Rare Birds Seen in Tooele County

Sightings Accepted by the Utah Bird Records Committee
(includes records through 2009)
  

• 3 Sep 2003 - James W. Fitzgerald WMA, Tooele Co. by Merrill Webb, Milton Moody and many others  | Sight Record | UOS report |

Roseate Spoonbill

• 2 Jul 1919 - 40 miles north of Wendover, Tooele Co. by Joseph Condley (five seen; one specimen in U of U collection)

White-tailed Kite 

• 27 Feb 1957 - Near Vernon, Tooele Co., by John B. Bushman, D. Elmer Johnson
• 10 Apr 1960 - near Tooele, Tooele Co., by Gleb Kashin and Albert Webb

Least Tern

• 11 Jun 2006 - J.W.Fitzgerald WMA, Tooele Co., by Joel and Kathy Beyer (adult) | Sight Record | Hotline Report |

Black-throated Blue Warbler

• 16 Oct 1955 - Stanbury Mountains, Tooele Co., by Behle

Ovenbird

• 14 Oct 1953 - South Willow Canyon, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele Co., by C. W. Lockerbie

Chestnut-sided Warbler

• 28 Aug 2006 - Clover Springs Camp Ground, Tooele Co., by Eric Huish  | Sight Record | Hotline Report |

Connecticut Warbler

• 22 Sep 1954 - mouth of South Willow Canyon, 10 miles south of Grantsville, Tooele Co.

Clay-colored Sparrow

• 21 Sep 1934 - Dolomite, Tooele Co., by Knowlton (specimen collected, immature)

Le Conte’s Sparrow

• 23 Sep 1990 - Simpson Springs, Tooele Co., by Craig Kneedy (photo by Craig Kneedy  (one adult)  | UOS report |

Chestnut-collared Longspur

• 14 Oct 1953 - 4 miles north of Camel Back Mountain, Tooele Co., by Porter (specimen)

Rusty Blackbird

• 24 Nov 1952 - Near Camel Back Mountain, Tooele Co., by Poorter  (male specimen collected)