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Common name:	Hooded Warbler
Scientific name:	Wilsonia citrina
Date:	10 Sept 1981
Time:	Unknown
Length of time observed:	Unknown, but long
Number:	1
Age:	Adult
Sex:	Male
Location:	Chamberlain's Ranch
County:	Kane
Latilong:
Elevation:
Distance to bird:	As I recall, 30 feet.
Optical equipment:
Weather:	No rain.
Light Conditions:
Detailed description of bird:	I did not take contemporaneous field notes of the bird other than listing what birds I saw that day.
Song or call & method of delivery:	No Information
Behavior:	No Information.
Habitat:	My notes say "riparian environment" but I do not recall what or whether this has anything to do with the sighting.
Similar species and how were they eliminated:	Adult male Hooded Warbler is unique. I had a field guide with me at the time, probably the Golded Guide "A Guide to Field Identification Birds of North America" and used that to identify the bird.
Previous experience with this & similar species:	This was my first sighting of Hooded Warbler.
References consulted:	At the time, probably the Golded Guide "A Guide to Field Identification Birds of North America" .
Description from:	Notes Taken at time of sighting
Observer:	Cathy Pasterczyk
Observer's address:	900 Grandview Dr. SE Albuquerque, NM 87108-3310
Observer's e-mail address:	cathyp@uswest.net
Other observers who independently identified this bird:	My notes show that I was with two other people. Mark Zdiank (spelling?) and Riley Nelson. I have no idea where these folks are now.
Date prepared:	19 Nov 2000
Additional material:	Drawing (not yet posted) Original Record
:	[another sight record was submitted by R. Riley Nelson and is on file].