Verification of Unusual
Sight Record
For Utah
Rec. # O_2017-01
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| Common name: |
Phainopepla |
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| Scientific name: | Phainopepla nitens | |
| Date: | 10/14/2017 | |
| Time: | early afternoon | |
| Length of time observed: | 1-3 minutes | |
| Number: | 1 | |
| Age: | Adult | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Location: | Cottonwood Heights | |
| County: | Salt Lake | |
| Latilong: | 40.608102,-111.8178787 | |
| Elevation: | 4890 ft | |
| Distance to bird: | 6 ft | |
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| Weather: | Partly Cloudy | |
| Light Conditions: | Sunny | |
| Description: Size of bird: | Medium | |
| (Description:) Basic Shape: | Slender with top notch | |
| (Description:) Overall Pattern: | Shiny Black | |
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| Behavior: | Skittish | |
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| References consulted: | https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Phainopepla/id and other sites | |
| Description from: | From memory | |
| Observer: | Wayne Donaldson | |
| Observer's address: | 7869 S Nantucket Dr, Cottonwood Heights, UT 84121 | |
| Observer's e-mail address: | ** | |
| Other observers who independently identified this bird: | Marilynne Donaldson, Angela Donaldson Montague | |
| Date prepared: | 10/17/2017 | |
| Additional material: | No_additional_Materials | |
| Additional comments: | Noticed a Flicker trying to feed from bird feeder, was joined by a Scrub Jay - while watching them Phainopepla landed on nearby hot tub briefly then flew into nearby tree - repeated 3 or 4 times | |