[Birdtalk] Lakefront Birding 07-May

[Tim Avery]

Today I birded Antelope Island, Willard Bay, Bear River, NWR, and Glover 
Lane along the Great Salt Lake. Nothing spectacular of note.  I was 
unable to relocate the Turnstone reported yesterday by the Beyer's.  
Migration seems to be back into swing.  Some of todays highlights are as 
follows:

~~Antelope Island

500 - Black-bellied Plover (numbers seemed to have fluxed yet again)
2 - Snowy Plover
1 - Semipalmated Plover
50 - Red-necked Phalarope
12 - Sandhill Crane
Several hundred peeps and a couple hundred Sanderling way too far too 
the north to look at.
1 - Northern Waterthrush (still along the fence line at the Ranch)
1 - Willow Flycatcher
1 - Western Wood-Pewee
2 - Grasshopper Sparrow (in there usual hangout):
      http://timaverybirding.com/photos/may07/grsp_01.jpg
      http://timaverybirding.com/photos/may07/grsp_02.jpg

And on the road to Garr Ranch I watched a Long-billed Curlew dive 
bombing a raven.  It was probably one of the coolest interactions I've 
see in some time:
     http://timaverybirding.com/photos/may07/lbcu_01.jpg
     http://timaverybirding.com/photos/may07/lbcu_02.jpg

~~Willard Bay

30 - Yellow Warbler
1 - Yellow-rumped Warbler
2 - Warbling Vireo
2 - Lazuli Bunting
8 - Bullock's Oriole
4 - Western Kingbird

~~Bear River

All 6 species of Swallow (no Martin's however)
     http://timaverybirding.com/photos/may07/clsw_02.jpg
     http://timaverybirding.com/photos/may07/clsw_05.jpg
     http://timaverybirding.com/photos/may07/clsw_08.jpg

Good Birding

Tim
tanager at timaverybirding.com
http://www.timaverybirding.com
Salt Lake City, Utah