Sighting Record for Utah

Common name:	Black-throated Blue Warbler
Scientific name:	Setophaga nigrescens
Date:	October 03, 2014
Time:	12:00
Length of time observed:	1 hour off and on
Number:	1
Age:	?
Sex:	Female
Location:	Lytle Ranch, Beaver Dam Wash
County:	Washington
Latilong:	19
Elevation:	~ 850 m
Distance to bird:	5 m
Optical equipment:	8 x 42 binoculars
Weather:	clear
Light Conditions:	mid-day
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(Description:) Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics:	A small bird flushed from the large pomegranate bush behind the marble Lytle Ranch sign and landed in the large ash tree. I noticed it because of it s rapid tik, tik , tik, tik call note. I had only a brief glimpse before it moved up into the large ash tree and then flew into the cottonwoods before I lost it. I suspected it was a female Black-throated Blue Warbler so I searched the area for another 30 minutes or so eventually relocating it working low in the underbrush near the pomegranate bush where it was originally feeding. Description: Upperparts rich olive green from head to tail, slightly darker olive wings with prominent white check midway along edge at the base of the primaries. Face dark olive green with a thin pale yellowish supercilium stripe stretching above eye, and a white arc below eye. Upperside of tail dark with a bluish green sheen / edging. Throat, breast, belly, sides, flanks, and under tail coverts buffy whiteish. Eye dark, and legs pale pinkish. (see photos)
Song or call & method of delivery:	rapid tik, tik , tik, tik call note
Behavior:	feeding in pomegranites; foraging low through bushy shrubs
Habitat:	plantings adjacent to desert riparian habitats
Similar species and how were they eliminated:	none applicable
Previous experience with this & similar species:	yes
References consulted:
Description from:	Notes taken at the time of the sighting
Observer:	Rick Fridell
Observer's address:	Hurricane, UT
Observer's e-mail address:	**
Other observers who independently identified this bird:
Date prepared:	12-04-2015
Additional material:	Photos
Additional_Comments:	Description of sighting above copied from field notes