Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # 2022-25
| Common name: |
Magnolia Warbler |
| Scientific name: | Setophaga magnolia |
| Date: | 5/27/2022 |
| Time: | 1930 |
| Length of time observed: | ~15 mins |
| Number: | 1 |
| Age: | Adult |
| Sex: | Female |
| Location: | Skipper Bay Trail |
| County: | Utah |
| Latilong: | 40.250645, -111.729348 |
| Elevation: | |
| Distance to bird: | 20 feet |
| Optical equipment: | 8*40 Binoculars, point+shoot camera |
| Weather: | Cloud cover |
| Light Conditions: | Great |
| Description: Size of bird: | 5 in |
| (Description:) Basic Shape: | Warbler |
| (Description:) Overall Pattern: | Yellow under gray top |
| (Description:) Bill Type: | Thin pointed |
|
(Description:)
Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics: |
Yellow underside extending to throat. White undertail, Grayish on top
(including head), green mantle, Two white wing bars, white supercilium,
and dark lateral throat stripe. Faint black breast streaking becoming
darker and thicker onto flanks. (see photos) |
| Song or call & method of delivery: | Single, simple short warble. |
| Behavior: | Hopping, gleaning within the brush. |
| Habitat: | Scrubby brush near the lakeshore. |
| Similar
species and
how were they eliminated: |
Prairie Warbler: Thick wing bars, black instead of white lateral throat stripe, bold white undertail |
| Previous
experience with this & similar species: |
None |
| References consulted: | |
| 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: | 5/27/2022 |
| Additional material: | Photos |
| Additional comments: |