[Birdnet] Palm Warbler, Yellow-headed Blackbirds and other strange stuff

[JEFF LANGFORD]

Shelly and I had a long yet productive weekend of birding that produced 88 species. Shelly had a professional commitment on Saturday in Logan, but we managed to visit BRMBR both in the morning and the evening. We made it to about three miles from the wildlife education center and it was there that we found two PALM WARBLER. Other highlights were twenty-five SANDHILL CRANE in an ag-field northwest of the center, a bunch of LONG-BILLED CURLEW popping up seemingly everywhere, and our first WESTERN KINGBIRD of the season. Little time to bird in Cache Valley, but we did check out Cutler Marsh and found lots of waterfowl and at least 50 little yellow fluff-balls attended by their CANADA GOOSE parents. Can't wait to put the kayaks in the water next week. Our evening at BRMBR was not as eventfull as the morning, highlights were a BARN OWL and SHORT-EARED OWl--couldn't relocate the PALM WARBLERS.  We birded Farmington Bay Sunday afternoon and were dismayed by the lack of YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS along the auto route. Not a single invidual singing from the cattails surrounding the impoundments. The ponds, however, were full of EARED GREBE and a good variety of waterfowl. We also spotted our first BAIRD's SANDPIPER and WESTERN SANDPIPER of the season, and a couple of WESTERN KINGBIRD were also present. On the way out, we discovered the reason missing BLACKBIRDS--they were hanging out at the feeder at the yellow house, enjoying their free lunch.

Good Birding, 

Jay
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