[Birdtalk] birds on the last day of June

[Lu Giddings]

Yesterday Ned Bixler and I spent the morning and early afternoon chasing
birds at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and in the Amalga area in
Cache valley. Despite it being rather warm, and a bit buggy at BRMBR, we
had an enjoyable time and saw quite a few birds. Highlights include:

- three short-eared owls, two adults and a juvenile bird looking rather
like a little feathered Yoda, each by itself along the road into BRMBR
(http://picasaweb.google.com/seldom74/AFewJune2007Birds/photo#5082075686519259362)

- eastern kingbirds along the road into BRMBR
- hundreds of nesting cliff swallows at RMBR
(http://picasaweb.google.com/seldom74/AFewJune2007Birds/photo#5082075738058866930)

- a pair of Wilson's phalarope, still in breeding plumage, along the
Bear River at one of the UP&L recreation pull-over spots in Cache valley

A partial list of yesterday's species follows.

Lu Giddings

trip list: 52 species

Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Pintail
Ring-necked Pheasant
Pied-billed Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
American White Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
White-faced Ibis
Turkey Vulture
Northern Harrier
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
Spotted Sandpiper
Long-billed Curlew
Wilson's Phalarope
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Californian Gull
Forster's Tern
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Short-eared Owl
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Horned Lark
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Marsh Wren
American Robin
Sage Thrasher
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Savannah Sparrow
Black-headed Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow