[Birdtalk] River Lane blue-gray gnatcatchers

[Eric Huish]

Here are my late/early dates for Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers.  Dates before and 
after these are filled with sightings.  I believe the December Sighting at 
River Lane in 98 was on a UCB Field Trip (?). We also saw a Gnatcatcher on 
our October 21st field Trip on the airport dike last month.

09/20/2003 Grove Creek Canyon - Utah Co. UT
09/21/2002 Tintic Mountains - Utah Co. UT
09/22/2000 San Juan County UT
09/22/2004 Battle Creek Canyon - Utah Co. UT
10/08/2006 Provo Airport Dike - Utah Co. UT
10/21/2006 Provo Airport Dike - Utah Co. UT
11/04/2003 GS Cooling Ponds, Lindon BH - Utah Co. UT
12/08/1998 River Lane - Utah County UT
03/24/2003 GS Cooling Ponds, Lindon BH - Utah Co. UT
04/21/2005 Battle Creek Canyon - Utah Co. UT
04/26/2005 Anderson Park - Utah Co. UT


Eric Huish
Pleasant Grove UT
poorwill_ at hotmail.com
801-360-8777




----Original Message Follows----
From: "L. D. Giddings" <seldom74 at xmission.com>
Reply-To: seldom74 at xmission.com
To: birdtalk <birdtalk at utahbirds.org>
Subject: [Birdtalk] River Lane blue-gray gnatcatchers
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 13:34:53 -0700

I observed three blue-gray gnatcatchers this morning at about 10:30 a.m.
on River Lane near the end of the road and the river's mouth. On
spotting the first bird I thought I was seeing things, and then I
thought that perhaps it was an aberrant ruby-crowned kinglet. But while
watching it a kinglet settled on a branch about 12" distant from it,
providing a very nice opportunity for comparison and a bit of self
reassurance as well. While I watched the one bird, a second was calling
incessantly, immediately across the river, while a third called from the
brush behind me. This is about two months later than most normal records
for the species. Anyone out there with late date information?

Other than the gnatcatchers, nothing unusual was observed except for the
presence of a lone mountain chickadee keeping company with a small flock
of black-capped chickadees.

Lu Giddings


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