[Birdtalk] SL County Shorebirds

[Tim Avery]

This afternoon (07/19), Jeff Bilsky and I spent some time birdign along the south shore of the Great Salt Lake in the vicinity of Lee's Creek.  Lots of shorebirds on the move as with last week, below is a complete list:

Total number of species:     37

Snowy Plover     2
Killdeer     2
American Avocet     100
SOLITARY SANDPIPER     2
Greater Yellowlegs     3
Willet     7
Lesser Yellowlegs     3
Long-billed Curlew     4
Western Sandpiper     1
Least Sandpiper     1
Long-billed Dowitcher     10
Wilson's Phalarope     2

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

With the small flock of dowitchrs were two birds that struck me as odd.  There appeared to be 2 juvenile birds, that in plumage and shape fit SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER.  I took some pictures and will upload them later tonight.

Also had a nice adult PRAIRIE FALCON fly by and near a 100 White-faced Ibis on  the edge of Lee's Creek.

Some of the above reported birds were on private property.

Good Birding

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