Sightings Accepted by the Utah Bird Records Committee

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*  Sightings accepted by the Records Committee without reviewing a specific sight record.
     (Mostly sightings before the records committee was organized) [see notes]

Doves to Woodpeckers 

DOVES & PIGEONS

Columbiformes

Common Ground-Dove  (see notes)

  1. *15 Jul 1984 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., by Jessica Lind (specimen - University of Utah)

  2. 30 Dec 2004 - Near Hurricane, Washington Co., by David Wheeler and Larene Wyss | Hotline Report | Sight Record |

  3. 19 June 2005 - Lytle Ranch, Beaver Dam Wash, Washington Co., by Larry Tripp (female) | Hotline Report | Sight Record |

Ruddy Ground-Dove

  1. 2 Nov 1991 - Lytle Ranch, Beaver Dam Wash, Washington Co., written description by Merrill Webb; (video taped by Mark Hopkins, who was the caretaker at Lytle Ranch at the time. - adult male) [UFO  Record]  | Sight Record | UOS report |

CUCKOO etc.

Cuculiformes

Black-billed Cuckoo

  1. *9 Jul 1951 - Bountiful, Davis Co., by Behle and Selander  (female specimen, with eggs in the oviducts  - U of U collection)

  2. *15 Jun 1963 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., by Albert Webb reported by Kashin (one seen and heard singing)

  3. *18 Jul 1980 - Timberline Community, Summit Co., (breeding female - U of U collection)

OWLS

Strigiformes

Snowy Owl

  1. *Dec 1908 - Provo Bench (Orem), Utah Co., reported by Hayward (specimen in BYU collection)

  2. *Winter 1909 - Huntsville, Weber Co., (Specimen taken)

  3. *1 Oct 1925 - 15 miles northeast of Mantua, Box Elder Co., (two)

  4. *5 Apr. 1953 - south of Centerville, Davis Co.(Sight record)

  5. *4 Jan 1954 - Ephraim, Sanpete Co., reported by Ferris

  6. *early Jan 1961 - southeastern outskirts of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., reported by Behle

  7. *7 Jan 1967 - 2 miles south of Randolph, Rich Co., (may be same as below)

  8. *22 Jan 1967 - south end of Bear Lake, Rich Co., (decomposed body found)

  9. *26 Jan 1967 - 4 miles west of Syracuse, Davis Co., (specimen in U of U collection)

Elf Owl
  1. 3 Aug 1999 - Lytle Ranch, Beaver Dam Wash, Washington Co., by Steve Hedges, V. J. Hedges, Larry Ryel, Terry Sadler, David Allen, Steve Summers, Priscilla Summers, Lew Wilkinson, Josh Kreitzer, Mark Stackhouse, David Wheeler  (adult male? ) | Sight Record | UOS report |

Great Gray Owl

  1. *6 Mar 1960 - Logan, Cache Co., shot by Oring (specimen in a sporting goods store in Logan)

  2. *30 Jul 1962 - Spirit Lake, Dagget Co., by Derrell McCullough

  3. *Jan 1978 - Bear Lake, Rich Co.

  4. 28 Jan 1989 - Garden City, Rich Co., by David Jensen, Terry Sadler, Pam Sadler | UOS report |

  5. 16 Feb 1989 - Paradise, Cache Co., Ed Connia, Verl Hatchett  (one adult) | UOS report |

Boreal Owl (see notes)

  1. Jun 1997 - Uintah National Forest by Heber, Wasatch Co., by  Dave Stricklan  (photo by Dave Stricklan - one adult)  | UOS report |

  2. 26 Mar to 4 Apr 1999 - head of Hell's Kitchen Canyon, Cache Co., by William Masslich, Ronald J. Ryel, Bryan Dixon, Jean Lown, Stuart Reynolds, Tim Slocum (photo by William Masslich)  | Hotline Report | UOS report |

  3. 24-25 January 2006 - Bluebell Hwy - east of Bluebell. NW of Roosevelt, Duchesne Co. by Brian Maxfield  | Sight Record | Hotline Report |

HUMMINGBIRDS, etc.

Apodiformes

Swifts

Apodidae

Chimney Swift
          [Note: very easily confused with the more common Vaux’s swift]

  1. *7 May 1912 - west of Kaysville, Davis Co., by Claude T. Barnes (specimen in U of U collection)

Vaux's Swift

  1. *28 Oct 1939 - Jordan Fur Farm, Davis Co., reported by Woodbury (dried mummy found in a stovepipe - probably from that spirng or summer - U of U collection)

  2. *10 May 1959 - Mouth of Provo River, Utah Co., (two)

  3. *12 May 1963 - Utah Lake, Utah Co.

  4. *31 Aug 1964 - The Gap, west of Prowan, Iron Co., (three)

  5. *11-15 Sep 1965 - Springdale Ponds, Washington Co., reported by Wauer and Russell (three)

  6. *19 May 1972 - Terry Ranch, Beaver Dam Wash, Washington Co., (specimen collected)

  7. *31 Jul 1982 - north of Blacksmith Fork Canyon, Cache Co., by Mike Tove, Jack Kirkley, Lee Jones 

  8. *20 May 1983 - Cedar City, Iron Co., by Steve Hedges (adult)

  9. 2 May 1993 - Ogden Canyon, Weber Co., by Craig Kneedy  | UOS report |

  10. 4 Jul 2002 - North Logan, Cache Co., by Ron Ryel   | Sight Record | UOS report |

  11. 17 Sep 2006 - Hurricane Sewage Ponds, Washington Co., by Rick Fridell (2 or 3 adults) | Sight Record |

  12. 22 Sep 2006 - Red Hills GC in St. George, Washington Co., by Rick Fridell (2 adults) | Sight Record |

 

Hummingbirds

Trochilidae

Broad-billed Hummingbird

  1. 10 Oct to 25 Nov 1978 - Springdale, (at the mounth of Zion Canyon), Washington Co., by Richard Fesler, Leo Fesler, Freda Fesler,  (adult male, photographed by Jerome Gifford, 19, 21, 23 Nov 1978) | UOS report |

  2. 9 to 10 September 1979 - Springdale, (at the mounth of Zion Canyon), Washington Co., by Jerome Gifford (adult male) | UOS report |

  3. 24 July-4August 1986 -  Jensen, Uintah Co., by Can Chure, Lorraine Ferris; Ella Sorensen, Merrill Webb, Joe Leigh  | UOS report |

  4. 13 Sep 1997 - Zion National Park, Washington Co., by Becky Zurcher, Pat Zurcher, M. Shane Pruett, Colleen Gibbons,  Bob Showler, Christi Carmichael  (photo by Bechy Zurcher) [fourth]. | UOS report |

  5. 11 Aug 2002 - Washington Fields, Washington Co., by Rick Fridell, Steve Summers and Kristen Comella  (immature female)   | Birdnet Report | Sight Report  | UOS report |

Magnificent Hummingbird

  1. *24 Aug 1962 - 3 miles northwest of Parowan, Iron Co., by Stewart Murie

  2. *7 Jul to 10 Aug 1971 - Springdale, Washington Co., at the mouth of Zion Canyon by Jerome Gifford (photo in "American Birds" magazine)

  3. *24 Aug 1971 - Cedar City, Iron Co., by Stewart Murie

  4. *23 May to end of July 1972 - Springdale, Washington Co., by Clyde Harden, Lois Harden, Jerome Gifford (photo by Jerome Gifford)

  5. *Jun to July 1972 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., by George Edmonds (seen last week in Jun and first week in July) [see sighting on 27 Jun 1974 at Brighton)

  6. *27 Jun 1974 - near Brighton, Salt Lake Co., by George Edmunds reported by Behle and Perry

  7. 24 June 2001 - 2½ miles up Stout Canyon Rd. from Hwy. 89, Kane Co., by Steve Summers, Priscilla Summers (adult female)  | Sight Record | UOS report |

Ruby-throated Hummingbird
  1. 29 Aug - Sep 1 2005 - Larry's yard in Central, Washington Co., by Larry Tripp, others (first fall Male) | Aug Hotline Report | Sep Hotline Report | Sight Record |

WOODPECKERS, etc.

Coraciiformes

Red-headed Woodpecker 
       
[More abundant before 1975 -  "breeding sparsely in the Uinta Basin from 15 Feb to 27 Aug"]1

  1. *1859 - Utah. Specimen taken by McCarthy of the Simpson expedition.
  2. *Jun 1869 - Near Parley’s Park, Summit Co., by R,. Ridgeway (one)
  3. *28 Jul 1937 - Near Ouray, Uintah Co., by A. C. Twomey  (one adult male found dead)
  4. *26 Aug 1941 - Bear River MBR, Box Elder Co., by C. S. Williams  (adult male collected)
  5. *25,29 May 1955 - Uinta Basin. Sight record.
  6. *17 Feb 1968 - Near Cedar City, Iron Co., by Stewart Murie
  7. 7 Jul 2002 - Near White Pine Lake, Cache Co., by Ron Ryel (adult) | Birdnet Report | Sight Record | UOS report |

  8. 27 Dec 2004 - Near Hurricane, Washington Co., by Merrill Webb and many others  | Hotline Report | Sight Record | UOS report |

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
          [Red-naped and Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers were lumped together as Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
            before 1985) (see notes) ]

  1. 19 Jan - 18 Mar 2003 -  Lytle Ranch, Washington Co., by Larry Tripp also seen by Rick Fridell, Kevin Wheeler, and Steve Summers; and also by Pomera Fronce   | Hotline Report | Sight Records | UOS report |

  2. 8 Nov 2003 - Lytle Ranch, Washington Co., by Larry Tripp (one juvenile possibly female)   | Birdnet Report | Sight Records | UOS report |

Red-breasted Sapsucker

  1. *26 Nov1931 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., (a hybrid - specimen in the U of U collection)

  2. *30 Dec 1981 - Santa Clara, Washington Co., by Robert and Georgene Bond

  3. 1,2 Jan 1988 - Iverson Ranch, Beaver Dam Wash, Washington Co., by Richard Sorensen, Ella Sorensen, Carig Kneedy (photos by Craig Kneedy, Ella Sorensen)  | UOS report |

  4. 15 Oct 1993 - Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge, Juab Co., by Terry Sadler  (one adult)  | UOS report |

  5. 17 Oct 2003 - Lytle Ranch (Beaver Dam Wash, Washington Co., by Rick Fridell, Kevin Wheeler  | Birdnet Report | Sight Record | UOS report |

  6. 13 Oct 2006 - Lytle Ranch, Washington Co., by Larry Tripp and Peyton Cook. | Sight Record |

  
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