[Birdnet] AIC

[Carol Gwynn]

As reported by Paul Lombardi, one Ruff was between mm 4 and 5, north 
side, on the Antelope Island Causeway. It later moved to the south side 
and to the east a little ways. There were also numerous Killdeer as 
well as several other shorebirds that looked like Western Sandpipers, 
except that they had a lot of brown on the upper part of the chest - 
more than the field guides/shorebird books show for winter plumage 
westerns. I know that the brown wash on Westerns is variable, so maybe 
these guys were on the ample end of the scale. I'll send a  (not great) 
photo of one to Milt to post for verification on utahbirds.

Also on the Causeway today were two Long-tailed Ducks and a female 
Barrow's Goldeneye at the bridge closest to the island (north side), 
numerous Harriers, 2 Bald Eagles, 1 Prairie Falcon, and 1 Kestrel. 
There was a large flock of Horned Larks near the entrance gate at about 
9:30 a.m., but I was on a Ruff mission, so I didn't search the flock 
too carefully. They were moving around a lot, as well. I searched for 
about 2 hours for Snow Buntings to no avail. Three had been seen 
earlier in the day by some birders from Maryland.

Other ducks at the bridge - hundreds of Shovelers, also Common 
Goldeneye and Bufflehead.

Carol Gwynn