Sight Rec Report Please fill out as accurately as possible. Include only those details of which you are certain and only those observed in the field; leave blank details not observed. Attach any additional comments or details on separate sheets. Please print or type Species Prothonotary Warbler Date(s) 25 May 1974 & 26 May 1974 Location Furnace Creek Ranch, Death Valley Nat. Mon. County Inyo State Calif Elevation - 100' Observer Number of birds Time of Day ~ 0700 Light conditions perfect Distance to bird 20-30' Optical equipment 10x50 binoculars Length of time observed 5 minutes (again for 5 mins. on 5-26) Sex ? - it did sing atleast twice Plumage (e.g. Breeding) imm(?) - not bright orange Overall appearance and relative size: although obviously a warbler, the resemblance to a nuthatch was striking - large thick bill, stumpy tail, plump body. Bill: conspicuously large, long for a warbler. Black - looked dipped in ink. Crown and forehead: bright yellow but it had a couple of duller greenish patches. Nape yellow Face golden yellow Eye Black eye large and conspicuous - matched the bill Throat bright yellow - golden, not lemon yellor Breast and sides )) Belly and flanks upper - bright golden yellow lower - whitish Undertail coverts whitish, very long - extending almost to tail tip. Back greenish Wings - steely gray - perhaps bluish tinge. Underwings not seen Rump not noted Uppertail coverts not noted