[Birdnet] Red-winged blackbirds, etc. Uintah Basin

[Deb Thornton]

I walked a stretch of the road west of the Provo airport Sunday
afternoon and heard, then saw, to my complete surprise on a Feb. 10, the
first rwbb I've seen this year, a solitary guy in a treetop. When I
walked back toward my car again, he was sititing there with no less than
35 of his best friends. Looking good; I welcomed the racket they
raised.

There was also a barn owl hunting and a great horned perched in the
same stretch.

Cheers,
Deb Thornton

>>> "Clay Johnson" <cjohnson at easilink.com> 2/13/2008 6:56 PM >>>
We've been keeping track of redwings this year.there have been 2-15
showing
up every day or two since I started keeping track on 1/13/2007.flocks
have
gotten up to 25-30 occasionally in winter, especially at the onset of
cold
snaps.  We noticed the males starting to color up last week.  Over the
years, I'd put the local date for when the males are highly obvious for
both
coloring and behavior at the last week in February.  

 

We recorded Song sparrows (1 to 2 each) around during all of 2007 and
at
least one is still here..  We noticed Lincoln's sparrows specifically
in
April 07, through December 07, and through the first half of January
08, but
not since.  

 

I should point out that typically we only pay attention occasionally
on
weekday evenings, and off-and-on for any weekends that we happen to be
home.
Often I won't notice a particular species or individual for three or
four
days, and think it has left, only to see it again later that same day.

 

Clay and Cliftia