[Birdnet] Update on Rarities and New Reports

[Kristin Purdy]

Tim Avery and Glenn Barlow traveled to Quichapa Lake west of Cedar City in 
Iron County yesterday and saw the NEOTROPIC CORMORANT along with 5-6 
Double-crested Cormorants sitting on the fenceline where other observers 
have seen the bird. In addition, Tim and Glenn arrived at Bob Lawson's house 
in Dammeron Valley, Washington County, at about 1:00 pm this afternoon and 
saw the LAWRENCE'S GOLDFINCH right away. Also on this trip they logged a 
Common Black-hawk and Black-tailed Gnatcatchers; I didn't ask about the 
location for those two birds, but assume it was Beaver Dam Wash and Lytle 
Ranch.

Arnold Smith and I talked more about the CLAY-COLORED SPARROW he and others 
saw on Antelope Island Causeway in Davis County yesterday. He said the bird 
was a fairly strongly marked adult with little evidence that the bird was 
molting into basic plumage. He said the brownish auriculars were outlined in 
a "V" shape, not a triangle as some guides show, that the gray nape was 
clean and very apparent, that the upper sides showed a buffy wash, and that 
there were faint streaks within that buffy wash. Arnold, John, and Keith 
watched the bird from a distance of 25-30 feet and got excellent views with 
10x binoculars.

Weston Smith reports a WHITE-WINGED DOVE has been visiting his feeder in 
Croydon, Morgan County, since Monday night. A Bewick's Wren is also gracing 
his yard, an uncommon bird for Northern Utah.

Kris