[Birdnet] Painted Redstart still at Zion National Park

[Mark Stackhouse]

You're absolutely right, Richard, Painted Redstarts have been suspected 
to have bred in Zion for the past several years. Last year, a visitor 
from out-of-state confirmed it by submitting a report to the records 
committee of a pair of Painted Redstarts feeding a fledgling on July 
23. That record was accepted by the committee in November of last year 
and thus becomes the first confirmed record of breeding Painted 
Redstart in Utah.

I think we can count this as another of apparently several species that 
seem to be expanding their ranges northward - global warming, anyone? 
Maybe someday an Elegant Trogon in Utah? ;-)

Good birding!

Mark Stackhouse
Westwings, Inc.
www.westwings.com
mark at westwings.com
801-487-9453 (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA)
011-52-323-285-1243 (San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico)

On May 17, 2006, at 4:26 AM, RICHARD JILL WOOD wrote:

>
> We saw a Painted Redstart at Zion in April of last year, and we were 
> told by the people in the visitor's center that they had been seen in 
> four out of the five previous years.  So, perhaps their range is 
> expanding and maybe at some point they will breed there?
>
> Richard
>
>> From: joshkreitzer at byu.teancum.net
>> To: Birdnet Hotline <birdnet at utahbirds.org>
>> Subject: [Birdnet] Painted Redstart still at Zion National Park
>> Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 16:59:57 -0600
>>
>> Fellow birders,
>>
>> My wife, Cary, and I (Josh Kreitzer) relocated a Painted Redstart 
>> (male) most of
>> the way up the Riverside Walk at the North end of Zion Canyon in Zion 
>> National
>> Park. The bird was beautiful, tame, and seemingly unfazed by three 
>> other
>> observers who pointed us to the bird by their rapt attention thereon. 
>> One of
>> them was apparently taking photos of it.
>>
>> We found the bird in the proverbial "nick of time", for just as we 
>> rounded a
>> bend in the trail and found it, gusts from a building thunderstorm 
>> reached us.
>> We headed back to the Temple of Sinuwava shuttle stop after observing 
>> the bird
>> for a minute or two (it flew out of sight afterwards). Rain fell, we 
>> heard
>> thunder and saw lightning, and wind blew sand at us on our way back. 
>> It was
>> worth it!
>>
>> Other birds seen in the canyon include: Hairy Woodpecker, Ash-throated
>> Flycatcher, House Wren, Yellow Warbler, and Song Sparrow.
>>
>> Other birds of note seen in Washington City, Utah this weekend: Inca 
>> Dove,
>> Eurasian Collared-Dove, Phainopepla, and Abert's Tohwee.
>>
>> For those interested in visiting Zion Canyon to find the beautiful 
>> and rare
>> redstart, here is some helpful information. Pedestrians and Cyclists 
>> can enter
>> the park on foot for $10.00. The park is entered just past and to the 
>> right of
>> the Zion Theater Complex at the end of Springdale. Free day parking 
>> is available
>> in the gravel lot just south and up the hill from the theater. A 
>> year-long pass
>> can be obtained for visiting Zion NP for $40.00. A National Parks 
>> Pass ($50.00)
>> will also allow entry to Zion NP and all other National Parks. For 
>> information
>> regarding passes for Senior citizens please click on this link:
>> https://buy.nationalparks.org/golden.asp .
>>
>> A shuttle picks up just north of the visitor's center (which is just 
>> past where
>> you enter the park on foot). The shuttle takes about 8 stops to get 
>> to the
>> Temple of Sinuwava (which is the final stop before it heads back). 
>> There are
>> restrooms at the stop. The trail (Riverside Walk), is paved and 
>> though it has
>> some ups and downs, is fairly easy. (It is about 1 mile long, if you 
>> go all the
>> way to the end.)
>>
>> Best wishes, and good birding!!!
>>
>> Josh Kreitzer
>>
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