Unusual Sight Record for Utah
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Utah Bird Records Committee

  
Rec. # 2011-51
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Date first observed:  22 Oct 2011
Location:  Rio Mesa Center, Grand Co.

Sightings:

  • 22 Oct 2011 - Kenneth Burton [Record #2011-51], (photos) Marta Lomas Vega
     

Sight Records:

 

Records Committee Review:
 
  Date Posted

   Results
1st round: 5 Nov 2011 6 acc, 2 not
2nd round: 8 Jan 2012 9 acc
Completed: 1 Mar 2012 Accepted

 
Summary:  Despite some concern about hybridization, the timing of the molt and the observed characteristics confirmed this species.
 
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