[Birdtalk] 29Sept07-Lakefront: Saltair Lakewatch

[Tim Avery]

With the excellent weather conditions, I decided to head out to the south shore
this morning and see what the winds might blow down the lake.  I was thoroughly
disappointed with the species variety, and all in all, nothing out of the
ordinary was seen, despite 25-30 knot west and northwest winds howling the
entire time present.  The gulls were moving constantly past the marina, heading
west.   In the hour nearly a 1000 gulls passed the jetty and continued out of
sight.  1 Ring-billed and 1 Franklin's Gulls made up the rest of the mix.  A
few shorebirds and ducks also flew by, but overall, it was pretty slow.

Location:     Salt Air Marina
Observation date:     9/29/07
Number of species:     11

 6   Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
 10  Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca
 3   Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus
 12  American Avocet - Recurvirostra americana
 3   Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca
 1   Franklin's Gull - Larus pipixcan
 1   Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis
 980 California Gull - Larus californicus
 4   Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica
 1   Savannah Sparrow - Passerculus sandwichensis
 1   Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Cheers

Tim
Salt Lake City, UT
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