[Birdnet] Snow Bunting still at Lincoln Point

[Tim Avery]

I decided I needed to finally head down and add this bird to my Utah County
list.  Sam and I drove out to Lincoln Point, and the bird was about 2/3 of
the way down the south jetty in the middle of the road.  It flew off to the
north jetty when we got within about 75 feet, which I thought was odd based
off all the reports of the bird being none to skittish.  Perhaps the
increased pressure has caused this bird to be slightly wary as it was about
as skittish as I would have expected.  We watched the bird from the south
jetty perched on the large boulder at the end of the north jetty for about
15 minutes, before I decided to walk out on the north side to see if I could
get a picture or two.  That ended up being pointless as I heard the bird
calling as it flew off before I got anywhere near it, back to the south
jetty.  We decided to hang out on the south jetty near the tip hoping the
bird would fly out on the rocks eventually.  While we were there it spent a
lot of time on the north side, and only flew back to the south side when a
guy and his dog wandered out on the north side.  It landed on a rock right
in front of the car and I snapped a few shots.  But it didn't stay long as
an air boat launched and came out to the lake.  The bunting flew out over
the water and disappeared, only to be heard a couple minutes later flying
back and landing behind the car on the jetty.  We finally took off and the
bird was last seen perched on the large rock on the north jetty where it
spent about 75% of the time.

http://www.timaverybirding.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=555&page=1&sort=td

There were also 6 Bald Eagles in the vicinity of River Lane.

Good Birding

Tim
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