[Birdtalk] Fw: eBird Report - Antelope Island , 12/1/08

[Doug Roberts]

Hi,
I saw a MERLIN again, at Garr Ranch. See below. 
At Bridger Bay (where swimming beach is), at the north end of Antelope Island, I estimated 70,000 Northern Shovelers, or something, but it would be hard to prove without an airplane. Maybe other species were present. They were grouping like the more visible and identifiable flocks of Shovelers floating near the causeway. Anyway, lots of birds (or tumbleweeds) out there! I didn't report them to ebird because I am not sure. Maybe better spotting scopes could resolve them. 
The Pipits were fun to study. 

Doug Roberts


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Location:     Antelope Island
Observation date:     12/1/08
Notes:     Northern Shovelers filled Bridger Bay, and there were surely more than that on the Lake today. MERLIN was in an old burned tree about 100 yards SE of Garr Ranch. 
Number of species:     9

Canada Goose     350
Mallard     10
Northern Harrier     1
Merlin     1
Northern Flicker     4
Common Raven     10
American Robin     5
European Starling     200
Red-winged Blackbird     50

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

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Location:     Antelope Island  Causeway
Observation date:     12/1/08
Notes:     I also saw about 500 gulls, but too far away to identify. 
Number of species:     5

Northern Shoveler     3000
Common Goldeneye     45
Barrow's Goldeneye     4
American Kestrel     1
American Pipit     200

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


      
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