[Birdtalk] birding trip to St. George

[Joel & Kathy Beyer]

Kathy and I made a quick trip to the St. George area earlier this week,
with the highlights as follows:

Juab Co.
Mona Reservoir - Blue-winged Teal, Caspian Terns
Burraston Ponds - 4 Barn Owls, 2 Common Grackles (building nest),
Bullock's Oriole
Chicken Creek Reservoir area - Wilson's Phalaropes, Blue-winged Teals,
Long-billed Curlews, Ferruginous and Swainson's Hawks, 2 Short-eared
Owls, Grasshopper Sparrows

Millard Co.
Scipio - Eurasian Collared Dove
Maple Grove Campground - Green-tailed Towhee, Orange-crowned Warbler,
Gray Flycatcher

Washington Co.
Toniquint Park (St. George) - Lesser Nighthawks, Sora, Yellow-breasted
Chat
Utah Hill area (Old Hwy 91)- Gray Vireo, Black-chinned Sparrow
Lytle Ranch road - Black-tailed Gnatcatcher, Brown-crested Flycatcher,
Scott's Oriole, Crissal Thrasher
Lytle Ranch - White-winged Dove, Bell's Vireo, Common Yellowthroat,
Black-headed Grosbeak, Phainopepla, Verdin, Gr. Roadrunner, Scott's
Oriole, Brown-crested Flycatcher,
                     Common Black-Hawk (north of the pond, flying up the
wash)
Welcome Springs (spur off Lytle Ranch road) - Bushtit, B-T Gray Warbler,
B-C Sparrow, Rufuous-crowned Sparrow, Scott's Oriole, Costa's
Hummingbird, Cooper's Hawk (on nest)
Gunlock - Golden Eagle
Dixie Red Hills Golf Course - Vermillion Flycatcher, Hooded Oriole,
Cassin's Kingbird
Zion National Park - Painted Redstart (Riverside Walk, near Hanging
Gardens), Peregrine Falcon, Summer Tanager (VC parking lot), Plumbeous
Vireo
Hurricane - Inca Doves
other sightings - Abert's Towhee, Costa's Hummingbird (Ivins),
Black-throated Sparrow, Gr. Roadrunner (Hwy 9, Confluence Park),
Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Black Phoebe

A short trip, but wonderful birding!

Joel
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