[Birdtalk] 19Sept07-Lakefront: LEAST FLYCATCHER, SABINE'S GULL

[Tim Avery]

A very windy day along the lakefront, but I had hopes the strong south winds
would hole some migrants up at several locations.  Just as with last Friday the
wind had pushed 100's of gulls up to the south side of the causeway, and in
almost the same locale as Friday a 1st winter SABINE'S GULL was hanging out.

At Garr Ranch migration had slowed from previous trips, but a LEAST FLYCATCHER
made up for the lack of birds.  A quick stop in Farmington revealed many ducks
at the WMA and a number of terns and gulls as well.

I finished the night off at the International Center, seeing my first PINE
SISKIN for this location, and seeing multiple LINCOLN'S SPARROWS.

Here are the HIGHLIGHTS from the afternoon.

Location: Antelope Island  Causeway (1:00-2:00pm partly w/ Glenn Barlow)
Number of species: 25

A 1st winter SABINE'S GULL was seen on the southside of the causeway between MM3
and 4.  The bird was not nearly as "tame" as the one on Friday, but was feeding
with its wings raised along the beach, much like the last one.  It was first
seen today, about 200 yards off shore, shearwatering in the wind.  Over the 40
minutes I watched the bird, it moved about .8 miles to the west of where I
first saw it.

 HIGHLIGHTS:
  Cinnamon Teal     500
  Northern Pintail     200
  Green-winged Teal     1500
  Peregrine Falcon     1
  Killdeer     20
  Black-necked Stilt     200
  American Avocet     900
  Long-billed Curlew     1
  Western Sandpiper     60
  Baird's Sandpiper     300
  Red-necked Phalarope     200
  SABINE'S GULL     1 (in same area as Friday)
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Location: Antelope Island - Garr Ranch (2:20-3:20pm w/Glenn Barlow)
Number of species:     33

With the strong south winds the ranch was fairly dead.  Migration is probably
slowed a bit right now due to the ongoing southerly winds we have seen. 
However, the big surprise was a LEAST FLYCATCHER along the spring.  The bird
was first seen foraging out over the observation area between the 2 springs,
and later seen about 90 feet to the south in the trees.  Glenn and I had
trouble relocating it after that so he could ge ta good look at it.   Another
surprise and new county/ranch bird for me was a BEWICK'S WREN along the fallen
tree on the north fence along the spring.

 HIGHLIGHTS:
  Red-naped Sapsucker     1
  Downy Woodpecker     1
  LEAST FLYCATCHER    1
  Hammond's Flycatcher     4
  Dusky Flycatcher     2
  BEWICK'S WREN     1
  Ruby-crowned Kinglet     6
  Swainson's Thrush     2
  Hermit Thrush     6
  Orange-crowned Warbler     1
  MacGillivray's Warbler     3
  Wilson's Warbler     4
  Western Tanager     1
  Vesper Sparrow     1
  White-crowned Sparrow     18
  Dark-eyed Junco     4
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Location:     Farmington Bay WMA North (4:30-5:30pm)
Number of species:     59

 HIGHLIGHTS:
  Gadwall     18
  American Wigeon     7
  Redhead     4
  SPOTTED SANDPIPER     1
  Least Sandpiper   6
  Wilson's Snipe     1 (in location mentioned by MarJean)
  COMMON TERN     2
  Forster's Tern     7
  BLACK TERN    1
  Tree Swallow     3
  Northern Rough-winged Swallow     10
  Bank Swallow     20
  Cliff Swallow     3
  BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER     1 (where the education center used to be)
  Yellow-rumped Warbler     1
  Vesper Sparrow     6
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Location:     End of Glover Lane (5:30-5:45pm)
Number of species:     31

 HIGHLIGHTS:
  Gadwall     2
  Cinnamon Teal     3
  Swainson's Hawk     1
  Red-tailed Hawk     1
  Common Tern     1
  Forster's Tern     4
  Bank Swallow     6
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Location:     Salt Lake International Center (6:10-7:20pm)
Number of species:     30

 HIGHLIGHTS:
  Red-naped Sapsucker     2
  Ruby-crowned Kinglet     2
  Hermit Thrush     1
  Orange-crowned Warbler     2
  Yellow-rumped Warbler     20
  TOWNSEND'S WARBLER    1 (on 5600 West as usual)
  MacGillivray's Warbler     4
  Wilson's Warbler     3
  Chipping Sparrow     200 (this flock was along 5600 W at 600 N)
  Vesper Sparrow     2
  Lincoln's Sparrow     3 (in spruce north of Compeq buiding)
  White-crowned Sparrow     25
  Dark-eyed Junco     4
  CASSIN'S FINCH    1  (in spruce north of Compeq buiding)
  PINE SISKIN   4 (flying over along 5600 west)


These reports were generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Cheers

Tim
Salt Lake City, UT
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