Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # 2013-90
| Common name: |
Magnolia Warbler |
| Scientific name: | Setophaga magnolia |
| Date: | 10-09-2013 |
| Time: | 2-3 minutes |
| Length of time observed: | |
| Number: | 1 |
| Age: | hy male /ad female |
| Sex: | hy male / ad female |
| Location: | Beaver Dam Wash below Lytle Ranch |
| County: | Washington |
| Latilong: | 19 |
| Elevation: | ~850m |
| Distance to bird: | 3-5 m |
| Optical equipment: | 8 x 42 binoculars |
| Weather: | clear and calm |
| Light Conditions: | direct light |
| Description: Size of bird: | |
| (Description:) Basic Shape: | |
| (Description:) Overall Pattern: | |
| (Description:) Bill Type: | |
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(Description:)
Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics: |
hatch-year male / adult female Magnolia Warbler in the willows along the marshy
area immediately below the Beaver Dam Wash road crossing downstream of Lytle
Ranch. The warbler was with a mixed flock including Ruby-crowned Kinglets,
Yellow-rumped Warblers, House and Bewicks wrens, Dark-eyed Juncos, and an Indigo
Bunting. I eventually noticed a Long-eared Owl roosting in the willows and the
birds may have been mobbing the owl. Description: Active warbler with bluish gray upperparts, bright yellow undersides and two prominent wing-bars. Head: bluish gray with bright white complete eyering, yellow throat, pale orangish bill with dark across culmen. Greenish back patch with faint dark streaks; yellow rump; wings bluish black with two white wingbars and white primary and tertial edging. Undersides bright yellow with distinct black streaking on flanks & lower belly and bright white undertail coverts. Tail damaged but underside pattern of white with large black terminal band still obvious. Legs dark with pale yellowish feet (see photos) |
| Song or call & method of delivery: |
none |
| Behavior: | foraging low in willows |
| Habitat: | desert riparian area |
| Similar
species and
how were they eliminated: |
bluish gray head, complete white eyering, yellow undersides, and white vent unique. |
| Previous
experience with this & similar species: |
yes |
| References consulted: | |
| Description from: | Notes made later |
| Observer: | Rick Fridell |
| Observer's address: | Hurricane, UT |
| Observer's e-mail address: | ** |
| Other observers who independently identified this bird: | |
| Date prepared: | 12-05-2013 |
| Additional material: | Photos |
| Additional_Comments: | description copied form field notes. |