Verification of
Unusual Sight Record
For Utah


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Utah Bird Records Committee

  
Rec. # 2008-24
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Date first observed:   31 Aug 2008
Location:
 Salt Lake International Center, Salt Lake County

Sightings:

  • 31 Aug 2008 - Tim Avery, [Record #2008-24] (photos),  two others

Sight Records:

Records Committee Review:

  Date

   Results

1st round: 16 Sep 2008 1 acc 6 not
2nd round: 10 Jun 2009 0 acc, 7 not
Completed: 27 Aug 2009 Not accepted

     
      
    
        
  
Summary:
The Committee acknowledged the quality of the written description and the observer’s experience but did not feel the evidence could conclusively preclude the possibility of other Empids, which can be notoriously difficult to
identify under the best of circumstances.

  
  


 


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