[Birdtalk] Antelope Island (Saturday) w/pix

[Tim Avery]

Yesteday (08/09), Jeff Bilsky and I birded Antelope Island Causeway and Garr Ranch.  Shorebird migration appears to have slowed with most of the phalarope having alread moved through.  Pockets of Wilson's remained, but the majority of birds present were Red-necked.  Several peeps were seen up close, including 6 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, and 4 surprise SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER.  A number of BLACK-BELLIE DPLOVER remained on the mudflats, and an arriving American Pipit signaled passerine migration was happening. And 3 SANDHILL CRANES were feeding along the north side of th mudflats near MM6.

On the road to the ranch we stopped at several patches of trees, with Jeff responsible for most of the birding while I tried to photograph dragonflies.  Between two stops there were a few migrant flycatchers.  1 Cordilleran and 2 Dusky were seen.

At the ranch there were few birds, but a number of migrants present, most notably an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER already back and headed south. Dusky Flycathcer and Western Wood-Pewee were also seen, as well as 8 Western Tanager and 3 Yellow Warbler.  A lone Rufous Hummingbird flew by once as well.

http://timaverybirding.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=540
(anyone good with bugs let me know if anything is mislabeled)

Complete lists below:

Location:     Antelope Island  Causeway
Number of species:     24

Eared Grebe     500
Great Blue Heron     1
White-faced Ibis     50
American Kestrel     1
Peregrine Falcon     1
Sandhill Crane     3
Black-bellied Plover     37
Killdeer     20
American Avocet     3000
Willet     2
Long-billed Curlew     6
Semipalmated Sandpiper     4
Western Sandpiper     251
Baird's Sandpiper     6
Wilson's Phalarope     500
Red-necked Phalarope     4500
Franklin's Gull     2500
Ring-billed Gull     150
California Gull     500
Common Raven     1
Bank Swallow     1000
Barn Swallow     6
American Pipit     2
Western Meadowlark     1

Location:     Antelope Island
Number of species:     25

Chukar     1
American Kestrel     2
Killdeer     1
Franklin's Gull     15
Mourning Dove     8
Black-chinned Hummingbird     1
Dusky Flycatcher     1
Cordilleran Flycatcher     1
Western Kingbird     4
Loggerhead Shrike     1
Common Raven     3
Horned Lark     6
Cliff Swallow     5
Barn Swallow     1
Marsh Wren     2
Sage Thrasher     1
European Starling     10
American Pipit     2
Yellow Warbler     1
Lazuli Bunting  1
Lark Sparrow     2
Red-winged Blackbird     4
Western Meadowlark     7
Brewer's Blackbird     6
American Goldfinch     10

Location:     Antelope Island - Garr Ranch
Number of species:     20

Ring-necked Pheasant     1
American Kestrel     1
Killdeer     1
Mourning Dove     20
Rufous Hummingbird     1
Olive-sided Flycatcher     1
Western Wood-Pewee     1
Dusky Flycatcher     1
Western Kingbird     1
Common Raven     2
Barn Swallow     4
Marsh Wren     2
European Starling     10
Yellow Warbler     3
Western Tanager     8
Lark Sparrow     10
Red-winged Blackbird     6
Western Meadowlark     1
House Finch     4
American Goldfinch     6

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

Good Birding

Tim
Salt Lake City, Utah
tanager at timaverybirding.com
http://www.timaverybirding.com
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