[Birdtalk] belated sightings

[Joel and Kathy Beyer]

All this reporting has pushed me to catch up on our own sightings.  

On May 20, we did a second May Big Day in Summit Co., besting our total
of the week before with 94 species.  Forgive me if I don't list the
birds.  Together the two days of birding resulted in 106 species for the
month of May in Summit Co.

May 27 we did our BBS out by Grantsville (Tooele Co.).  A few less
species (28) than average, but some nice sightings including 5 Northern
Mockingbirds, a Burrowing Owl, and the first Ash-throated Flycatcher in 7
years of surveys.  Interesting that the usually abundant Horned Larks and
Western Meadowlarks were at 50% or less of their normal numbers.  
After our survey, we checked out J.W.Fitzgerald WMA (aka Faust
Reservoir).  We saw 21 species, including a Common Loon and 2 Horned
Grebes.

On May 28, we did a Big Day in Morgan Co. (6am to 11pm) totaling 91
species (sorry Mark).  We started at the Henefer Sage Grouse Lek, headed
to Morgan via Hwy's 65 and 66, visited Stoddard Slough WMA, journeyed up
to Lost Creek Reservoir, then backtracked to Morgan and up Hwy 66 to East
Canyon Reservoir, and ended in East Canyon.  The birds seen and heard
were:
Great Blue Heron
White-faced Ibis
Canada Goose
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Greater Sage-Grouse
Chukar 
Sandhill Crane
Virginia Rail (heard)
Sora
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Flammulated Owl
Great Horned Owl (heard)
Northern Saw-whet Owl (heard)
Common Poorwill (heard)
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher (heard)
Northern Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Cedar Waxwing
American Dipper
Canyon Wren
House Wren
Gray Catbird
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Black-capped Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Brown Creeper
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
European Starling
Plumbeous Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat (heard)
Western Tanager
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Black-headed Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bullock's Oriole
Cassin's Finch
House Finch
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Joel and Kathy