Sighting Record for Utah

Common name:	Hooded Oriole
Scientific name:	[Icterus cucullatus]
Date:	7/12/26
Time:	12:19pm
Length of time observed:	15 minutes, multiple days in a row
Number:	2
Age:	Adult
Sex:	1 male, 1 female
Location:	Bluff, Ut
County:	San Juan
Latilong:	37.28591, -109.55300
Elevation:	4326
Distance to bird:	15 feet
Optical equipment:	None
Weather:	Clear, hot (103)
Light Conditions:	Daylight
Description: Size of bird:
(Description:) Basic Shape:
(Description:) Overall Pattern:	Yellow belly, orange breast, black throat and wings with striking white arm bars.
(Description:) Bill Type:
(Description:) Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics:	Bright orange to yellow color with distinctive black mask. Did not seem disturbed by me stopping on my walk to work to observe. A female, or juvenile male, was also in the tree behind in denser veg. I have seen this bird a few days in a row while walking to work. (see photos)
Song or call & method of delivery:
Behavior:
Habitat:	In a locust tree and surrounding shrubbery
Similar species and how were they eliminated:	Full black mask and lack of a black crown clearly distinguish this from a bullock s oriole.
Previous experience with this & similar species:	Have observed this bird in the northern Mojave while counting for Great Basin Bird Observatory
References consulted:
Description from:	From photo(s) taken at the time of the sighting
Observer:	Ian Marynowski
Observer's address:	66 Red Rock Road
Observer's e-mail address:	**
Other observers who independently identified this bird:
Date prepared:	7/12/26
Additional material:	Photos
Additional comments: