Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # 2007-32b
| Common name: |
Blackburnian Warbler |
| Scientific name: | Dendroica fusca |
| Date: | October 18 2007 |
| Time: | 10am |
| Length of time observed: | 10 minutes |
| Number: | one |
| Age: | female |
| Sex: | |
| Location: | 1432 DOWINGING SLC UT |
| County: | Salt Lake |
| Latilong: | |
| Elevation: | |
| Distance to bird: | first 10 ft., 2nd 20 to 30 ft. |
| Optical equipment: | binoculars |
| Weather: | fair |
| Light Conditions: | good |
| Description: Size of bird: | about warbler size |
| (Description:) Basic Shape: | same |
| (Description:) Overall Pattern: | like a towsand's but head way different |
| (Description:) Bill Type: | thin |
|
(Description:)
Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics: |
The head with the eyebrow, eyeline and the cheek patch, the first thing I was looking at. The throat and the under part looked about the same to me. The wing had two white patches. It was darker thru the eye and came to a point behind the eye but was thicker than the front. Frist seen it by the feeder and then it flew out on a tree and was working up and down. |
| Song or call & method of delivery: | |
| Behavior: | acting like a warbler |
| Habitat: | trees and scrubs |
| Similar
species and
how were they eliminated: |
first time seeing the bird. |
| Previous
experience with this & similar species: |
none |
| References consulted: | looked at National Geographic |
| Description from: | Notes taken at time of sighting |
| Observer: | Pat Jividen |
| Observer's address: | 6748 Hollowdale Dr. SLC Ut 84121 |
| Observer's e-mail address: | birderpat@hotmail.com |
| Other observers who independently identified this bird: | Bob Huntington and Jack Bench saw the bird the next day. |
| Date prepared: | 3-21-08 |
| Additional material: | |
| Additional Comments: |