Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # 2012-51
| Common name: |
Blackpoll Warbler |
| Scientific name: | Setophaga striata |
| Date: | 11-24-12 |
| Time: | 1:00pm |
| Length of time observed: | 1 hour |
| Number: | 1 |
| Age: | 1 year |
| Sex: | Female |
| Location: | Clawson, Utah |
| County: | Emery |
| Latilong: | 39° 7' 56" North / 111° 5' 49" West |
| Elevation: | 5948 Feet |
| Distance to bird: | 30-50 feet |
| Optical equipment: | Canon 20D - 300mm lens -- no binoculars |
| Weather: | Clear and Sunny |
| Light Conditions: | Bright |
| Description: Size of bird: | Warbler size |
| (Description:) Basic Shape: | Warbler |
| (Description:) Overall Pattern: | Light green |
| (Description:) Bill Type: | Warbler |
|
(Description:)
Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics: |
Looked like and confused it with a Female American Goldfinch. Until later when I
really studied the markings in my photos. (see photos) |
| Song or call & method of delivery: | Did not hear it call. |
| Behavior: | It made short flights from branch to branch, up and down the branches, and at the base of the main section. Made 15 or more short flights out of the branches to catch insects out in the openness of the backyard. |
| Habitat: | Backyard, Tall Cottonwood tree. |
| Similar
species and
how were they eliminated: |
Female American GoldFinch and Pine Warbler. - Sent photos and asked the experts at Utahbird, and they eliminated the others. |
| Previous
experience with this & similar species: |
This species, no - other Warblers, yes |
| References consulted: | Just UtahBirds.org |
| Description from: | From memory |
| Observer: | Wade Reed |
| Observer's address: | 8400 S 4000 W. #98, West Jordan Utah, 84088 |
| Observer's e-mail address: | ** |
| Other observers who independently identified this bird: | No |
| Date prepared: | 12-17-12 |
| Additional material: | Photos sent to Milt Moody at Utahbird.org |
| Additional_Comments: | Set in the sun for about an hour in the backyard of my wife's aunt s house in Clawson, UT. This little warbler would come and go in and out of the Big Cottonwood tree. It was not afraid of the fact that I was only 30 feet from it at times. After about an hour I went inside thinking I was watching a Female American Goldfinch. It was only later after I took a good look at the photos I realized it might not be a Goldfinch, so I sent photos to Utahbirds. I love birds, but I m an amateur to uncommon species. |