Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # 2024-79
| Common name: |
Magnolia Warbler |
| Scientific name: | Setophaga magnolia |
| Date: | 22 Oct 2024 |
| Time: | 10 am |
| Length of time observed: | 2 mins |
| Number: | 1 |
| Age: | adult |
| Sex: | male |
| Location: | St. Georges |
| County: | Washington |
| Latilong: | |
| Elevation: | |
| Distance to bird: | 10m |
| Optical equipment: | Zeiss binoculars |
| Weather: | Sunny, hot |
| Light Conditions: | good |
| Description: Size of bird: | |
| (Description:) Basic Shape: | warbler |
| (Description:) Overall Pattern: | |
| (Description:) Bill Type: | warbler |
|
(Description:)
Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics: |
Bright yellow breast and throat, bold black streaks on sides but not in center of breast. Grey head, white undertail coverts |
| Song or call & method of delivery: | |
| Behavior: | foraging in association with a yellow-rumped warbler |
| Habitat: | dense riparian tree-shrub, well developed shrub understory |
| Similar
species and
how were they eliminated: |
Canada Warbler - Much bolder streaking, incomplete necklace Townsend's Warbler - no yellow on head Cape May Warbler - bolder streaking, more and brighter yellow |
| Previous
experience with this & similar species: |
Observed previously in Canada on my property. Familiar with warblers in Canada. |
| References consulted: | Sibley |
| Description from: | Notes taken at the time of the sighting |
| Observer: | Rick Courtney |
| Observer's address: | 231047 Range Rd 54 Bragg Creek Alberta T0L0K0 |
| Observer's e-mail address: | ** |
| Other observers who independently identified this bird: | none |
| Date prepared: | 9 Nov 2024 |
| Additional material: | |
| Additional comments: |