Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # 2005-44
| Common name: |
Chestnut-sided Warbler |
| Scientific name: | Dendroica pensylvanica |
| Date: | 10/13/05 |
| Time: | 4:25 pm |
| Length of time observed: | 4 minutes |
| Number: | 1 |
| Age: | First Fall |
| Sex: | Female |
| Location: | Dixie Red Hills Golf Course, upper section. |
| County: | Washington |
| Latilong: | |
| Elevation: | |
| Distance to bird: | 25 feet |
| Optical equipment: | 10x42 Zeiss Victory T*FL |
| Weather: | Clear and Calm |
| Light Conditions: | Afternoon Light |
| Description: Size of bird: | 5 inchs or so (warbler size) |
| (Description:) Basic Shape: | Warbler shape |
| (Description:) Overall Pattern: | Lime Green and Gray |
| (Description:) Bill Type: | pointed |
|
(Description:)
Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics: |
Bird was foraging with a small mixed flock of OCWA,YRWA,RCKI etc. Bird was pished in at close range. Whiteish/Gray underparts, no chestnut on bird. Nice white eye ring. Crown was a bright lime green, back was smooth looking and same color as crown. Wingbars where kind of yellowish or off white. |
| Song or call & method of delivery: | Silent |
| Behavior: | At times tail was cocked and wings drooped. |
| Habitat: | Riparian with a creek |
| Similar
species and
how were they eliminated: |
Maybe confused with a blue gray gnatcatcher but the Lime green crown, and nice yellowish wingbars seperated the two. |
| Previous
experience with this & similar species: |
Had a first fall female winter in my home town (Orange County, CA) the beginning of this year. |
| References consulted: | Sibley, Peterson-Warblers |
| Description from: | From memory |
| Observer: | Peyton Cook |
| Observer's address: | 11 Trail Canyon Dr. Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 |
| Observer's e-mail address: | peytoncook01@yahoo.com |
| Other observers who independently identified this bird: | |
| Date prepared: | 10/18/05 |
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