[Birdtalk] noteworthy February birds

[Lu Giddings]

Dennis Shirley and went in search of longspurs and other winter birds 
this morning. We passed through Santaquin to Mona, drove the west side 
of Mona reservoir and through Goshen canyon into Goshen and Genola and 
then back into Payson and Salem pond. We did not see any longspurs but 
did have a few noteworthy observations:

- a pair of trumpeter swans were seen on Burriston ponds
- three drake cinnamon teal were seen at the inlet end of Mona reservoir
- bohemian waxwings were seen, in the company of cedar waxwings, in the 
Genola Warm Springs area
- a probable white-throated sparrow was seen in the brush along the 
Genola Warm Springs road, along with song sparrows and a hermit thrush
- a ferruginous hawk as seen perched on a light post just north of the 
Payson Walmart. At first we passed it off as yet another of the numerous 
rough-legged hawks we had been seeing, but once we stopped and took a 
good look at it we correctly identified it.
- Salem pond continues to be a waterfowl magnet. Not lots of birds, but 
an interesting variety may be seen. The two red-breasted mergansers 
continue and have evolved into their spectacular breeding plumage. There 
were six canvasbacks and seven northern pintails. The greater scaup I 
saw on the pond last weekend were not seen but may still be around, 
along with lesser scaup, ring-necked ducks, redheads, American wigeon, 
and etc.

Lu Giddings

Total Count: 50 species
 
Trumpeter Swan
Gadwall 
American Wigeon
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Lesser Scaup
Common Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Ring-necked Pheasant
Pied-billed Grebe
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
American Coot
Killdeer
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay









Black-billed Magpie
American Crow 
Common Raven 
Horned Lark 
Black-capped Chickadee 
Mountain Chickadee 
Mountain Bluebird 
Townsend's Solitaire 
Hermit Thrush 
American Robin 
European Starling 
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing 

Spotted Towhee 

Song Sparrow 

White-throated Sparrow 

White-crowned Sparrow 

Dark-eyed Junco 

Red-winged Blackbird 

Western Meadowlark 

House Finch 

American Goldfinch 

House Sparrow
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