Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # 2-1998
Common name: |
Glaucous-winged Gull |
Scientific name: | Larus glaucescens |
Date: | 14 Mar 1998 |
Time: | around noon |
Length of time observed: | |
Number: | 1 |
Age: | first winter |
Sex: | |
Location: | South dike road of the tour loop in the Bear River MBR. |
County: | Box Elder |
Latilong: | |
Elevation: | |
Distance to bird: | 30 to 60 meters |
Optical equipment: | Bushnell Spacemaster spotting scopes |
Weather: | |
Light Conditions: | The sky was clear providing strong lighting |
Detailed description of bird: | See letter to Records Committee |
Song or call & method of delivery: | |
Behavior: | (See above letter) |
Habitat: | (See above letter) |
Similar
species and how were they eliminated: |
(See above letter) |
Previous experience with this & similar species: | |
References consulted: | Field Guide to the Birds of North America (2nd Editon, Nation Geographic Society) and Advanced Birding (K. Kaufman) |
Description from: | |
Observer: | Kevin P. Johnson and Tony Jones |
Observer's address: | Dept of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0840 |
Observer's e-mail address: | |
Other
observers who independently identified this bird: |
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Date prepared: | 15 Mar 1998 |
Additional material: | letter to Records Committee |
[Information in this form is from the letter to the Records Committee] |
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