[Birdtalk] Juab & Utah county birds

[Lu Giddings]

I spent the day mostly in pinion-juniper habitat, this morning in Juab
county and this afternoon in Utah county. I traveled the road that cuts
west from Highway 132 (between Nephi and Leamington) and runs out past
Jericho Junction and the Little Sahara Sand Dunes to Cherry Creek,
returned to Nephi and drove through Mona and then past the west side of
the reservoir, went down Goshen canyon, explored Elberta, and returned
through Goshen. The best bird of the day was the rose-breasted grosbeak
seen at Cherry Creek which I reported earlier to Birdnet (thanks Eric!).
I also observed several different Scott's orioles in Juab county along
the Jericho Junction cut-off described previously. Several golden eagles
were seen today, as were nesting red-tailed and Swainson's hawks. I also
enjoyed the sage sparrows that live by the turn-off to the sand dunes.

Lu Giddings

Total Count: 58 species
Canada Goose
Gadwall
Mallard
Ring-necked Pheasant
Pied-billed Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
American White Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Turkey Vulture
Northern Harrier
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
American Coot
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Long-billed Curlew
Wilson's Phalarope
Mourning Dove
Burrowing Owl
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Gray Vireo
Pinyon Jay
Black-billed Magpie
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Sage Thrasher
European Starling
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Western Tanager
Spotted Towhee
Lark Sparrow
Sage Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Bullock's Oriole
Scott's Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow