[Birdtalk] East Canyon Owling!

[Joel and Kathy Beyer]

Tim,  

Unless I'm confused, I believe you meant Morgan County, rather than
Summit County, in describing the owling sites.

Joel


On Fri, 25 May 2007 23:46:37 -0600 Tim Avery
<tanager at timaverybirding.com> writes:
> This evening I took John Ennis from North Carolina up to East Canyon 
> in 
> search of  a few owls as part of preparation for a group of birders 
> from 
> N.C. visiting over the next week.  The traffic in the canyon was 
> about 
> double if not triple the average Friday night, and at points it was 
> 
> impossible to even try owling.  Fortunately by about 10:15 it had 
> calmed 
> down enough to hear!
> 
> We started about 6 miles from Big Mountain Pass in East Canyon 
> (Summit 
> County) trying for Screech-Owl.  The screeches were a no show, but 
> plenty of Yellow Warblers, Warbling Vireos, and Robins chirping away 
> 
> into the dark.  AT my usual Flammy spot I might have gotten one 
> response, but the noise of a nearby group of campers was too much.  
> At 
> the next stop further up the canyon we were able to get two Flammy's 
> to 
> respond and one came in for a brief glimpse on the flyby.  A little 
> ways 
> further (towards Big Mountain) we had a Saw-whet respond for a few 
> toots 
> way off in the distance, and another Flammy come in about 10 feet 
> away.  
> John was able to get a look at the bird as it flew away. (They 
> weren't 
> much for the lights this evening).
> 
> At the last big turnoff before you get to the pass, we had two 
> Saw-Whets 
> come in pretty close and call up a storm for nearly 20 minutes.  
> Luckily 
> I wasn't buzzed by an angry owl for my whistling. 
> 
> And finally at Big Mountain Pass there were no owls, just a couple 
> in a 
> car... and a Poorwill whistling on the Salt Lake side of the pass.  
> 
> There were also around 30 deer seen from the 6 mile mark in Summit 
> County all the way too Little Dell, so if you go up at night watch 
> out 
> for the deer!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Tim
> tanager at timaverybirding.com
> http://www.timaverybirding.com
> Salt Lake City, Utah
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