Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # 2011-35
| Common name: |
Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
| Scientific name: | Coccyzus americanus |
| Date: | 6-29-2011 |
| Time: | 9:50 AM |
| Length of time observed: | 45 minutes |
| Number: | 1 |
| Age: | |
| Sex: | unknown |
| Location: | Hogle Zoo Feline office [Salt Lake City] |
| County: | Salt Lake |
| Latilong: | |
| Elevation: | |
| Distance to bird: | 10 feet |
| Optical equipment: | Fugi digital Camera |
| Weather: | Sunny |
| Light Conditions: | Sunny |
| Description: Size of bird: | 1 foot |
| (Description:) Basic Shape: | slender |
| (Description:) Overall Pattern: | grey and white |
| (Description:) Bill Type: | semi long curved |
|
(Description:)
Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics: |
See photos attached |
| Song or call & method of delivery: | no call |
| Behavior: | hit window, dazed then flew up to evergreen tree and left |
| Habitat: | ripairian area with creek running through it |
| Similar
species and
how were they eliminated: |
About the same size as a magpie but this bird had yellow bill and a little shorter tail. Also the bird had no black just grey. |
| Previous
experience with this & similar species: |
none |
| References consulted: | internet |
| Description from: | |
| Observer: | Jill Van Milligen |
| Observer's address: | 9818 Dolomite Ln Sandy, Utah |
| Observer's e-mail address: | jillsbengal@msn.com |
| Other observers who independently identified this bird: | Tracy Owens |
| Date prepared: | 7-25-2011 |
| Additional material: | Photos |
| Additional_Comments: |