[Birdtalk] a few Utah and Juab county birds

[Lu Giddings]

Dennis Shirley and I spent a few hours this morning making the circuit 
from Santaquin to Elberta, up Goshen Canyon and around Mona reservoir. 
We didn't see anything too unusual but we were surprised by how slow 
Spring is in coming. There were a number of species one might normally 
expect to see by now that were not evident, such as yellow-breasted 
chats, blue grosbeaks, common yellowthroats, and etc. and in many areas 
the vegetation looks more like late March than early May. Best birds of 
the day were the Lewis's woodpecker that very nearly flew in through 
Dennis's window as we drove through Mona and the short-eared owl we saw 
out near the bobolink fields in Goshen.

Lu Giddings

Total Count: 77 species
Canada Goose
Gadwall   
Mallard   
Cinnamon Teal   
Green-winged Teal   
Redhead   
Canvasback
Lesser Scaup   
Bufflehead   
Common Goldeneye   
Ruddy duck
Pied-billed Grebe   
Eared Grebe   
Western Grebe   
Clark's Grebe   
American White Pelican   
Double-crested Cormorant   
Great Blue Heron   
Snowy Egret   
White-faced Ibis   
Turkey Vulture   
Northern Harrier   
Swainson's Hawk   
Red-tailed Hawk   
Golden Eagle   
American Kestrel   
American Coot   
Sandhill Crane   
Killdeer   
Black-necked Stilt   
American Avocet   
Greater Yellowlegs   
Willet   
Spotted Sandpiper   
Long-billed Curlew  
Wilson's Snipe   
Wilson's Phalarope   
Bonaparte's Gull   
Californian Gull   
Caspian Tern   
Forster's Tern   
Rock Pigeon   
Eurasian Collared-Dove   
Mourning Dove   
Great Horned Owl   
Burrowing Owl   
Short-eared Owl   
Lewis's Woodpecker   
Western Kingbird   
Black-billed Magpie   
Common Raven   
Tree Swallow   
Violet-green Swallow   
Northern Rough-winged Swallow   
Bank Swallow   
Cliff Swallow   
Barn Swallow   
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher   
American Robin   
European Starling   
Yellow Warbler   
Yellow-rumped Warbler   
Spotted Towhee   
Vesper Sparrow   
Lark Sparrow   
Savannah Sparrow   
Song Sparrow   
White-crowned Sparrow   
Dark-eyed Junco   
Red-winged Blackbird   
Western Meadowlark   
Yellow-headed Blackbird   
Brewer's Blackbird   
Bullock's Oriole   
House Finch   
American Goldfinch   
House Sparrow