Unusual Sight Record for Utah
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Utah Bird Records Committee

  
Rec. # 2026-72
Arctic Tern

Date first observed: 13 Oct 2026
Location:
East Canyon Reservoir, Morgan
Co.

Sightings:

  • 13 Oct 2026 - Weston Smith [Record #2026-72], (Photos)

  • 14 Oct  - Weston Smith (eBird Photos & Videos), Matthew Pendleton (photos), Dave Hanscom (photos), A Branch, Beth Cottam, Yuanhang Zhao (photos), Kristin Purdy (photos), Matt Hoecherl (photos), Deanna McLaughlin, Katie Eisenbarth, Ethan Eisenbarth (photos), Max Malmquist, Clarissa Chipman, KC Childs, Natalie Tanner, Quinn Diaz (photo)

  • 15 Oct - Tim Predmore (photo), James Loveless (photo), Bridget Schmidt (photo), James Hoffman (photo), Max Fisher, James Bustin, Darren Carbone (photo), Brent Ripley (photo), Corey Jensen, Aaron Smith (photo), David King

  • 16 Oct - Shelly Pulver, Jesse Watson, David Allen, James Berrett (photo), Terry Reid, Keeli Marvel, Quinn Diaz, Mimi Brenninkmeijer, Mary McGreal (photo), Steve Clark, Ian Batterman,  Andrew Kuntz (photo), David Hollie, Dan Tyson (photo), Robert Gable

  • 17 Oct - Vivian Schneggenburger (photo), Kelsen Gault (photo), Kai Gault, Raquel Johnson (photo), Pieter Anderson, Kaleb Anderson (photo), Nate Brown, Neldon Kunz , Kortni Coats, JoAnn Cook (photo)

Unreported, Continued from Kaleb Anderson et al 14 Oct

 

Sight Records:


 

Records Committee Review:

 

 

Date Posted

   Results

1st round:

15 Oct 2026

9 acc

Completed:

4 Nov 2026 Accepted

 

Summary*:   Great photos and written documentation confirms this rare spcies.
 
        | 3rd Vetted Record | 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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