[Birdtalk] Some birds and some pics

[Tim Avery]

I spent most of yesterday around Farmington and Farmington Bay WMA, mainly in hopes of getting some shots of the eagles before all the ice melted.  The ice was 'a meltin away' yesterday and larger portions of water were starting to open.  I counted 144 eagles around Farmington during the day, and also tallied Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk (2 western, 1 Harlan's and 1 robust looking intermediate bird), American Kestrel, a prairie Merlin, and the Red-shouldered Hawk (rounding out the raptors) which was seen about noon in the previously mentioned location at Park Lane.

The gull scene at FBWMA was happening, with 7 species seen: 1 ad. WESTERN GULL, 2 juv. & a 2nd year LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 1 ad. MEW GULL, 1 ad. GLAUCOUS GULL, 3 - 1st winter Thayer's Gulls, and numerous California, Ring-billed and Herring Gulls rounding out the mix.

2 American White Pelican and a single male Cinnamon Teal were the other notables.  A few pictures from yesterday and last week can be seen here:

http://www.timaverybirding.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=510

Good Birding

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