Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # 2016-35
| Common name: |
Tennessee Warbler |
| Scientific name: | Oreothlypis peregrina |
| Date: | 9/24/16 |
| Time: | 2:30 pm |
| Length of time observed: | 5 sec |
| Number: | 1 |
| Age: | Juvenile |
| Sex: | ? |
| Location: | Salt Lake International Center |
| County: | Salt Lake |
| Latilong: | 40.781592, -112.014355 |
| Elevation: | 4228' |
| Distance to bird: | 10 feet |
| Optical equipment: | Pentax ED 8x43, Canon 60D camera with 55-250mm zoom lens |
| Weather: | Pleasant. Partially sunny, light winds |
| Light Conditions: | Good-sunny. |
| Description: Size of bird: | Small, warbler-sized |
| (Description:) Basic Shape: | Warbleresque with short tail, pointed bill |
| (Description:) Overall Pattern: | Yellowish overall with white undertail coverts |
| (Description:) Bill Type: | Small and sharply pointed |
|
(Description:)
Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics: |
Overall yellowish warbler with contrasting white undertail coverts. Pale supercilium stood out on face. Tail was very short and wings had long primary projection with faint wingbars. Bill was short and sharply pointed. |
| Song or call & method of delivery: | Called a few times. Different from the more metallic chip of Orange-crowned. High pitched and sharp chih. |
| Behavior: | Pretty skulky- hanging out in a group of Orange-crowned Warblers and other migrants. Popped clearly into view on a 5 foot high Russian Olive, then disappeared and would not pop up. |
| Habitat: | Taller grasses with Russian Olives interspersed. |
| Similar
species and
how were they eliminated: |
Any vireo species- small with shorter tail and short, sharply pointed bill. Orange-crowned Warbler- had white undertail coverts, shorter tail and longer primary projection. No streaking on breast. |
| Previous
experience with this & similar species: |
I've seen many of each sex and age back in Western NY. Also very familiar with Orange-crowned Warblers as I have been seeing a bunch lately migrating through. |
| References consulted: | Sibley 2nd Edition. Dunne's Field Guide Companion |
| Description from: | From memory |
| Observer: | Kenny Frisch |
| Observer's address: | Holladay, UT 84117 |
| Observer's e-mail address: | ** |
| Other observers who independently identified this bird: | N/A |
| Date prepared: | 9/25/16 |
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