[Birdtalk] Reservoir Loop and Croydon

[Tim Avery]

I spent the afternoon birding the reservoirs outside to the east of Salt Lake
after reading Dave Hanscoms enticing post about the first Loon of the fall.  A
few surprises for this date, although admittedly I usually don;t start checking
the bodies of water till October.  Also spent some time at Weston Smith's House
in Croydon where Glenn Barlow and I were able to see the GOLDEN-CROWNED
SPARROW!

HIGHLIGHTS:

Location: Mountain Dell Reservoir (1:00-1:05pm)
Number of species: 4

RING-NECKED DUCK   5  (A couple weeks early for this location)
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Location: Little Dell Reservoir (1:05-1:15pm)
Number of species: 4

Eared Grebe     3
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Location: East Canyon Reservoir (1:30-1:45pm)
Number of species: 9

COMMON MERGANSER     6 (nice surprise for Sept. 18)
Eared Grebe     18
Western Grebe     5
Turkey Vulture     6
California Gull     28
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Location: Croydon (2:00-3:20pm w/ Glenn Barlow)
Number of species: 18

Turkey Vulture     15
Cooper's Hawk     1
Eurasian Collared-Dove     2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     2
Cliff Swallow     1
Brewer's Sparrow     4
Vesper Sparrow     3
White-crowned Sparrow     10
GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW     1
Cassin's Finch     1 (another sign of the early dispersal)
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Location: Echo Reservoir (3:30-4:15pm)
Number of species: 31

Gadwall     2
Eared Grebe     2
Western Grebe     154
Double-crested Cormorant     1
Great Blue Heron     3
Turkey Vulture     9
Osprey     1
American Avocet     3
Ring-billed Gull     5
California Gull     34
FORSTER'S TERN    6
BLACK TERN     1 (still showing quite a bit of black throughout)
Tree Swallow     4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     7
Bank Swallow     2
Cliff Swallow     5
Barn Swallow     14
Lesser Goldfinch     2 (in the resort trees calling)
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Location: Rockport Reservoir/State Park (4:25-4:40pm)
Number of species: 19

Cinnamon Teal     2
Eared Grebe     1
Western Grebe     47
Great Blue Heron     4
Ring-billed Gull     7
California Gull     120
Tree Swallow     8
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     1
Barn Swallow     12

The above reports were generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Cheers

Tim
Salt Lake City, UT
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