[Birdnet] Pacific Loon, Box Elder Co., 11/18/06

[Dave Slager]

I found a juvenile Pacific Loon this morning on the Willard Bay
reservoir.  I was able to watch it for over an hour.  It was at the
far western edge of the main reservoir, just south of where the dike
"kinks" towards the northeast.  On my Utah DeLorme atlas, this is
right on the "W" of "Willard Bay Res" which is printed in blue ink.

The spot where the bird was is kind of hard to get to.  From the south
Willard Bay exit off I-15, take the road that goes straight west.  At
the dead-end, turn right on the gravel road and follow this to the
extreme SW corner of the reservoir.  The road starts getting nasty
here, you'd probably want a high-clearance vehicle.  I rode my bicycle
along the dike the remaining couple miles to where the bird was.
Other birds of note in the vicinity:

On the reservoir:

2 Horned Grebe
1 imm. Snow/Ross's with some Canadas in the middle of the reservoir

In the shallow ponds W of the reservoir:

22 Greater Yellowlegs
35 American Avocet