Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # O_2003-05
| Common name: |
Brown Thrasher |
| Scientific name: | Toxostoma rufum |
| Date: | June 17, 2004 |
| Time: | 8:30 am |
| Length of time observed: | 2-3 minutes |
| Number: | one |
| Age: | adult |
| Sex: | unknown |
| Location: | Dove Creek Pass |
| County: | Box Elder |
| Latilong: | #1 - Lucin |
| Elevation: | unknown |
| Distance to bird: | 15 miles west of Rosette, Box Elder County, Utah |
| Optical equipment: | Leitz Binoculars and Kowa Scope |
| Weather: | Clear |
| Light Conditions: | Excellent |
| Detailed description of bird: | Bright rusty back. Thrasher bill. White iris. Bill, eye, and breast streaking eliminated Wood Thrush. Bright rusty color and bold breast streaking eliminated Sage Thrasher. Size and other characteristics eliminated all other possibilities. Jack Rensel and I are both familiar with this bird from the east. |
| Song or call & method of delivery: | Singing from top of skunk bush. Song was a "mimic" with each part repeated twice. |
| Behavior: | Perched on top of skunk bush. |
| Habitat: | Mountain brush with skunk bush, bitterbrush, and an occasional juniper tree. |
| Similar
species and how were they eliminated: |
See detailed description |
| Previous experience with this & similar species: | See detailed description |
| References consulted: | |
| Description from: | From memory |
| Observer: | Keith Evans and Jack Rensel |
| Observer's address: | 4826 Kiwana Dr., Ogden UT 84403 |
| Observer's e-mail address: | kee0440@aol.com |
| Other
observers who independently identified this bird: |
Jack Rensel |
| Date prepared: |
August 10, 2004 (General Public) |
| Additional material: | |
| Additional comments: | Observed and recorded on stop #33 of the Lynn BBS (85024) |