[Birdtalk] Shorebirds and other Migrants

[Tim Avery]

Birded several lake front locations today, including Antelope Island and 
Farmington Bay.  Highlights included the Eurasian Wigeon at Farmington 
Bay, several migrant songbirds at Garr Ranch: Common Yellowthroat and 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet; and several shorebird migrants, including 7 Snowy 
Plovers near MM 6 on the causeway, as well as 4 Willet on the Causeway 
(2 pairs, each with a female on nest, which is odd as the first report 
of this species was this weekend), and 4 more along the road to Garr 
Ranch.  A few late waterfowl species were hanging around, including 2 
Greater Scaup at Farmington Bay WMA on the pond to the west of the first 
right turn.  Several Bufflehead and Lesser Scaup were also still present.

Complete lists and numbers of species can be seen below.

Cheers,
Tim

Farmington Bay WMA
Number of species:     31

Canada Goose     61
Gadwall     288
Eurasian Wigeon     1
American Wigeon     195
Mallard     78
Cinnamon Teal     164
Northern Shoveler     103
Northern Pintail     34
Green-winged Teal     201
Redhead     17
Ring-necked Duck     65
Greater Scaup     2
Lesser Scaup     26
Bufflehead     6
Ruddy Duck     2
Ring-necked Pheasant     1
Pied-billed Grebe     4
Great Blue Heron     1
American Coot     730
Killdeer     5
American Avocet     1513
California Gull     400
Black-billed Magpie     2
Tree Swallow     150
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     104
American Robin     2
European Starling     55
Song Sparrow     3
Red-winged Blackbird     30
Western Meadowlark     2
Yellow-headed Blackbird     26

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End of Glover Lane, Davis County
Number of species:     15

Mallard     6
Cinnamon Teal     4
Northern Shoveler     8
Ring-necked Duck     3
Pied-billed Grebe     1
Double-crested Cormorant     10
Great Blue Heron     14
American Coot     125
American Avocet     17
Tree Swallow     250
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     150
European Starling     25
Red-winged Blackbird     8
Western Meadowlark     1
Yellow-headed Blackbird     3

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Antelope Island - Garr Ranch
Number of species:     11

Great Horned Owl     2
Say's Phoebe     1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     1
Mountain Bluebird     2
American Robin     10
European Starling     40
Common Yellowthroat     1
Red-winged Blackbird     15
Western Meadowlark     7
Yellow-headed Blackbird     3
House Finch     20

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Antelope Island
Number of species:     22

Gadwall     5
American Wigeon     2
Mallard     2
Green-winged Teal     80
Chukar     1
Northern Harrier     2
American Kestrel     1
American Avocet     2800
Willet     4
Long-billed Curlew     1
California Gull     1220
Burrowing Owl     1
Black-billed Magpie     2
Common Raven     4
Horned Lark     5
Sage Thrasher     2
European Starling     39
Brewer's Sparrow     4
Red-winged Blackbird     37
Western Meadowlark     60
Yellow-headed Blackbird     11
Brewer's Blackbird     10

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Antelope Island  Causeway
Number of species:     16

Gadwall     1
Northern Shoveler     250
Eared Grebe     1700
Double-crested Cormorant     1
White-faced Ibis     7
American Coot     700
Snowy Plover     7
Killdeer     15
American Avocet     5000
Willet     4
Long-billed Curlew     1
California Gull     500
Common Raven     2
Tree Swallow     10
American Pipit     1
Red-winged Blackbird     2

These reports were generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org)