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

[MarJean Muhlestein]

I went out on the Causeway this afternoon, around 1pm, and noted several HORNED GREBES as well. Not as many as Tim found, but more than I was expecting. Sorry about not counting. I did not see any BONAPARTE'S GULLS, and now I'm disappointed. It sounds like they were all there earlier. The LONG-BILLED CURLEWS (3), were probably in the same area. They were very close together, and sunning themselves on the South side of the Causeway, maybe a 1/4 mile before the bridge. I was treated however, with several little surprises, other than what Tim had seen:

PRAIRIE FALCON (sparring with a No. Harrier, over territorial limits)
AMERICAN PELICAN, (just one, on the North side about 1 mile after the entrance)

The AMERICAN PIPPITS were still numerous, but the WESTERN GREBE was not there, and neither was the SURF SCOTER that has been reported earlier. BEAUTIFUL DAY out there, and more to come.

MarJean Muhlestein
"Oh the Joy of Birding"



  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tim Avery<mailto:tanager at timaverybirding.com> 
  To: birdtalk at utahbirds.org<mailto:birdtalk at utahbirds.org> 
  Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 12:48 PM
  Subject: [Birdtalk] Antelope Island 21 Horned Grebe's, etc.


  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
  ---------------------------------------------
  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
  ---------------------------------------------
  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<http://www.ebird.org/>)

  Good Birding

  Tim
  Indianapolis, IN and Salt Lake City, UT
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