[Birdtalk] Red-breasted Merganser - Cache Valley

[Buck Russell]

This morning I went out to Hyrum Reservoir and found a pair of Red-breasted Mergansers.  I saw them from the "beach" area of the state park.  They were in a mixed flock of gulls and Northern Shovelers.  At the bridge at Cutler Marsh I saw my first Western Grebe for the year.  It was swimming with a lot of American Coots.  Thanks to a tip from Sue Drown I saw my first Franklin Gull for the year at the mitigation pond just west of the Logan Landfill.  There was an amazing assortment birds at the mitigation pond:  Cinnamon Teal, Northern Shoveler, California and Ring-billed Gulls, Common Goldeneye, Canvasback Duck, Redhead Duck, Yellow-headed Blackbird, American Coots, and Mallards.  I saw my first Black-necked Stilt for the year at the Bear River ox-bow at Benson.  I found about eight Greater Yellowlegs in the marshy area just west of the Logan Airport.  There was also a Short-eared Owl in the same area.  
Thanks.
Buck Russell
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