[Birdtalk] Utah Lake birds on Saturday

[L. D. Giddings]

Yesterday morning Dennis Shirley and I managed to sneak away for a few 
hours to check the southeast end of Utah Lake. Water levels were 
generally high and birds were everywhere. Warblers and other small 
passerines were not observed, although we bumped into Jack Binch who had 
a similar lack of luck on River Lane. While no rarities were observed, 
noteworthy birds included:
- a pair of blue-winged teal and a lone cattle egret were seen about a 
mile west of River  Lane; soras were also heard in this area
- northern mockingbirds were seen in the River Lane and Swede's Lane areas
- a lone solitary sandpiper was seen in the Swede's Lane area

The birds seem to know that Spring is here. now if Mother Nature and the 
weather would only cooperate.

Lu Giddings

Total Count: 50 species
Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Redhead
Ring-necked Pheasant
American White Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Cattle Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Sora
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Californian Gull
Caspian Tern
Downy Woodpecker
Loggerhead Shrike
Black-billed Magpie
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Marsh Wren
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Vesper Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow