[Birdtalk] Antelope Island 21 Horned Grebe's, etc.

[Tim Avery]

This morning I birded the causeway as well as Kaysville Ponds.  At AIC were an
unusually high concentration of HORNED GREBE, near the marina.  I counted 21 in
all, which seems to be high count?  Cany anyone recall having numbers like this
in the past?  Also of note was a single WESTERN GREBE on the water at the
marina.  A good number of BONAPARTE'S  GULL (350~) were seen along the
causeway, with most bird being on the northside as I left around 11:30. Also a
large flock of AMERICAN PIPIT (150~)was near MM 3.

At Kaysville Ponds were 3 HOODED MERGANSER, 2 male and 1 female, as this spot
remains the most reliable location for this species each winter.

Here are the complete lists I submitted to eBird:

Location:     Antelope Island  Causeway
Observation date:     10/26/06
Number of species:     22

Canada Goose     120
Mallard     24
Northern Shoveler     15000
HORNED GREBE     21
Eared Grebe     465
WESTERN GREBE   1
Northern Harrier     4
American Kestrel     3
American Avocet     230
Long-billed Curlew     3
BONAPARTE'S GULL    350
Ring-billed Gull     300
California Gull     40
Herring Gull     1
Rock Pigeon     10
Common Raven     5
Horned Lark     3
AMERICAN PIPIT     150
Red-winged Blackbird     22
Western Meadowlark     1
American Goldfinch     1
House Sparrow     3
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Location:     Antelope Island
Observation date:     10/26/06
Number of species:     9

Chukar 13
Northern Harrier 1
Common Raven 1
ROCK WREN 1
European Starling 15
American Pipit 2
White-crowned Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Western Meadowlark 1
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Location:     Kaysville Ponds
Observation date:     10/26/06
Number of species:     24

Canada Goose 7
Gadwall 13
American Wigeon 2
Mallard 43
Northern Shoveler 6
Green-winged Teal 3
HOODED MERGANSER 3
Pied-billed Grebe 4
Eared Grebe 1
Western Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron 2
American Coot 16
Ring-billed Gull 7
California Gull 15
Rock Pigeon 21
Belted Kingfisher 1
Northern Flicker 1
Black-billed Magpie 1
Common Raven 2
European Starling 21
Song Sparrow 2
White-crowned Sparrow 6
Dark-eyed Junco 4
Red-winged Blackbird 12

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org)

Good Birding

Tim
Indianapolis, IN and Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.timaverybirding.com
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