Sighting Record for Utah

Common name:	Wandering Tattler
Scientific name:	Heteroscelus incanus
Date:	September 23, 2023
Time:	1144 and 1400
Length of time observed:	forty-five minutes total
Number:	1
Age:	unknown
Sex:	unknown
Location:	Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge
County:	Juab
Latilong:	39.904456 -113.353384
Elevation:	approximately 4,300'
Distance to bird:	twenty-five feet
Optical equipment:	Leica Ultravid 10 x 42 Nikkon D500 with 500mm lens
Weather:	calm, mostly sunny
Light Conditions:	mostly sunny , somewhat backlit
Description: Size of bird:	eleven inches
(Description:) Basic Shape:	general sandpiper shape
(Description:) Overall Pattern:	gray
(Description:) Bill Type:	straight, stout, medium length
(Description:) Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics:	Gray coloration overall including breast and flanks. Yellow legs. Broken white eye ring, black line from bill to eye, white lores. (see photos)
Song or call & method of delivery:	silent
Behavior:	Walking and feeding, tail bobbing behavior similar to Spotted Sandpiper.
Habitat:	Rocky area along the shoreline (area at the edge of the wetland).
Similar species and how were they eliminated:	Similar shape to Spotted Sandpaper. Larger. Gray overall rather than brown. Darker bill.
Previous experience with this & similar species:	Have seen this species along the Pacific Coast in Washington and Oregon.
References consulted:
Description from:	From memory From photo(s) taken at the time of the sighting
Observer:	Renee Tressler
Observer's address:	182d Rainbow Drive #8288 Livingston, TX 77399
Observer's e-mail address:	**
Other observers who independently identified this bird:	Colby Neuman
Date prepared:	September 23, 2023
Additional material:	Photos
Additional comments:	First seen while birding with Colby Neuman, seen later with Erin Hettinger