[Birdnet] Rare Ducks at Antelope Island

[Kristin Purdy]

John Bellmon, Keith Evans, Jack Rensel and I had a great day birding Jensen 
Nature Park in west Layton and Antelope Island State Park in Davis County 
today. Best sightings include Jack Binch, Doug Roberts and Cal Robbins. Our 
bird list is below, with notes for the species in caps (rare or seasonally 
rare) after the list.

Kris

Canada Goose
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Lesser Scaup
SURF SCOTER
BLACK SCOTER
LONG-TAILED DUCK
Bufflehead
Goldeneye sp.
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
American White Pelican
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Prairie Falcon
Virginia Rail
American Coot
American Avocet
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Great Horned Owl
Northern Flicker
Loggerhead Shrike
Black-billed Magpie
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Rock Wren
American Robin
European Starling
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
Spotted Towhee
VESPER SPARROW
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE
House Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

SURF SCOTER - One female on the north side of the big bridge near the 
marina. Doug Roberts was blessed with three there.

BLACK SCOTER - The first sighting was a right-place-at-the-right-time 
sighting. We had left the bridge and continued west when a duck flying low 
over the water from the northwest and landing on the north side of the 
bridge caught our attention. It screamed to be checked, and turned into the 
female Black Scoter. She only stayed there, diving, for a few minutes, and 
then took off east and then south over the causeway. On the way home, we 
found her again south of mm 1.

LONG-TAILED DUCK - A female in the morning south of the big bridge, and a 
male there in the afternoon.

DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT - We figured this bird would be heading south as 
soon as he or she realizes the lake holds no fish.

VESPER SPARROW - Jack flushed one from near the rocks at the parking lot 
between the Ladyfinger Point parking lot and the turnoff to the visitor's 
center.

YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD - At least a half dozen in a big flock of Red-wings 
in the stubble field east of the entrance kiosk parking lot.

GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE - A baker's dozen on the roof of the park building at 
Jensen Nature Park. The park is also the location where we saw the coots and 
grebes. The park is located on Bluff Drive about a mile and a half southeast 
of the Antelope Drive/Bluff Road intersection.