Optical equipment:	8*40 Binoculars, point+shoot camera
Weather:	sunny
Light Conditions:	Great
Description: Size of bird:	5 in
(Description:) Basic Shape:	Warbler
(Description:) Overall Pattern:	brown back, yellow belly
(Description:) Bill Type:	Thin pointed
(Description:) Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics:	Largish warbler, Brown back with two wing bars, pale yellow underneath brightest on breast and undertail. Small thin streaks on breast and flanks face grayish with bold yellow supercilium and mustache, whitish throat, small yellow patch beneath eyes. Also noted rufous cap and black bill. (see photos)
Song or call & method of delivery:	I thought I heard song once, descending chip series, like a slow OCWA
Behavior:	Gleaning insects from leaves, noted odd tail-pumping behavior
Habitat:	Shrubby understory and lakeshore.
Similar species and how were they eliminated:	Rufous cap rules out most species except Chipping Sparrow, which has a dark eyeliner and lacks yellow tones and breast/flank streaks. Tail pumping is also unique. Brown back rules out YEWA and others.
Previous experience with this & similar species:	None what-so-eva.
References consulted:	Merlin photo ID
Description from:	From memory From photo(s) taken at the time of the sighting
Observer:	Ben Stradling
Observer's address:
Observer's e-mail address:	**
Other observers who independently identified this bird:
Date prepared:	5/26/2022
Additional material:	Photos
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