[Birdtalk] Utah Lake (Sat) and Lee Kay Ponds (Sum)

[Dave Hanscom]

The Salt Lake Birders had a surprisingly good morning yesterday at Utah 
Lake.  The rain held off until after noon in Utah County, so we got to see 
46 species before it drove us home.  Highlights were:

- several hundred waders at the southeast corner of the Provo Airport 
  dike, the majority of which were LB Dowitchers, but several Pectoral 
  Sandpipers were in the mix, along with Lesser and Greater Yellowlegs, 
  Avocets, one lone Black-necked Stilt, Caspian and Forster's Terns, 
  Green-winged Teal, Black-crowned Night-heron, Sharp-shinned Hawk, etc 
 (but no Merlin)

- west of the frontage road between the two Springville exits were Great 
  and Snowy Egrets, and more than 100 Sandhill Cranes flying in and 
  feeding in the fields

Thanks to Lu Giddings for scouting the area last week and coming along to 
show us his favorite spots.

Today I had to go out to Sears on 5600 West, so I decided to check out Lee 
Kay Ponds.  It was an amazingly good morning, with 36 species in about an
hour.  Highlights:

- Pregrine Falcon, Great and Snowy Egrets, Horned Grebe, a bunch of Turkey 
  Vultures, White-faced Ibis, Black-necked Stilt, lots of Ruddy Ducks, and 
  a Western Wood-peewee that must have missed his southbound bus

Two good days out of Park City's snow.  What more could I ask for?

Dave Hanscom