[Birdtalk] Re: [TopOfUtah] Cache Co. Ferruginous Hawk, Albino N. Shoveler cont'd

[Connie McManus]

contiuation of the first post --- I hit the wrong bloody key and sent the
message prematurely... grrr

anyway...
gadwall  apprx.  12
American robin   7
ruby crowned kinglet   3
townsend's solitaire   3 (3 sitings of the same bird, I think)
Magpie    2
house finch   7
Am. goldfinch   10
ring billed gulls     apprx 200
black capped chickadee   4

and 1 muskrat or beaver, couldn't be certain which.


On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 6:52 PM, Ryan O'Donnell <ryan at biology.usu.edu>wrote:

> I birded several locations around Cache County today with Stephanie
> Cobbold.  We were unable to relocate the Snow Bunting she reported
> yesterday from the USU Forestry Station.  We did relocate two of the
> three FERRUGINOUS HAWKS found by Craig Fosdick yesterday in Clarston.
> These were my first of the year in the county and only my second and
> third ever in the county.  They seem to be much more common just over
> the mountains in Box Elder County.   A photo is here:
>
> http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n105/Tsirtalis/FEHAsmall.jpg
>
> Benson Marina had lots of American Coots, a few Common Goldeneye, both
> Western and Clark's Grebes, and a couple of distant swans, but none of
> the rare birds we were hoping for.  The Logan City Polishing Ponds, in
> Benson, were packed full of thousands of ducks and other waterfowl,
> mostly American Coots, Gadwall, and Northern Shoveler, but also
> including Eared Grebes, Canvasback, Ring-necked Duck, American Wigeon,
> Green-winged Teal, Mallards, and Canada Geese.  The most interesting
> bird among these was a pure ALBINO NORTHERN SHOVELER.  (Identifying
> albino birds can be tough because there are no plumage features to rely
> on.  I beleive this bird's shape, size, structure, and especially bill
> shape and size were consistent with Northern Shoveler, plus it seemed to
> be associating with other normal-plumage Northern Shovelers.)  Two
> distant digiscoped shots are here:
>
> http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n105/Tsirtalis/albinoNSHO.jpg
> http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n105/Tsirtalis/albinoNSHO2.jpg
>
> Good birding,
> Ryan
>
> Ryan P. O'Donnell
> Department of Biology and the Ecology Center
> Utah State University
> 5305 Old Main Hill
> Logan, UT 84322-5305
>
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-- 
Connie McManus
Nibley, Cache County, Utah
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