Sighting Record for Utah

Common name:	Grace's Warbler
Scientific name:	Dendroica graciae
Date:	29 Jun 2006
Time:	~ 9 am
Length of time observed:	1 minute
Number:	1
Age:	Adult
Sex:	Male
Location:	Price Canyon Recreation Area
County:	Carbon
Latilong:
Elevation:
Distance to bird:	~15 feet
Optical equipment:	8 x 42 binoculars
Weather:	clear
Light Conditions:	sunny
Description: Size of bird:	warbler size
(Description:) Basic Shape:	warbler shape
(Description:) Overall Pattern:	gray back, yellow front, white belly
(Description:) Bill Type:	narrow, pointed
(Description:) Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics:	Yellow eyebrow, and crescent under the eye Yellow throat and breast Gray back and crown White wing bars White belly with dark streaking on flanks. (see photo)
Song or call & method of delivery:	This bird responded to a tape of a Grace's Warbler with the same song.
Behavior:	Responded to tape by flying into a nearby tree.
Habitat:	Ponderosa Pine
Similar species and how were they eliminated:	A Yellow-throated Warbler has a white eyebrow and auricular area which was lacking in this bird. A Yellow-rumped Warbler has a yellow throat that does not extend to the breast and has a broken white eye ring as opposed to yellow above and blow the eye in this bird.
Previous experience with this & similar species:	I have seen this warbler several times in southern Utah.
References consulted:	(big) Sibley's
Description from:	Memory after the sighting
Observer:	Milton Moody
Observer's address:	2795 Indian Hills Dr., Provo, UT
Observer's e-mail address:	miltonmoody@yahoo.com
Other observers who independently identified this bird:	Eric Huish, Tuula Rose, Leena Rogers and Jack Binch (on 2 Jul 2006)
Date prepared:	5 Jul 2006
Additional material:	Photo
Additional comments:	This sighting is much farther north than this birds normal range. It is seen regularly in the southern part of Utah in San Juan, Kane, Garfield and Washington counties.