Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # 2022-69
| Common name: |
Magnolia Warbler |
| Scientific name: | Setophaga magnolia |
| Date: | September 17, 2022 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
| Length of time observed: | About two minutes |
| Number: | 1 |
| Age: | Adult |
| Sex: | Female |
| Location: | Kolob Reservoir, Utah 84779 -- Campsite 20 |
| County: | Washington |
| Latilong: | 37.438627, -113.0527416 |
| Elevation: | About 8,117' |
| Distance to bird: | 15' to tree, 20' up |
| Optical equipment: | Binoculars, 200mm lens |
| Weather: | Partly cloudy, windy |
| Light Conditions: | Sometimes shadowy, sometimes very bright |
| Description: Size of bird: | 4 inches |
| (Description:) Basic Shape: | Warbler |
| (Description:) Overall Pattern: | Streaky, gray upperparts and yellow underparts |
| (Description:) Bill Type: | Small, sharp, pointed |
|
(Description:)
Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics: |
The bird had streaked yellow underparts and a white eyering. It had a white wingbar on grayish wings, and dark mask. Gray on top of head. I did not see a black patch underneath the throat, or it's tail feathers. |
| Song or call & method of delivery: | None |
| Behavior: | Hopping back and forth between trees in a mixed flock of Townsend's and Yellow-rumped Warblers. |
| Habitat: | Near forest edge with mixed species of trees, mainly Aspens and evergreen trees |
| Similar
species and
how were they eliminated: |
I thought it was a Townsend's Warbler at first, but I went to take a picture and I saw a white eyering and the gray head. I also noticed that the yellow coloration and streaking extended to the bird's flanks and belly unlike the Townsend's Warblers. |
| Previous
experience with this & similar species: |
I had not previously encountered a Magnolia Warbler, but I'd seen Townsend's once before on Antelope Island at Garr Ranch and been looking for them at other parts of the County before here. I see Yellow-rumped Warblers nearly every other day. |
| References consulted: | I used Merlin Bird ID for my references, I had studied the likely birds earlier that day, in which the Magnolia Warbler had come up. |
| Description from: | Notes taken at the time of the sighting |
| Observer: | Annie Beckstrand |
| Observer's address: | 1648 Homestead Circle, Farmington, UT 84025 |
| Observer's e-mail address: | ** |
| Other observers who independently identified this bird: | None |
| Date prepared: | December 23, 2022 |
| Additional material: | |
| Additional comments: | [nnina] |