Verification of Unusual Sight Record
For Utah

Rec. # 2022-25


Common name:

Magnolia Warbler

Scientific name: Setophaga magnolia
Date: 5/27/2022
Time: 1930
Length of time observed: ~15 mins
Number: 1
Age: Adult
Sex: Female
Location: Skipper Bay Trail
County: Utah
Latilong: 40.250645, -111.729348
Elevation:  
Distance to bird: 20 feet
Optical equipment: 8*40 Binoculars, point+shoot camera
Weather: Cloud cover
Light Conditions: Great
Description:        Size of bird: 5 in
(Description:)       Basic Shape: Warbler
(Description:)  Overall Pattern: Yellow under gray top
(Description:)            Bill Type: Thin pointed
(Description:)                              
Field Marks and
Identifying Characteristics:
Yellow underside extending to throat. White undertail, Grayish on top (including head), green mantle, Two white wing bars, white supercilium, and dark lateral throat stripe. Faint black breast streaking becoming darker and thicker onto flanks.
(see photos)
Song or call & method of delivery: Single, simple short warble.
Behavior: Hopping, gleaning within the brush.
Habitat: Scrubby brush near the lakeshore.
Similar species and how
were they eliminated:
Prairie Warbler: Thick wing bars, black instead of white lateral throat stripe, bold white undertail
Previous experience with
this & similar species:
None
References consulted:  
Description from: From memory
From photo(s) taken at the time of the sighting
Observer: Ben Stradling
Observer's address:  
Observer's e-mail address: **
Other observers who independently identified this bird:  
Date prepared: 5/27/2022
Additional material: Photos
Additional comments: