[Birdnet] Green Canyon (Logan); Red-necked Phalarope

[Craig Fosdick]

Today I hiked up Green Canyon (near Logan) and found a decent amount of
activity, despite the fact that there are still very large patches of snow
in some areas, and the trees are just starting to leaf out.  Highlights were
Orange-crowned Warblers EVERYWHERE, plus first of the year (for me)
Black-throated Gray Warbler, Hammond's Flycatcher, and Western Kingbird.

Ruffed Grouse-1 (drumming)
Golden Eagle-1
Sandhill Crane-2 flying high overhead, apparently headed to Rich County?
Franklin's Gull-x doing the same as the cranes
Broad-tailed Hummingbird-4
Dusky Flycatcher-1
Hammond's Flycatcher-1 singing male, first of the year for me
Western Kingbird-1 at the mouth of the canyon, fighting with a House Finch
over ownership of a powerline cross bar
*Vireo *spp.-1 (Cassin's/Plumbeous, heard singing briefly, could not find)
Magpie-2
Black-capped Chickadee-10
Mountain Chickadee-1
Canyon Wren-3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet-5
American Robin-5
Orange-crowned Warbler-20+ (I walked 2 miles up Green Canyon, and I would
say this is a conservative estimate)
*Vermivora *spp.-1 (Nashville? heard singing could not find)
Virginia's Warbler-1
Black-throated Gray Warbler-4
Chipping Sparrow-10
Fox Sparrow-2
Dark-eyed Junco-3
Lazuli Bunting-10+
House Finch-1

After hiking Green Canyon, I checked out the Logan Mitigation Ponds to see
if I could locate either the previously reported Dunlin or Red-necked
Phalarope.  No Dunlin, but 1 RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was still present, along
with 60+ Wilson's Phalaropes.  At least one pair of Wilson's Phalaropes were
mating.  Only three Bonaparte's Gulls remain from the high of 35+ birds in
late April.

Good birding, Craig.

Craig Fosdick
Logan, Utah.
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