Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # 2018-17
| Common name: |
Palm Warbler |
| Scientific name: | Setophaga palmarum palmarum |
| Date: | 5/3/2018 |
| Time: | 7:48 PM |
| Length of time observed: | 2 minutes |
| Number: | 1 |
| Age: | 1st cycle? |
| Sex: | Unknown |
| Location: | Buffalo Pond |
| County: | Davis |
| Latilong: | ? |
| Elevation: | ? |
| Distance to bird: | 15-18 feet |
| Optical equipment: | 8x42 Leica Ultravid/8x32 Leica Ultravid |
| Weather: | Clear, calm and buggy |
| Light Conditions: | low angle sunlight in our face at first, I moved to get get better light for photos |
| Description: Size of bird: | Petite passerine, I looed at it because it struck me as smaller than a Yellow-rumped |
| (Description:) Basic Shape: | Delicate, sleek warbler with a narrow, medium length tail |
| (Description:) Overall Pattern: | grayish brown with light streaking on the chest, rusty crown, yellowish super, yellow undertail coverts |
| (Description:) Bill Type: | small, slender insectivore type |
|
(Description:)
Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics: |
Small brownish warbler with a rusty cap, and yellow undertail coverts that was
regularly pumping its tail. Rather dull, restricted rufous cap and apparent molt
limit in the gr coverts suggests 1st cycle. (see photo) |
| Song or call & method of delivery: | no vocalizations |
| Behavior: | Flitting through a mostly bare Russian olive regularly pumping its tail |
| Habitat: | small, isolated stand of trees on the edge of the Salt Lake marshes |
| Similar
species and
how were they eliminated: |
Combination of traits is unmistakable |
| Previous
experience with this & similar species: |
Between year of birding in Cape May and central Florida I've seen 10's of thousands of both subspecies of Palm Warbler. |
| References consulted: | None |
| Description from: | From memory |
| Observer: | Cameron Cox and Allison Anholt |
| Observer's address: | 1479 S 35 E, Farmington UT 84025 |
| Observer's e-mail address: | ** |
| Other observers who independently identified this bird: | |
| Date prepared: | 5/4/2018 |
| Additional material: | Photo |
| Additional comments: |