[Birdtalk] Antelope Island/Causeway/Garr Ranch, Farmington Bay, and Lee Kay Ponds

[STEPHEN T CARLILE]

Spent the day doing some much needed unwinding and birded Antelope Island/Causeway/Garr Ranch and Farmington Bay.  Met and spent some time with Jack Renall (sorry about the spelling) and Keith Evans from the Ogden area on the Causeway and at Garr Ranch.  Also, made a quick stop at Kay Lee Ponds on the way home, though the gates were locked.  Highlights:

1.  100+ Black-bellied Plover on the Causeway between mile marker 4 and 5.  I have never seen that many before at one time.  I tried to turn one of them into an American Golden Plover, but I was not successful.
2.  Two Dunlin still on the Causeway's rocky "spit", as reported by Merrill Webb.  The birds were crowded in with several hundred if not a thousand Western Sandpipers (no Sanderlings though).  The Dunlin is a new Utah bird for me!
3.  The female Long-tailed Duck is still at the Causeway's "big" bridge.  Was very active and seemed healthy.
4.  Yellow Warbler (6+), Virginia's Warbler (6+), Yellow-rumped Warbler (12+), and Orange-crowned Warbler (6+), Hermit Thrush (3), Ruby-crowned Kinglets (6+), and Lazuli Bunting (2) at Garr Ranch.
4.  One Solitary Sandpiper at Farmington Bay, as reported earlier on the ponds as you enter.
5.  Two Blue-winged Teal at Farmington Bay, one on the ponds as you enter and the other viewed from Egg Island, to the northeast.
6.  Marbled Godwits (12+) at the far west end of Lee Kay Ponds.


Here is the list - 74 total species:

Antelope Islands and environs - 55 species:

Canada Goose, Northern Shoveler, Long-tailed Duck, Common Goldeneye, Ring-necked Pheasant, Chukar, Eared Grebe (lots of dead grebes along the shore), American White Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Northern Harrier, American Kestrel, American Coot, Sandhill Crane (2), Black-bellied Plover, Killdeer, American Avocet, Black-necked Stilt, Willet, Western Sandpiper, Dunlin, Wilson's Phalarope (50+), Red-neck Phalarope (1), California Gull, Mourning Dove, Great Horned Owl (1), Burrowing Owl (1), Loggerhead Shrike (3), Black-billed Magpie, Common Raven, Horned Lark, Cliff Swallow, Barn Swallow, Rock Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, American Robin, European Starling, Orange-crowned Warbler, Virginia's Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Brewer's Sparrow, Vesper Sparrow, Song Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Lazuli Bunting, Red-winged Blackbird, Western Meadowlark, Brewer's Blackbird, Yellow-headed Blackbird, House Finch, American Goldfinch, and House Sparrow.

Farmington Bay - 39 species:

Canada Goose, Gadwall, Mallard, Blue-winged Teal, Cinnamon Teal, Northern Shoveler, Green-winged Teal, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, Ruddy Duck, Pied-billed Grebe, Eared Grebe, Western Grebe, Clark's Grebe, American White Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, White-faced Ibis, American Coot, Killdeer, Black-necked Stilt, American Avocet, Willet, Solitary Sandpiper, Wilson's Phalarope, California Gull, Franklin's Gull, Forster's Tern, Mourning Dove, Black-billed Magpie, Cliff Swallow, Barn Swallow, Marsh Wren, American Robin, European Starling, Red-winged Blackbird, Yellow-headed Blackbird, and House Finch.

Lee Kay Ponds (through the fence ) - 25 species:

Canada Goose, Mallard, Cinnamon Teal, Northern Shoveler, Redhead, Common Goldeneye, Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, Eared Grebe, Western Grebe, American White Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant, American Coot, Killdeer, Black-necked Stilt, American Avocet, Marbled Godwit (12+), Wilson's Phalarope, California Gull, Black-billed Magpie, Barn Swallow, Cliff Swallow, European Starling, Red-winged Blackbird, and Yellow-headed Blackbird.

Thanks,

Stephen
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