[Birdtalk] Bridgerland Audubon 200 Club birding

[Connie McManus]

Ryan,
I thought about posting my observations yesterday, but I thought it better
to wait for a more experienced birder ,,, such as yourself,,, to do the
honors.  Thanks for the post.

 I looked over your list and did not see the Northern Shovelers seen at
20-20 and and two Western Screech Owls.  Rheinhardt really wanted to find
waxwings, so  I took him where he wanted to go, which was along the canal
trail above canyon rd.  There, we  saw pine siskins, along with the routine
feeder birds and a downy woodpecker.  Then we saw a nice flock of bohemians,
cedar waxwings and 4 american robins on 4th north and 6th east.  It was a
mighty cold day, but beautiful and fun.

If anyone wants a chum to go birding with, let me know.

Connie McManus


On Jan 2, 2008 1:02 PM, Ryan O'Donnell <ryan at biology.usu.edu> wrote:

> Since no one else has posted any findings from yesterday's Bridgerland
> Audubon field trip (1 Jan 2008), I'll post what I saw.  There were about
> 20 people on this year's trip.  I'm sure no one saw the exact same list
> as anyone else, so there may be cool additions to this list that I
> didn't catch.
>
> The trip ranged far and wide, from above 3rd dam in Logan Canyon, to the
> 20-20 ponds, to the Benson Marina (directions to these locations are on
> the Bridgerland Audubon webpage). The highlights included BOHEMIAN
> WAXWINGS, AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS, MERLINS, a GREAT EGRET and a GREATER
> YELLOWLEGS.  We spent a good amount of time in the afternoon scanning
> WESTERN MEADOWLARK flocks but were unable to pick out any snow buntings
> or longspurs.  I also couldn't find the short-billed dowitcher that had
> been reported by the fish hatchery, but myself and others tried to turn
> WILSON'S SNIPE and the yellowlegs into the dowitcher.  There was also a
> gull there that threw me off at first.  I eventually considered it a
> California gull, but I still feel like it's mantle was too dark and its
> legs too pale.  I'm curious if anyone else saw this gull, and any
> thoughts on what it might be, if not a California.
>
> My total list for the day was 60 species.  You can find the entire list
> on my blog, where I'll also be posting my progress towards my goal of
> seeing 200 species in Cache County this year:
> http://200birds.blogspot.com/.
>
> Happy year-listing,
> Ryan
>
> Ryan P. O'Donnell
> Department of Biology and the Ecology Center
> Utah State University
> 5305 Old Main Hill
> Logan, UT 84322-5305
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Connie McManus
Nibley, Cache County, Utah
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