[Birdtalk] Birds of Paradise April 30, 2008

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April 30, 2008

Birds of Paradise,  (Southern Cache Valley)  to include McMurdy Hollow Meridian Road, and Hyrum Dam.  Things are changing.  A quick trip around what I call the "Local Loop", turned up the following:

Chukar, Ring-necked Pheasant, Mourning Dove, Tree Swallow, Barn Swallow, Violet Green Swallow, Swainson's Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Kestrel,   Black-capped Chickadee, Robin, Western Kingbird, Snowy Egret, Caspian Tern, Forster's Tern, Common Loon, California Gull, Franklin's Gull, Western Grebe, Clark's Grebe, Eared Grebe, Red-breasted Merganser,  Mallard, Canada Goose, Double-crested Cormorant, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Brown Cowbird, Flicker, Magpie, Kingfisher, Cassin's Finch, House Sparrow, House Finch, White-crowned Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, Lazuli Bunting, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Great Horned Owl, Starling, Meadow Lark, Brewer's Blackbird,  and Red-winged Blackbird.   (42)

Other possibilities that have been seen in this area in the last week include:  Northern Oriole, Cooper's Hawk, Turkey Vulture, Mountain Bluebird, Yellow-headed Blackbird,  Crow, Rough-winged Swallow, Coot, White-faced Ibis, Killdeer, Harrier, and American Goldfinch.
Alas, they didn't show today.

It is a good time to get out and look. 

Jim

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