[Birdtalk] Bridal Veil Falls, Heber Valley, and Jordanell Mitigation Area

[STEPHEN T CARLILE]

Tried for Black Swifts today at Bridal Veil Falls in Provo Canyon.  No Black Swifts, but violet-green Swallows and White-Throated Swifts were there.  It will take someone with better eyes than me to see the Black Swifts at the distance and speed the birds were flying.  Also visited Heber Valley and the Jordanell Mitigation Area.  Nothing really unusual, but saw several species in large numbers; Sandhill Crane - 11 (no "colts" seen, may have been in the tall grass); Turkey Vulture - 18, Catbird - 13, and Common Yellowthroat 10.  Here's the list, with 43 species seen.

Bridal Veil Falls

White-throated Swift
Violet-green Swallow
Swainson's Thrush (South Fork of the Provo)
Yellow Warbler

Jordanell Mitigation Area

Mallard - 3
Blue-winged Teal - 2
Great Blue Heron - 3
Osprey - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
American Kestrel - 2
Sandhill Crane - 2
Killdeer - 2
Spotted Sandpiper - 1
Wilson's Snipe - 3
Mourning Dove - 5
Downey Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 5
Warbling Verio - 2
Black-billed Magpie - 3
Tree Swallow - 5 (nesting the the "bat house" tree in the parking lot)
Cliff Swallow - 50+
Barn Swallow - 25+
Black-capped Chickadee - 1
American Robin - 12+
Gary Catbird - 13
European Starling - 6+
Cedar Waxwing - 7
Yellow Warbler - 6+
Common Yellowthroat - 10 (all males, 6 visual and 4 audible)
Song Sparrow - 12+
Lincoln Sparrow - 2
Black-headed Grosbeak - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 6+
Yellow-headed Blackbird - 5
Brown-headed Cowbird - 6+
Bullock's Oriole - 8
House Finch - 6+
American Goldfinch - 12+

Heber Valley - Potter's Lane/1200 North

Osprey - 2, Charleston nesting platform
Swainson's Hawk - 1
Turkey Vulture - 18
Sandhill Crane - 2, 7 within one quarter male of the Bobolinks on Potter's Lane
Wilson's Snipe - 4
Eurasian Collared Dove - 2, in Heber City proper
Bobolink - 1 singing male
Red-winged Blackbird - 6+
Brewer's Blackbird - 3
Western Meadowlark - 2
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