[Birdnet] RE: Utah County Birders - Salt Lake Birders joint field trip to Mirror Lake

[Craig Fosdick]

Lu, glad my post helped out.  Sounds like you all had a great time!

Craig Fosdick
Logan, Utah

*Subject: Utah County Birders - Salt Lake Birders joint field trip to Mirror
Lake*
From: Lu Giddings <seldom74 AT xmission.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 20:54:37 -0600

Several car-loads of birders left Provo at 6:30 a.m. We stopped along
the way at the inlet end of Deer Creek reservoir, which is remarkably
low, and saw a variety of birds including sandhill cranes and an osprey.

A group of roughly 35 birders left the Kamas Ranger station at 8 a.m. It
was our intent to find several target species: black rosy-finches,
American three-toed woodpeckers, pine grosbeaks, and gray jays.

We first stopped at Bald Mountain Trail Head to look for Rosy-finches
and were disappointed, but pine grosbeaks, pine siskins, and a northern
flicker were seen, amongst other things.

At Mirror Lake we divided into three groups of roughly ten birders each.
One group circumnavigated the lake while two groups went into the
campgrounds and a fourth, smaller group explored by car. Bird numbers
were markedly lower than roughly a month ago, but a number of
interesting birds were still seen. A few people had the good fortune to
see an American three-toed woodpecker. Most - if not all - of the group
saw gray jays and  Clark's nutcrakers.

We made a final stop at Trial Lake, making one final attempt to find
American three-toed woodpeckers. We managed to find a hairy woodpecker
and a mystery empid, and Steve Carr spotted two more gray jays in an
empty campground.

The weather was warm, clear, and a bit breezy but mostly beautiful. It's
hard to believe that snow will be on the ground in just a few weeks, but
the birds know and are preparing themselves.

Many thanks to all of you, both Salt Lake birders and Utah county
birders, for your support of this activity. A partial trip list may be
found below. And a big thanks(!) to Craig Fosdick and Mark Stackhouse
for supplying the information that helped make the trip a success.

Lu Giddings

Total Count: 26
Common Merganser
American White Pelican
Osprey
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
White-throated Swift
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Gray Jay
Black-billed Magpie
Common Raven
Mountain Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Pine Grosbeak
Pine Siskin
House Sparrow
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