Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # 2024-40
| Common name: |
Hooded Warbler |
| Scientific name: | Setophaga citrina |
| Date: | June 16, 2024 |
| Time: | 6:40 am |
| Length of time observed: | 15 minutes |
| Number: | 1 |
| Age: | |
| Sex: | Male |
| Location: | Bowman Fork Trail above the last bridge |
| County: | Salt Lake |
| Latilong: | 40.693082, -111.697634 |
| Elevation: | 7200' |
| Distance to bird: | 1.5 miles |
| Optical equipment: | Binoculars |
| Weather: | Upper 50's, clear |
| Light Conditions: |
Great except I never saw the bird |
| Description: Size of bird: | Singing about every 20-30 seconds in deep brush. |
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(Description:)
Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics: |
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| Song or call & method of delivery: | (Audio1, Audio2) |
| Behavior: | Not moving around much making it impossible to find |
| Habitat: | Low trees and underbrush |
| Similar
species and
how were they eliminated: |
The only other songs I could think of that are close are chestnut-sided warbler and magnolia warbler, but neither has the pulsing sound at the beginning of the song. |
| Previous
experience with this & similar species: |
I'm very familiar with this song as the first warbler song I learned when I was growing up in Pittsburgh, and I've heard and seen hundreds of them |
| References consulted: | |
| Description from: | |
| Observer: | Fred Adler |
| Observer's address: |
1452 E. Michigan Ave |
| Observer's e-mail address: | ** |
| Other observers who independently identified this bird: | |
| Date prepared: | June 16, 2024 |
| Additional material: | I posted recordings on eBird and will email them [Audio1, Audio2] |
| Additional comments: |