[Birdtalk] a few Utah county birds

[Joel and Kathy Beyer]

Lu, 

Mute Swan is listed on your CBC, but can it be listed if it is not a
countable species for Utah?

Joel



On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 22:53:02 -0700 Lu Giddings <seldom74 at xmission.com>
writes:
> There have been a few sightings of interest in southern Utah county 
> over
> the last days. In our portion of the Provo CBC yesterday Bryan and
> Justin Shirley and I turned up a few species of interest including 
> a
> white-faced ibis, a vesper's sparrow, 17 sandhill cranes, American 
> tree
> sparrows, a yellow-headed blackbird, a northern shrike, and a 
> merlin. We
> observed seven rough-legged hawks in our area. And at least one of 
> the
> two mute swans that has been seen more or less regularly in the 
> Sandy
> Beach area since August is still hanging around. A complete list for 
> our
> portion of the Provo CBC can be found at the bottom of this note.
> 
> Utah Lake at Sandy Beach was still about 20-30% open water last 
> Tuesday
> and there were over 500 common mergansers about 600 yards out, 
> mostly
> drakes, along with a few red-breasted mergansers and common 
> goldeneyes.
> The lake has since iced over in the last few days. Salem Pond 
> remains
> open and continues to produce a few fun birds. In addition to the
> mallards, gadwalls, common goldeneyes, ring-necked ducks, lesser 
> scaup,
> and northern shovelers that are usually around there have been a 
> hooded
> merganser hen, a beautifully colored red-breasted merganser drake, 
> two
> drake and one hen greater scaup, a Virginia's rail, and 13 Wilson's
> snipe seen over the last few days. Be sure to spend a few minutes
> checking the outlet end north of the highway for some of the better
> birds.
> 
> Lu Giddings
> 
> Total Count: 52 species, Shirley portion of Provo CBC
> Canada Goose
> Mute Swan
> Mallard
> Northern Pintail
> Green-winged Teal
> Common Goldeneye
> Common Merganser
> Ring-necked Pheasant
> Pied-billed Grebe
> Eared Grebe
> Great Blue Heron
> White-faced Ibis
> Bald Eagle
> Northern Harrier
> Sharp-shinned Hawk
> Red-tailed Hawk
> Rough-legged Hawk
> American Kestrel
> Merlin
>  Falcon
> American Coot
> Sandhill Crane
> Ring-billed Gull
> Rock Pigeon
> Eurasian Collared-Dove
> Belted Kingfisher
> Downy Woodpecker
> Northern Flicker
> Northern Shrike
> Western Scrub-Jay
> Black-billed Magpie
> Common Raven
> Horned Lark
> Black-capped Chickadee
> Mountain Chickadee
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet
> American Robin
> European Starling
> American Pipit
> Spotted Towhee
> American Tree Sparrow
> Vesper Sparrow
> Song Sparrow
> White-crowned Sparrow
> Dark-eyed Junco
> Red-winged Blackbird
> Western Meadowlark
> Yellow-headed Blackbird
> Brewer's Blackbird
> House Finch
> American Goldfinch
> House Sparrow
> 
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