[Birdtalk] Provo Airport Dike - 12/15/08

[Eric Huish]

Took a quick drive around the PAD this afternoon.  Not much out there other than white-crowned and Song Sparrows.  It was windy, cold and snowing.  The moat and Provo Bay are iced over with just a small open area way out in the middle of the bay.  The lake is still open water.  
 
I had my best ever response to a pish.  I heard a song sparrow calling from and open, sparse, weedy field.  I pished twice and 11 song sparrows and 6 white-crowneds popped up simultaneously and landed at the top of weed heads.  It was like a bunch of synchronized swimmers popping out of the water in perfect unison.  
 
Location:     Provo Airport Dike - Utah Co. UTObservation date:     12/15/08Notes:     Cold 30 F, windy, overcast, lightly snowing, moat and bay iced over. Lake still open.
Number of species:     20 Gadwall     27Mallard     2Common Goldeneye     7duck sp.     9Ring-necked Pheasant     5Great Blue Heron     1Black-crowned Night-Heron     1Northern Harrier     1Red-tailed Hawk     2American Kestrel     1American Coot     3gull sp.     3Rock Pigeon     15Northern Flicker     6Black-billed Magpie     2Black-capped Chickadee     1Song Sparrow     18White-crowned Sparrow     66Red-winged Blackbird     1American Goldfinch     2 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://ebird.org) 
Directions to Airport Dike - http://www.utahbirds.org/counties/utahco/ProvoAirportDike.htm
 
 
I scouted my CBC area (North Orem, East Lindon) for a few hours on Saturday with Matt Mills.  We birded a little down the Bonneville shoreline trail south from dry canyon and spent a little time in Dry Canyon.  Cold and windy.  2 juncos and 2 towhees were all we saw, they were near the mouth of dry canyon.  Nothing in the canyon.  We saw a large flock of a couple hundred Am Robins in the neighborhood south of the Orem Cemetery.  (Nothing in the Cemetery by the way.)  I hope there is more to count on count day.
 Eric Huish Pleasant Grove UT poorwill_ at hotmail.com 801-360-8777     
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