[Birdnet] Corinne Geese, Huntsville WW Crossbills & Ogden Rosy-Finches

[Tim Avery]

Jeff Bilsky, Carl Ingwell and I spent the morning birding around northern
Utah.  Our first stop was at 6800 West and 1800 North in Corinne where there
were approximately 1,500-2,500 Snow and Ross's Geese, with a very high
percentage being the latter.  IT was funny to watch the hunters lining the
road, and not being able to do anything about the geese on private
property.  It was also nice to see the large flock avoid the hunters in
nearby field even when they were flushed, returning back to the middle of
the field they were using.

Next we headed to the south side of Willard Bay where there were lots of
Ravens, a ton of singing Red-winged Blackbirds, and little else.  3 Sandhill
Crane were seen in this area.

Heading south and east we went up to Huntsville and the City Park where
there were between 20-25 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL, a number of Siskin,
Chickadees, Nuthatches and Eurasian Collared-Doves.  We also checked out the
cemetery which was dad (no pun intended).  Leaving Huntsville a flock of
birds at the VFW (I think) caught our attention.  Among House Finches and
Pine Siskin were at least 2 more WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS.

We headed back towards Ogden and I stopped to photograph the waterfall near
the mouth of Ogden Canyon.  2 Flocks of GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCHES flew off
the hillside and down the canyon.  A total of maybe 30-40 birds were seen.

Pictures to come later.

Cheers,

Tim
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