[Birdtalk] Utah RBA, March 31, 2007

[Utah Rare Bird Alert]

* Utah Rare Bird Alert
* Statewide
* March 31, 2007
* UTAH0703.31

Number: 801-538-4730
E-mail: utah-rba at timaverybirding.com
Compilers: Phone - Bill Fenimore, Online - Tim Avery

- Transcript

This is the Utah Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, March 31 at 11:43 p.m.

Species included in this report:

**LAWRENCE'S GOLDFINCH (Washington)**
**CLAY-COLORED SPARROW (Washington)
Common Black-Hawk (Washington)
Bell's Vireo (Washington)
White-throated Swift (Washington)
Bank Swallow (Washington)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Cache)
Common Loon (Morgan, Summit)
Greater Scaup (Cache, Juab)


To report a RARE BIRD, please send an email to utah-rba at
timaverybirding.com.
Note, you DO NOT need to send an email if you posted to either BIRDNET
or BIRDTALK. Please include your name, phone number/email, detailed
directions and
dates for all sightings. It would be helpful if you would spell your
last name and identify the
county of the sighting. You can also report via phone at 801-538-4730,
please include
information listed above.

**************************************************************


Cache County:

-- A single Greater White-fronted Goose was reported by By Stephen 
Peterson flying overhead with a flock of 12 plus Canada Geese at the
Logan City Sewage Lagoons on March 29th.

-- 3 male Greater Scaup were reported by Sue Drown at the ponds along 
1900 West just south of 200 North, just west of the landfill on March 29th.



Juab County

-- 3 Greater Scaup were reported by Tim Avery on Chicken Creek Reservoir 
on March 30th.



Morgan County:

-- A single Common Loon was reported at East Canyon Reservoir by Joel 
and Kathy Beyer on March 25th. Along with a bird at Rockport, this
represented the first sighting of the season.



Summit County:

-- A single Common Loon was reported at Rockport Reservoir by Joel and 
Kathy Beyer on March 25th. Along with a bird at East Canyon, this
represented the first sighting of the season.



Washington County:

-- The LAWRENCE'S GOLDFINCH photographed on March 20th by Bob Lawson in 
his backyard in Dammeron Valley was relocated on March 30th by Tim Avery 
in the afternoon.  The bird was then seen again
during the morning of March 31st and seen by Bob Lawson, Jack Binch and 
Larry Tripp.  Attempts to locate the bird in the afternoon were 
unsuccessful.

Photos of the bird may be seen here: 
http://xmission.com/~cldavis/lawrences_goldfinch.html#lgf

More information about the bird and how to get permission to look for 
the bird, can be found here: 
http://secureserver.securesites.net/pipermail/birdnet/2007-March/003879.html

Dammeron Valley is southeast of Veyo along route 18 about 17 miles north 
of St. George.

-- A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was reported singing by Tim Avery, north of 
Lytle Ranch in the Beaver Dam Wash on March 31st.  The bird was heard 
several times and was located just over 1/2 a mile
north of where the road washes out on the north end of the ranch.

-- A Common Black-Hawk was reported by Tim Avery in the Beaver Dam Wash, 
north of Lytle Ranch on March 31st.

-- The first Bell's Vireo of the season were reported by Tim Avery at 
Lytle Ranch on March 31st.

-- The first White-throated Swifts of the season were reported by Rick 
Fridell, flying over his home in Washington County on March 31st.

-- A flock of 14 Bank Swallow were reported by Tim Avery over Gunlock 
Reservoir on March 30th.  This is the first report of this species for 2007.


***********************************
Upcoming Birding Events:

April 1st (Sun): Great Salt Lake Audubon Field Trip - HOTSPOTS: 
Reservoirs or Shorebirds? - Leader: Tim Avery - Another opportunity to 
go where the action is. Call Tim (801-440-3035) or email him at 
tanager at timaverybirding.com to find out his plans. Regardless of where 
we go, we will meet in the SE Corner of the Shopko parking lot at 1300 
East and I-80 in Salt Lake City by 8:00 am and leave by 8:10 am.

***********************************

Abbreviations:
AIC - Antelope Island Causeway
WMA - Wildlife Management Area
NWR - National Wildlife Refuge
GSL - Great Salt Lake.
GSLA - Great Salt Lake Audubon
UCB - Utah County Birders
SP - State Park
NP - National Park

- End Transcript

Thank you and good birding

Tim Avery
Salt Lake City, UT