Sighting Record for Utah

Common name:	Chestnut-sided Warbler
Scientific name:	(Dendroica pensylvanica) [Setophaga pensylvanica]
Date:	09-16-2011
Time:	mid afternoon
Length of time observed:	~ 15 minutes
Number:	1
Age:	hatch year
Sex:	female (?)
Location:	St. George
County:	Washington
Latilong:	19
Elevation:	~ 850 m
Distance to bird:	5-10 m
Optical equipment:	10 x 42 binoculars, 300 mm nikkor lens
Weather:	clear and calm
Light Conditions:	mid-day
Description: Size of bird:
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(Description:) Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics:	Hatch-year female Chestnut-sided Warbler observed feeding high in a large cottonwood for 10 to 15 minutes, and again later in a low branch. Solitary; not associating with any other birds. Description: Small warbler with thin black bill. Undersides grayish white and uppersides lime green from crown to upper tail coverts. Head with bright yellow-green crown, gray cheeks and complete bold eye-ring. Wings black with two prominent yellow wing-bars and bold yellow tertial edging, primaries and rectrices with white edging. Black bill, legs, and eye. (see photos)
Song or call & method of delivery:	none heard
Behavior:	foragaing by gleaning in cottonwoods
Habitat:	urban plantings
Similar species and how were they eliminated:
Previous experience with this & similar species:	yes
References consulted:
Description from:
Observer:	Rick Fridell
Observer's address:	Hurricane, UT
Observer's e-mail address:	rfridell@redock.net
Other observers who independently identified this bird:	Kevin Wheeler, Dan Trujillo, and Rob Dobbs also veiwed the warbler
Date prepared:	11-17-2011
Additional material:	Photos
Additional_Comments:	information copied from field notes completed on 09-16-2011