[Birdtalk] UCB Field Trip

[Utah Birds]

Here's a report of the Utah County Birders Field Trip last Saturday.

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UCB Field Trip to Farmington Bay and Kaysville Ponds, Feb. 16.
Report by Lynn Garner

Nineteen birders gathered at Sam's Club parking lot in Provo for the  
trip north to Farmington Bay. Because the shortest route is blocked by
  
the closing of Glover's Lane over Interstate 80, we didn't all take  
the same route. Consequently, not all saw the same birds. En route,  
about half of us found a flock of 250 Bohemian Waxwings sitting in a  
tree next to a Red-tailed Hawk, just south of the closed portion of  
Glover's Lane.

We did all arrive at Farmington Bay about the same time and shared  
most of the sightings there. The cold was quite intense and there was  
little open water, mostly at the first bridge and the large turn- 
around area. Highlights were a flock of 150 Tundra Swans and 50  
Canvasbacks at the first turn and a total of 73 Bald Eagles. We looked
  
in vain for unusual gulls; there weren't very many to look through. We
  
spotted a Barn Owl and five Greater Yellowlegs at the turn-around.

Then we all moved on to the Kaysville Ponds. The highlights there were
  
Hooded Mergansers and a few more gulls to scan. We separated for the  
trip home just before noon.

Lu Giddings was the leader of the field trip. Other participants were  
Glen Barlow, Thaylene Barrett, Ned Bixler, Andrew Brown, Bart Carter,  
Yvonne Carter, Lynn Garner, Doug Gittings, Kit Giddings, Eric Huish,  
Matt Mills, Stephanie Nolasco, LeIla Ogden, DeLoy Pack, Tuula Rose,  
Dennis Shirley, Merrill Webb, and Bonnie Williams.

The complete list of birds seen by members of the group follows:  
Canada Goose, Tundra Swan, American Wigeon, Mallard, Norther Shoveler,
  
Northern Pintail, Canvasback, Redhead, Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead,  
Common Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, Common Merganser, Ruddy Duck, Ring-
 
necked Pheasant, Pied-billed Grebe, Great Blue Heron, Bald Eagle,  
Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, American  
Kestral, American Coot, Greater Yellowlegs, Ring-billed Gull,  
California Gull, Herring Gull, Rock Pigeon, Barn Owl, Black-billed  
Magpie, American Crow, Common Raven, American Robin, European  
Starling, Bohemian Waxwing, White-crowned Sparrow, Red-winged  
Blackbird, and Western Meadowlark, a total of 38 species.

  




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