[Birdtalk] EAST CANYON/ BIG MOUNTAIN PASS - OWLS - 6/10

[Jeff Bilsky]

The mountain called me tonight to come look for owls. I headed up to the big
mountain pass and into East Canyon. I had multiple FLAMMULATED OWLS just
East of the Big Mountain pass, calling and with the help of my ipod, I lured
one in right over my head for a great look and a new lifer for me.
Unfortunately I wasn't able to hear or see any Saw-Whets. At a different
area further East into the canyon, I heard many GREAT HORNED OWLS. On the
way back, west of the pass I had a NORTHERN PYGMY OWL calling with my ipod
and just when I was certain he was going to fly in, a couple of cars zipped
past and ruined my plans. However, not a bad result for a spontaneous owling
trip. By the way, anyone looking to freak themselves out, I highly recommend
owling alone in the dark mountains at night.

Location:     East Canyon, Morgan Co.
Observation date:     6/10/08
Number of species:     9

Mourning Dove     X
Flammulated Owl     X
Great Horned Owl     X
Northern Pygmy-Owl     X
Northern Flicker     X
Steller's Jay     X
American Robin     X
Orange-crowned Warbler     X
Yellow-rumped Warbler     X

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

-- 
Jeff Bilsky
Salt Lake City
jbilsky at gmail.com
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