[Birdtalk] Utah RBA, April 9, 2007

Mon Apr 9 21:39:44 MDT 2007

The lack of sleep must be getting to me, because the last email should 
have read April 9, 2007

My apologies.

Tim

* Utah Rare Bird Alert
* Statewide
* April 9, 2007
* UTAH0704.09

Number: 801-538-4730
E-mail: utah-rba at timaverybirding.com
Compilers: Phone - Bill Fenimore, Online - Tim Avery

- Transcript

This is the Utah Rare Bird Alert for Monday, April 9 at 9:38 p.m.

Species included in this report:

**GLOSSY IBIS (San Juan)**
**PAINTED REDSTART (Washington)
**SCALED QUAIL (San Juan)
GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW (San Juan)
EURASIAN WIGEON (Davis)
Black Phoebe (San Juan)
Acorn Woodpecker (San Juan)
White-throated Sparrow (Washington)
Harris's Sparrow (Washington)
American Bittern (Davis)
BROAD-WINGED HAWK (Washington)
Horned Grebe (Box Elder)
Krider's (Red-tailed) Hawk (Cache)
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Utah)
Gray Vireo (Washington)
Cassin's Vireo (Washington)

To report a RARE BIRD, please send an email to utah-rba at
timaverybirding.com.
Note, you DO NOT need to send an email if you posted to either BIRDNET
or BIRDTALK. Please include your name, phone number/email, detailed
directions and
dates for all sightings. It would be helpful if you would spell your
last name and identify the
county of the sighting. You can also report via phone at 801-538-4730,
please include
information listed above.

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Box Elder County:

-- 5 Horned Grebes were seen by Wasatch Audubon and reported by Kris 
Purdy on
the sewage pond north of Willard Bay State Park on April 4th.

Cache County

-- A Krider's (Red-tailed) Hawk has been seen for several days during 
the past
week and reported by Keith Archibald on the Benson Road, which is 3200 
W. off
Highway 30, west of Logan.

Davis County:

-- A EURASIAN WIGEON was photographed by Tim Avery at Farmington Bay WMA 
on the afternoon of April 9th.  The bird was an adult male
and seen in the large pond just to the north of Egg Island.

-- The first American Bittern of the season was reported by Joel and 
Kathy Beyer in the small pond just past the information kiosk, on
the left (east) side of the entrance road at Farmington Bay WMA on April 
8th.

San Juan County:

-- A GLOSSY IBIS was reported by Dave Slager and Tim Avery on April 8th 
at the Hite Crossing on the Colorado River.
The bird was with a flock of at least 13 White-faced Ibis, and possibly 
one other Glossy.

-- 2 of the 3 Scaled Quail were reportedly seen April 3rd by Arnold 
Smith and family at Montezuma Canyon in the location mentioned in
previous reports.  On April 6th and 7th the birds were a no show for Tim 
Avery and Dave Slager who spent 4 hours combing the canyon in
search of the birds.

-- A Golden-crowned Sparrow was reported by Arnold Smith at a Ranch/Pond 
in Montezuma Creek Canyon, along Montezuma Creek road
about 1.3 miles north of the turn off at Perkins Road on April 3rd.

-- A pair of Black Phoebe were reported by Dave Slager and Tim Avery
at a Ranch/Pond in Montezuma Creek Canyon, along Montezuma Creek road
about 1.3 miles north of the turn off at Perkins Road on April 6th and 7th.

-- 2 Acorn Woodpecker's were reported by Dave Slager and Tim Avery at 
Devil's Canyon on April 6th.

Utah County:

-- An Olive-sided Flycatcher was heard repeatedly at Lincoln Beach along 
Utah
Lake by the Utah County Birders on April 7th, reported by Lu Giddings. This
represents an early appearance by this species and the first of year 
report.

Washington County:

-- 3 PAINTED REDSTART's were reported by Rick Fridell at Zion's National 
Park on April 7th.
Rick heard at least three singing Painted Redstarts
in Zion Canyon. One was downstream of Weeping Rock, the second was at the
Temple of Sinawava parking area/ bus stop/ restrooms area (exactly where
Larry heard it on 4/6) and the other was a short ways up the Riverside Walk
between the marshy area and the alcove hanging garden.

-- A BROAD-WINGED HAWK was reported by Larry Tripp migrating through 
central
Washington County on April 2.

-- Both Harris's and White-throated Sparrows were reported by Larry 
Tripp at Lytle Ranch on April 7th.

-- The first Gray and Cassin's Vireo's of the season were reported by 
Larry Tripp at Lytle Ranch on April 7th.

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Upcoming Birding Events:

April 11th (Wed): Great Salt Lake Audubon Field Trip - GREATER
SAGE-GROUSE LEK, HENEFER - Leader: Roberta Wherritt. This is a wonderful
opportunity to witness the spectacular pageantry of male Sage Grouse
strutting on their ancestral lek at dawn. You may leave afterwards or
join us for breakfast in Morgan, and continue birding in the Henefer
area. Meet in SE corner of ShopKo parking lot in Sugarhouse (behind Red
Lobster) near 1300 East exit from I-80 by 5:15am to receive handouts
giving directions and Lek etiquette information, and to arrange
carpools.The drive to Henefer takes about an hour. Call Roberta
(274-3058) if you plan to attend.

April 11th (Wed): Wasatch Audubon Society Bird Walk - Fielding Garr
Ranch: Meet at 7:00 at McDonald's (Riverdale Rd & 900 W) for breakfast,
be there at 7:30 to carpool, or meet at 8:00 at the Antelope I. entrance
lot. We'll drive directly to the ranch and check out the rest of the
island afterwards. (Fee area)

April 11th (Wed): Utah County Birders Meeting - Meet at 7:00 PM in the Bean
Museum Auditorium on the BYU Campus. Keeli Marvel, a BYU graduate 
student, will
discuss her research on the nesting habitat of the Northern Goshawk. 
Much of
Keeli's research was done in Dixie National Forest.

April 13th - 14th (Fri-Sat): Salt Lake Birders Field Trip - Pat Jividen has
arranged with the DWR people in Monticello for a special viewing of the
Gunnison Sage-Grouse leks.  It will be necessary for all present on 
Saturday
morning at the leks to attend the DWR meeting Friday evening.  More details
in the April issue of Bird Tracks, or call Pat - 944-5001. Then, as a
hopeful bonus, after sunrise on Saturday when we leave the leks, we will 
run
down to Montezuma Creek Canyon to try to find the Scaled Quail that we saw
last week.  They are probably permanent residents and so should still be
around.

April 14th (Sat): Utah County Birders Field Trip - Fish Springs and Callao,
west desert birds - Day trip; Leave Payson Walmart 6:00 a.m. (I-15 exit
#249?)

April 14th (Sat): Red Cliffs Audubon Field Trip - Lytle Ranch and 
Welcome Springs. Catch
the spring migration of warblers, orioles, sparrows, grosbeaks, 
flycatchers,
etc. Meet at the BLM at 7:00 AM.

April 14th (Sat): Layton Wild Bird Center Bird Walk - Beus Pond  - 
Saturday Bird Walks
leave from the Wild Bird Center (1860 N. 1000 West, Layton) at 8 a.m, in
spring/summer, unless otherwise posted.

April 15th (Sun): Great Salt Lake Audubon Field Trip - Jordan River Parkway
at 12600 South - Leader: Pomera Fronce. Join us for the "taxes can wait, 
but
birding can't" walk along the Jordan River Parkway. This will be a great
opportunity to look for early spring arrivals including migrating 
shorebirds
at the mitigation wetlands. Our three-mile walk on a flat paved surface
will take about three hours. Call Pomera at 272-2755 for meeting time and
place.

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Abbreviations:
AIC - Antelope Island Causeway
WMA - Wildlife Management Area
NWR - National Wildlife Refuge
GSL - Great Salt Lake
GSLA - Great Salt Lake Audubon
UCB - Utah County Birders
SP - State Park
NP - National Park

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Thank you and good birding

Tim Avery
Salt Lake City, Utah