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Utah Birds Records Committee – Report for 2025 (Preview - Final version to come)
Committee members Jeff Cooper, Max Malmquist, Keeli Marvel, Bryant Olsen, Kristin Purdy,
Dennis Shirley, Mike Schijf, Mark Stackhouse and Kevin Wheeler.
Non-voting members Jack Skalicky (Secretary), Milt Moody (Webmaster), Vernon
White (Assistant Webmaster), Eric Huish (Archivist), Colby Neuman (eBird Liaison) and
David Wheeler (new member for 2025). This 2025 report was compiled by Milt Moody and
proofread and revised by Jack Skalicky, Milt Moody, Vernon White and
Esther Sumner.
Jack Skalicky has also added the
special write-ups on several species of particular interest. The report summarizes
77
records, representing 48 different species, submitted in 2025.
The Committee accepted 60 out of 77 (78.0%) of these records. One new
species was sighted this year. An Olive
Warbler (Sight
Record #2025-44) was seen with photos on 22 Aug 2025 at Lava Point Campground,
Zions National Park, in Washington County by Ken
Watkins and McKay Olson, and was unanimously accepted by the
committee in the 1st round. It was added to the Checklist
of the Birds of Utah and to the
UBRC
Review List.
This puts our Official Checklist with 465 species, seven "Provisional
Species" are on the
Auxiliary List, and the total of species
accepted by the Committee and listed on our
Taxonomic List is at 472. The Utah Bird Records Committee would like to thank those who submitted the documentation for their sightings of these rare birds.
SPECIES ACCOUNTS:
All species evaluated by
the Committee are listed by common and scientific name using the nomenclature
and taxonomic order of the American Ornithological Society Checklist of North
American Birds, 7th Edition, 66th supplement. This is followed (in parentheses) by the number of Utah
records accepted for this species in the last ten years and the total all-time number of official sightings for Utah.
All photos submitted with the records can be seen through the "Photo" links in this list and also in each individual record. However, selected photos of particular interest or quality will be displayed on the right side of this page.
Mexican Duck (Anas diazi) (14 / 14)
2025-34
- 1 Jun 2025 - Lake Powell - Stateline
Boat Ramp, Kane Co., by John Wilson (adult
male,
Photo) 1st round: 9 acc Gunnison
Sage-Grouse
(Centrocercus
minimus) (2
/ 2) Vaux's Swift (Chaetura vauxi) (24 /33)
2025-27
- 22 Apr 2025 - Zion National Park
Lodge, Washington Co., by Gavin Platt (one)
3rd: 1 acc, 8 not (This was very likely a Vaux's
Swift, but Chimney Swift was not completely
eliminated by the written record). 2025-20 - 29 Apr 2025 - Hurricane Water Treatment Plant, Washington Co., by Richard Laubach (mature) 2nd: 6 acc, 3 not 2025-25 - 7
May 2025 - Upper Lytle Ranch, Washington
Co., by James Loveless (one, Photo)
9 acc
Anna's
Hummingbird (Calypte
anna) (1
/10)
Broad-billed Hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostis) (4 /11) 2025-35 - 26
Mar 2025 - Welcome Spring, Washington
Co., by Adam Brewerton (adult male, Photos) 1st
round: 9 acc
Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) (4 /11) 2025-46 - 26 Aug 2025 - Ogden Bay, Weber Co., by John Neil and others (one, eBird Audio) 1st round: 7 acc
Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica) (5 /19)
2025-05 - 26
Jan 2025 - Sugarhouse Park, Salt Lake Co., by
Aric Blitch (juvenile?, Photos)
2nd: 0 acc, 9 not (Distorted cell-phone
images were a concern, but most of the reviewers
thought this looked more like a Greater Yellowlegs).
Ruddy
Turnstone (Arenaria
interpres) (6
/ 22) 2025-43 - 9 Aug 2025 - Lee Creek Delta, Salt Lake Co., by Felicia Alvarez (adult, Photos by Esther Sumner) 1st round: 9 acc
White-rumped
Sandpiper (Calidris
subruficollis) (8
/15) 2025-30 - 28
May 2025 - Hansel Valley, Box Elder Co.,
by Weston Smith (adult, Photos)
1st round: 9 acc
Parasitic
Jaeger (Stercorarius
parasiticus) (9
/ 22)
Least
Tern (Sternula
antillarum)
(7 /19)
\
Black-headed Gull
(Chroicocephalus
Ridibundus) (2
/ 2)
Laughing
Gull (Leucophaeus
atricilla) (3 /
3
)
Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus
minutus) (5 /10) 2025-73 - 8 Dec 2025 - Willard Reservoir, Box Elder Co., by Kristin Purdy (adult, Photos) 1st round: 9 acc
Red-throated
Loon (Gavia Stellata) (15/27) 2025-72 - 5 Dec 2025 - Lincoln Point, Utah Lake, Utah Co., by KC Childs (one, Photos) 1st round: 9 acc
Mississippi
Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis)
(1
/ 4)
Gray
Hawk (Buteo
plagiatus)
(2 / 3) Great
Gray Owl
(Strix Nebulosa) (3 /
8) Acorn
Woodpecker (Melanerpes
formicivorus)
(4
/13)
2025-03 - 27
Nov 2024 - St. George, Washington Co.,
by Keith Barnes, (adult male) 0 acc, 9 not
(The documentation didn't clearly eliminate the
possibility of a Red-naped Sapsucker or a hybrid). 2025-16 - 26
Mar 2025 - Wallsburg, Wasatch Co., by Janice
Vander Molen (adult male, Photos, Video)
2nd: 8 acc, 1 not 2025-75 - 20 Dec 2025 - Jordan River - Rose Park GC, Salt Lake Co., by Max Malmquist (juv. female - Photos) 1st round: 9 acc 2025-19 - 28
Apr 2025 - Sheep Creek Road, Utah Co., by
Lizzie Wilson (one, Photo) 1st
round: 9 acc Vermilion
Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus
rubinus) (3
/ 3) 2025-52 - 23 Sep 2025 - Jackson Flat Reservoir, Kane Co., by Darren Carbone (one, Photos) 1st round: 9 acc
Yellow-throated
Vireo (Vireo flavifrons) (4
/ 8)
Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) (3 / 6) 2025-54 - 13 Sep
2025 - Antelope Island SP, Davis Co., by McKay Olson (one, Photo)
2nd round: 8 acc, 1 not
Winter
Wren (Troglodytes
hiemalis) (10/16)
Veery
(Catharus
fuscenscens) (3 /14)
Olive
Warbler (Peucedramus
taeniatus) (1/1)
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) (10/34)
2025-45 - 29
Aug 2025 - West Mountain, Utah Co., by
Christian Hopkins (one, Photos)
2nd round: 9 acc Bendire's Thrasher (Taxostoma bendirei) (2 /11) 2025-13 - 9 Mar 2025 - Beaver Dam Slope, Washington Co., by McKay Olson (adult) 2nd: 9 acc 2025-15 - 28 Mar 2025 - Beaver Dam Slope, Washington Co., by Paul Hicks (one) 2nd: 0 acc, 9 not (With a one second sighting and a description that didn't eliminate the similar Curve-billed Thrasher, this sighting could not be accepted as an official state sighting for this species).
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Leucosticte
australis) (7
/ 9)
Chestnut-collard
Longspur
(Calcarius
ornatus) (6 /10)
Smith's
Longspur (Calcarius
pictus) (0/0)
Thick-billed Longspur (Rhynchophanes mccownii) (17/31) 2025-11 - 15
Feb 2025 - Howell Valley, Box Elder Co., by
McKay Olson (adult male,
Photos) 1st
round: 9 acc
Chihuahuan Meadowlark (Sturnella
lilianae)
(0/0)
Hooded
Oriole (Icterus
cucullatus) (1/1)
Bronzed
Cowbird
(Molothrus
Aeneus)
(2
/ 7) Ovenbird
(Seiurus aurocapilla)
(9 /31)
2025-49 - 23
Sep 2025 - University of Utah, Salt Lake Co., by
Bryant Olsen (one, Photos) 1st
round: 9 acc Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (22/26) 2025-62 - 17
May 2025 - Utah Lake North Shore, Utah Co.,
by McKay Olson (adult female)
2nd round: 3 acc, 6 not (The description didn't
adequately eliminate the possibility on other
species. Without a photo, there's nothing else to go
on.)
2025-65 - 9
Nov 2025 - Halfway Wash, St. George Co.,
by McKay Olson (1st winter ~male, Photos)
1st round: 9 acc
Cape May
Warbler (Dendroica
tigrina) (1
/ 2)
Magnolia
Warbler (Setophaga
magnolia)
(7
/19)
Chestnut-sided
Warbler (Setophaga
pensylvanica) (17/37) 2025-69 - 27
Nov 2025 - Jordan River PW Salt Lake Co., by Bryant
Olsen (female or HY immature, Photos) 2025-74 - 11
Dec 2025 - Farnham Road, Wellington,
Carbon Co., by Carl
Ingwell (adult male Photos) 1st
round: 9 acc
Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata) (10/24) 2025-22 - 3
May 2025 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., by
Adam Zahm (adult male, Photos) 1st
round: 9 acc Black-throated
Blue Warbler (Setophaga
caerulescens) (7
/27)
Scarlet Tanager (Pirangra olivacea) (3 /11) 2025-47 - 19 Sep 2018 - Antelope Island, Davis Co., by Henry & Deborah Mauer (one, Photos) 2nd round: 9 acc
Northern Cardinal
(Cardinalis
cardinalis)
(1 /
2)
* The headline photo is of a Olive Warbler by McKay Olson (Record 2025-44) |
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