Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # 2004-19
| Common name: |
Yellow-throated warbler |
| Scientific name: | Dendroica dominica |
| Date: | September 4, 2004 |
| Time: | 9:30 am |
| Length of time observed: | At first for 10 seconds, later for 15 seconds |
| Number: | 1 |
| Age: | adult |
| Sex: | male |
| Location: | River Lane in Lakeshore, Utah, about one mile upstream from where Spanish Fork River enters Utah Lake. |
| County: | Utah |
| Latilong: | |
| Elevation: | 4500 ft |
| Distance to bird: | 50 ft |
| Optical equipment: |
10x50 Celestron Ranger binoculars |
| Weather: |
lightly overcast, no wind, 68 F |
| Light Conditions: | good |
| Detailed description of bird: | Black top of head, gray back and tail. Two white wing bars. White belly and undertail. Bright yellow throat and breast with black streaking on sides. Black triangular-shaped cheek patch bordered by white ear patch behind it and strong white eye stripe. |
| Song or call & method of delivery: | none |
| Behavior: | Flitting on the outer branches of a large willow in full view, at first being chased out of sight by a yellow-rumped warbler. On second sight, again foraging on the outside of a large willow and then disappearing inside. |
| Habitat: | Dense riparian area with large willows, cottonwood and Russian olive along the banks of Spanish Fork River. |
| Similar
species and
how were they eliminated: |
Graces warbler has yellow lores and supercilium, gray cheeck area and no white patch. I consulted my Sibley after the first sighting to make sure my first impression was correct, and when I saw the bird again 15 minutes later, I paid close attention to the patterns on the head and throat and was made certain that this was indeed a yellow-throated warbler. |
| Previous
experience with this & similar species: |
I have seen the yellow-throated in Kentucky, and the Graces several times in
southern Utah. |
| References consulted: | The Sibley Guide to Birds |
| Description from: | From memory |
| Observer: | Tuula Rose |
| Observer's address: | 1161 S 1060 E, Provo, UT 84606 |
| Observer's e-mail address: | tuularose@juno.com |
| Other observers who independently identified this bird: | On 9/5/04 a group of six birders (Dana Green, Julie VanMoorhem, Pomera Fronce, Lu Giddings, Joel & Kathy Beyer) relocated the warbler at 11 am. On 9/6/04 it was seen again at 9:15 am (Dennis Shirley, Lu Giddings), at 10:30 am (David Wheeler, Larene Weiss, Laura Lockhart) and at 11:15 (Merrill Webb). |
| Date prepared: | 9/6/04 (General Public) |
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