[Birdtalk] black scoter, white-winged scoter, and long-tailed duck at AIC

[Lu Giddings]

A UCB field trip to Deer Creek reservoir, East Canyon reservoir, and
Antelope Island Causeway was held today.  It was a beautiful day to be out
birding. A bit cold in the morning, but by afternoon things were lovely.
Trip highlights include:

- bald eagles at Deer Creek reservoir, East Canyon reservoir, over the
freeway as we drove through north Layton, and Antelope Island Causeway
- Barrow's goldeneyes and hooded mergansers near the inlet end of East
Canyon
- it was amazing to see how few birds were frequenting the usually teeming
waters at the Big Bridge on the causeway. However, over the course of
roughly 90 minutes, we spotted a female black scoter, a female long-tailed
duck, and what I believe was a first winter female white-winged scoter. We
did not see the surf scoter or the snow bunting. It was also quite
remarkable to see the tens of thousands of northern shovelers along the
north edge of the causeway, and what appeared to be several thousand swans a
few miles north of the causeway.

Lu Giddings
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