[Birdtalk] SL County/Lakefront Birding

[Tim Avery]

Birded several SL county locations this afternoon, including Lee Kay Ponds,
Decker Lake, Saltair Marina, Little Dell & Mountain Dell Reservoirs.

Highlights included:

1 Common Loon (still at Little Dell)
200~ Ring-necked Duck (Mountain Dell)
1 HORNED GREBE (pond south of Saltair)
1 Clark's Grebe (pond south of Saltair)
3 Red-breasted Merganser (pond south of Saltair)
1 Forster's Tern (Lee Kay)
5 Greater Yellowlegs (Decker Lake)

A complete list of sightings from the lakefront birding can be seen below:

Location:     Salt Air Marina
Observation date:     10/27/06
Number of species:     23

Canada Goose    31
Mallard     20
Northern Shoveler     35
Red-breasted Merganser     3
Pied-billed Grebe     9
Horned Grebe     1
Eared Grebe     18
Western Grebe     26
Clark's Grebe     1
Double-crested Cormorant     14
American Kestrel     1
American Coot     200
California Gull     100
Forster's Tern     2
Rock Pigeon     10
Black-billed Magpie     1
Common Raven     2
European Starling     23
American Pipit     2
Song Sparrow     2
White-crowned Sparrow     2
Red-winged Blackbird     12
House Sparrow     10

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Location:     Lee Kay Ponds
Observation date:     10/27/06
Number of species:     21

Canada Goose     9
Gadwall     23
American Wigeon     2
Mallard     32
Northern Shoveler     21
Redhead     2
Common Merganser     1
Pied-billed Grebe     6
Western Grebe     2
Double-crested Cormorant     11
Red-tailed Hawk     1
American Kestrel     1
American Coot     15
California Gull     1500
Forster's Tern     1
Rock Pigeon     17
European Starling     125
Song Sparrow     3
Brewer's Blackbird     8
House Finch     2
House Sparrow     15

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Location:     Decker Lake
Observation date:     10/27/06
Number of species:     15

Canada Goose     150
Gadwall     7
Mallard     15
Northern Shoveler     21
Green-winged Teal     3
Pied-billed Grebe     2
American Coot     4
Killdeer     1
Greater Yellowlegs     5
California Gull     41
Rock Pigeon     5
Black-billed Magpie     3
Song Sparrow     1
Red-winged Blackbird     8
House Sparrow     4

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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