[Birdnet] re: HOTLINE: Sandhill cranes, white-winged crossbills (Cache)

[Nancy Williams]

Bryan and I also saw the sandhills late this afternoon -- three of
them, in a flock of geese that were feeding in a field where manure
had been spread. Same area Jason and Reinhard found them --  from 3200
West turn west on 2600 North; the field is at about 3800 West.  -Nancy


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jason Pietrzak <jaypie77 at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 3:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Birdnet] HOTLINE: Sandhill cranes, white-winged
crossbills  (Cache)
To: Nancy Williams <nancy.moonbeam at gmail.com>
Cc: birdnet at utahbirds.org


I just wanted to add a couple things to this report... When we went
looking in the cemetery (where Ryan O'Donnell first reported huge
flocks earlier this week), we found a huge group of Red Crossbills
with only a couple White-wingeds mixed in. After a bit of searching,
we found the White-wingeds in a short Spruce stand and we were able to
get really close to them. My best guess is that there were equal
numbers of total Red and White-winged Crossbills, maybe 20-30 of each.

Near the Crossbills were good numbers of Cedar Waxwings and Robins
(although in different trees).

Lastly, after a dozen trips, I finally saw the canal Western
Screech-Owl out in the sun.

Here are a couple photos from today, mainly of Crossbills. No photos
of Sandhills - they were too far away.

http://photojkp.com/Logan022809/

Jason Pietrzak


On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Nancy Williams
<nancy.moonbeam at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Reinhard Jockel phoned with the first sandhill crane report of the
> season this morning. He and Jason were out birding and saw three
> sandhill cranes in the fields south of the Bear River on 3600 West
> (the road from Valley View Highway to Benson) The cranes were with a
> small flock of Canada geese.
>
> They also went looking for the white-winged crossbills at Logan
> Cemetery.  There were a few high up in the tree tops at the cemetery,
> he said, but the best sighting was on 10th North by the USU stadium.
> There in a tree, very close, were more than a dozen. "We also saw
> another flock fly -- there must have been 3 dozen or more."
>
> Also, they saw a huge flock of geese and ring-billed gulls at the pig
> farm, and large flocks of horned larks. "That's worth going to see,
> because sometimes there are snow geese and cackling geese, though none
> were there today," he said.
>
>
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Nancy Williams
Journalism & Communication
Utah State University
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