Unusual Sight Record for Utah
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Utah Bird Records Committee

  
Rec. # 2024-70
Northern Cardinal

Date first observed: 29 Feb 2020
Location:
 Strawberry Reservoir, Strawberry River, Wasatch Co.

Sightings:

  • 29 Feb 2020 - Audrey Horn  [Record #2024-70], Emily Thueson Francis 

Sight Records:


 

Records Committee Review:

 
  Date Posted

   Results

1st round: 8 Oct 2024 5 not, 2 no nat, 2 to 2nd
2nd round: 4 Nov 2024 0 acc, 7 not, 2 no nat
Completed: 22 Nov 2024 Not Accepted

 

Summary*:   Such a distinctive species should be easy to ID, however questions, of provenance, location, and other issues that  the description, written long after the sighting, didn't address, left reservations with the reviewers.
 
     | 2 Vetted Records | All Sightings |


 * Committee comments are available upon request to the Secretary
Note: 
The responsibility of the reviewers is to make sure that the record can stand alone to identify this species and to eliminate the possibility of a similar species. 
  
 

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