[Birdtalk] Avocets and Pelicans - Cache Valley

[Buck Russell]

This morning Bridgerland Audubon did a field trip to the Benson and Amalga areas in Cache Valley looking for some early Spring migrants.  At the Bear River oxbow in Benson we found American Avocets, American White Pelicans, and a plentiful supply of Killdeers.  It was great to see the Avocets in their tan plumage.  The last time I saw them they were in the pale winter plumage.  We found several Double-crested Cormorants in the Bear River just south of the oxbow.  At the Benson Marina we saw a Clark’s Grebe and Tree Swallow.  Although not necessarily an early spring migrant, it was great to see a Prairie Falcon at the Amalga Barrens.  In all of these areas we saw and heard lots of Sandhill Cranes and Northern Pintail Ducks.  Here is a list of the birds we saw this morning.  
 
Thanks.
Buck Russell
 
Clark’s Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Prairie Falcon
American Avocet
American White Pelican
Tree Swallow
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer’s Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Horned Lark
Rough-legged hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Bald Eagle
American Kestrel
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
American Wigeon
Northern Pintail Duck
Redhead Duck
Mallard
Common Merganser
Killdeer
Sandhill Crane
Great Blue Heron
Canada Geese
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Raven
Crow
Song Sparrow
House Sparrow
Black-billed Magpie
European Starling
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