Rare Birds Seen in Washington County

Sightings Accepted by the Utah Bird Records Committee
(includes records through 2005)
  Black Scoter

Red-throated Loon

Yellow-billed Loon

  • 29 Dec 1996 to 1 Jan 1997 - Gunlock Res., Washington Co  by Michael A. Patten, Jutta C. Burger, Steven Summers | UOS report |
  • 14 Jan 2000 - Quail Creek Reservoir, Washington Co. by Robert Dobbs, Danny Dobbs (1st winter plumage)  |Sight Record | UOS report |

Red-necked Grebe

Least Bittern

  • 20 May 1938 - near the Virgin River south of St. George, Washington Co. reported by Hardy (specimen collected)
  • 27 Jun 1965 - along the Virgin River, south of St. George, Washington Co. by Wauer, Russell
  • 28 Aug 1965 - along the Virgin River, south of St. George, Washington Co. by Wauer, Russell

Reddish Egret

Wood Stork

  • 28 Aug 1939 - Virgin City, Washington Co. (U of U collection)

White-tailed Kite 

  • 2 Nov 1990 - St. George, Washington Co., by W. Neal Stephens (photo by W. Neal Stephens - one immature) | UOS report |
  • 18 Apr 1992; Lytle Ranch, Beaver Dam Wash, Washington Co., by Arnold Smith, Keith Evans, Douglas Cox, Jean Reagan,  Mark Bromley, BF, Carol Neumann, Fay Noe, Jim Noe, Jim Peters, Joyce Peters  (photo by Arnold Smith - one adult) | UOS report |

Broad-winged Hawk 

Zone-tailed Hawk 

Mountain Plover

  • 29 Mar 1965 - near Rockville, Washington Co., by Wauer (specimen collected)
  • 11 Apr 1965 - 4 miles below Rockville, Washington Co., by Wauer and Russell (specimen in Zion NP collection)
  • 24 Apr 1966 - St. George, Washington Co., by Wauer (two)

Wandering Tattler

  • 3 Sep 1981 - Grafton sewage ponds, Washington Co., by Jerome Gifford (photo)

Red Phalarope

  • 13,14 Oct 1934 - Virgin River near St. George, Washington Co., by Hayward (two specimens in Dixie College collection)
  • 24 Oct 2002 - Gunlock Reservoir, Santa Clara River, Washington Co., by Rick Fridell (one) | Sight Record | UOS report |

Heermann's Gull

  • 2 Oct 2003 -  Southgate Golf Course in St. George, Washington Co., by Marilyn Davis; Kevin Wheeler, Steve Summers, Rick Fridell (2nd winter bird) | Hotline Report | Sight Record | UOS report |

Black-legged Kittiwake

Least Tern

  • 25 May 1997 - St. George, Washington Co., by Merrill Webb, Lynnette Webb,  Jim Matheson  (one adult) | UOS report |
  • 15 May 2002 - Above Washington Fields Diversion, Washington Co., by Kevin Wheeler (one adult) | Sight Record | UOS report |
  • 30 May 2003 - Golf course pond in Bloomington, Washington Co., by .Mike and John Schijf; also on 31 May 2003 by Rick Fridell and on 1 Jun 2003 by RF, Kristen Comella, and Steve and Priscilla Summers. | Birdnet Report | Sight Record | UOS report |

Common Ground-Dove

Ruddy Ground-Dove

  • 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 |

Elf Owl

  • 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 |

Vaux's Swift

  • 11-15 Sep 1965 - Springdale Ponds, Washington Co., reported by Wauer and Russell (three)
  • 19 May 1972 - Terry Ranch, Beaver Dam Wash, Washington Co., (specimen collected)

Broad-billed Hummingbird

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

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

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

Anna's Hummingbird

  • 29 Mar 1997 - Zion National Park, Washington Co., by  M. Shane Pruett  (one adult male) | UOS report |

  • 18 Mar 2001 - Red Cliffs Preserve - campground, Washington Co., by Robert Dobbs; originally located on 10 Feb 2001 by Steve and Priscilla Summers (adult male) | Hotline Report | Sight Record |

  • 31 Mar 2001 - Red Cliffs Golf Course, St. George, Washington Co., by Robert Dobbs  | Sight Record |

  • 2 May 2002 - Hurricane, Washington Co., by Rick Fridell  | Sight Record |

Red-headed Woodpecker 

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Red-breasted Sapsucker

  • 30 Dec 1981 - Santa Clara, Washington Co., by Robert and Georgene Bond
  • 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 |
  • 17 Oct 2003 - Lytle Ranch (Beaver Dam Wash, Washington Co., by Rick Fridell, Kevin Wheeler  | Birdnet Report | Sight Record | UOS report |

Least Flycatcher

Eastern Phoebe

  • 17 Dec 1965 - Springdale, Washington Co., by Wauer (specimen collected)

  • 25 Mar 1965 - Springdale, Washington Co., by Wauer (specimen collected)

  • 18 May 1966 -Beaver Dam Wash, Washington Co., by Wauer

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  • 4 Sept 2004 -  Lytle Ranch, Washington Co., by Larry Tripp, Rick Fridell (photos) | Hotline Report | Sight Record | UOS report |

Blue-headed Vireo

Philadelphia Vireo

  • 27 Oct 2002 - Red Hills Golf Course, St. George, Washington Co., by Larry Tripp and later on the same day Rick Fridell & Kristen Comella | Birdnet Report |  Sight Records | UOS report |

Eastern Bluebird

  • 16 Mar 1996 - Lytle Ranch, Washington Co., by Matt DeVries, Pia DeVries, Joshua Kreitzer  (one adult male - pale southwestern race)   | UOS report |

Rufous-backed Robin

  • 18-27 Dec 2004 - Near Springdale, Washington Co., by Marshall and Seth Topham, Kenneth and Don Hinton,  and Todd Calico, and many others (one adult)   Hotline Report | Sight Record | UOS report |

Curve-billed Thrasher

  • 21 Jun 2003 - Red Hills Golf Course, St. George, Washington Co., by Edson Leite (juvenile) | Sight Record | UOS report |

LeConte's Thrasher

  • 10 May 1891 - Beaver Dam Mountains, Washington Co., by C. H. Merriam (specimen - U.S. National Museum of Natural History

  • 19 Dec 1963 - St. George, Washington Co., by Wauer (two)

  • 5 Mar 1983 - 0.8 miles north of Arizona border and 1.2 miles west of Hwy. 91, Beaver Dam Slope, Washington Co., by Steven Hedges, Merrill Webb, Mark Bromley, others (adult male)

  • 9, 14, and 16 Mar 1985 - Beaver Dam Slope, Washington Co., by Clyde Morris, Joelle Buffa, Ella Sorensen, Richard Sorensen, Steve Hedges, Jim Woolf  (photo by Ella Sorensen - one adult male) | UOS report |

  • 6 Mar 1990; - lower Beaver Dam Slope, Washington Co., by Ron Ryel, Lawrence Ryel  (one male) | UOS report |

Northern Parula

  • 16 May to 5 Jun 2003 - . Zion National Park, Washington Co., by Bob Showler and many others (a single bird) | Sight Record | UOS report |

Chestnut-sided Warbler

  • 10 Oct 1974 - near Grafton, Washington Co., by Kenneth Kertell  (specimen was collected) (American Birds 29:97)
  • 29 Sep 2002 - Lytle Ranch, Washington Co., by  Steve Summers, Priscilla Summers, Kristen Comella, Rick Fridell (photo - immature)  | Birdnet Report | Sight Record | UOS report |

Magnolia Warbler

  • 19 May 1972 - Terry Ranch, Beaver Cam Wash, Washington Co., reported by Behle (specimen collected)

Black-throated Blue Warbler

  • 7 Oct 1987 - Iverson Ranch, Beaver Dam Wash, Washington Co., by Ella Sorensen, Richard Sorensen (photo by Ella Sorensen - one male) | UOS report |
  • 22 Oct 1996 - St. George, Washington Co., by Josh Kreitzer, Lew Wilkinson, others  (one adult male)  | UOS report |
  • 18 Oct 2003 - Lytle Ranch, Washington Co., by Larry Tripp (adult female) | Birdnet Report | Sight Record | UOS report |

Hermit Warbler

  • 25 Apr 2002 - Nay's Canyon in the Pine Valley Mountains, Washington Co., by Terry Sadler  |  Birdnet Report  | Sight Record | UOS report |
  • 11 May 2002 - Lytle Ranch, Washington Co., by Pomera Fronce, Bonnie Williams and about 10 others from a Utah County Birder field trip (male)   | Birdnet Report | Sight Record | UOS report |

  • 23 Aug 2003 - North of Gunlock reservoir, Washington Co., by Larry Tripp, Priscilla and Steve Summers, Rick Fridell and Kristin Camella  ("female type")   | Birdnet Report | Sight Record | UOS report |

  • 25 Aug 2003 -  Lava Point, Zion National Park, Washington Co., by Rick Fridell. (first year female) | Sight Record | UOS report |

Yellow-throated Warbler

Prairie Warbler

Palm Warbler

  • 20 Oct 1963 - Zion Canyon, Washington Co.

Blackpoll Warbler

  • 8 Oct 1987 - Iverson Ranch, Beaver Dam Wash, Washington Co., by Ella Sorensen, Richard Sorensen | UOS report |

Prothonotary Warbler

Worm-eating Warbler

Louisiana Waterthrush 

Hooded Warbler

  • 5 Nov 1983 - 1 1/2 miles south of Pintura, Washington Co., by Merrill Webb (breeding adult male)  | UOS report |

Painted Redstart

  • 26 Apr 1930 - Zion National Park, Washington Co., by Vasco M. Tanner

  • 22 May 1965 - Terry Ranch, Beaver Dam Wash, Washington Co., by Dixon Joyner

  • 22, 24, 30 Apr 1966 - Zion National Park, Washington Co., by R. Wauer (three individuals seen)

  • 28 Apr to 2 May 1975 - Zion National Park, Washington Co., reported by Kingery

  • 22 Apr 2001 - Temple of Sinawava, Zion National Park, Washington Co., by Rob Dobbs and Rick Fridell  | Sight Record | UOS report |

  • 13 May 2002 - Zion National Park, Riverside Trail, Washington Co., by Joel & Kathy Beyer; originally located on 7 April 2002 by Paul Pisano (one adult)  | Sight Record | UOS report |

  • 4 May 2003 -  Zion National Park, Riverside Walk, Washington Co., by Alan Wight, Shelly Hernandez (1 adult) |  Sight Record | UOS report |

Scarlet Tanager

  • 17 Jun 1950 - St. George, Washington Co., by A. Dean Stock (male) | UOS report |

Clay-colored Sparrow

  • 14 May 2002 - Dixie Red Hills Golf Course, St. George, Washington Co.,  by Joel & Kathy Beyer  | Sight Record | UOS report |

McCown's Longspur

  • 5 Jan 1985 - Washington fields about 3 miles southeast of St. George, Washington Co., by Merrill Webb, David Fischer (one adult male and maybe a female both in winter plumage)

Chestnut-collared Longspur

  • 10 Oct 1974 - Zion NP, Washington Co., by Kenneth J. Kertell (specimen) (American Birds  29:97; Sight Record is on file)

Dickcissel

Bronzed Cowbird

  • 1-10 May 1996 - Washington, Washington Co., by Joshua Kreitzer, Steven Summers, Dave Thompson, Matthew Kreitzer (photo by Joshua Kreitzer - one adult female)  | UOS report |

  • 8 May 2002 - South gate of Red Hills Golf Course, St. George, Washington Co., by KC Childs, Junece Markham, Milton Moody  | Birdnet Report | Sight Record | UOS report |

  • 9 May 2003 - Red  Hills G C in St. George, Washington Co., by Larry Tripp,  Glen Barlow  | Birdnet Report | Sight Record | UOS report |

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