[Birdtalk] Big Cottonwood Canyon birds

[Tim Avery]

This morning I spent a few hours up Big Cottonwood Canyon with three birders
from Virginia, John and Caroline Coe, and Greg (sorry I forgot your last name).
 We had some fairly good luck and got to see a lot of birds.  There is still a
bit of snow around Silver Lake, and many of the aspen aren't yet showing
leaves.  Highlights included a calling NORTHERN GOSHAWK in the private housing
north of the lake; 4 Fox Sparrows around the lake; 1 singing Swainson's Thrush;
and American Dipper near Storm Mountain, and about 6 White-throated Swifts in
the same area.

A complete list is as follows:

Location:     Big Cottonwood Canyon
Observation date:     5/26/07
Number of species:     41

Mallard     2
Northern Goshawk     1
Spotted Sandpiper     1
White-throated Swift     6
Red-naped Sapsucker     1
Hairy Woodpecker     2
Northern Flicker     1
Olive-sided Flycatcher     1
Western Wood-Pewee     3
Hammond's Flycatcher     1
Warbling Vireo     6
Steller's Jay     3
Black-billed Magpie     1
Tree Swallow     2
Violet-green Swallow     20
Cliff Swallow     4
Mountain Chickadee     2
Red-breasted Nuthatch     7
White-breasted Nuthatch     1
American Dipper     1
Golden-crowned Kinglet     6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     6
Swainson's Thrush     1
American Robin     10
Orange-crowned Warbler     1
Yellow Warbler     1
Yellow-rumped Warbler     10
MacGillivray's Warbler     3
Western Tanager     1
Chipping Sparrow     4
Fox Sparrow     4
Song Sparrow     10
Lincoln's Sparrow     2
White-crowned Sparrow     5
Dark-eyed Junco     5
Black-headed Grosbeak     1
Brewer's Blackbird     1
Brown-headed Cowbird     2
Cassin's Finch     6
Pine Siskin     25
House Sparrow     2

Good Birding

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