[Birdtalk] Antelope Island

[Roostertael at aol.com]

Hi,
 
What a pleasure to be able to get back out birding. AIC had lots of birds,  
but not a lot of variety. Ravens, A. Avocets, one lone sick looking 
Black-necked  Stilt, Ring-billed and California Gulls, Eared Grebes, Killdeer, Northern  
Shovelers, American Pipits, 
 
The road to Garr Ranch had American Kestrel, Yellow-rumped Warbler, E.  
Starlings, BB Magpie, Meadow Lark, Northern Harrier and chukar.
 
Garr Ranch had Hermit Thrush, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Marsh Wren, Song  
Sparrows, A. Robin, Spotted Towhee, N. Flicker, Red-Winged Blackbird,  White-crowned 
Sparrows, and maybe the only surprise, a Savannah Sparrow. 
 
On the way home I stopped at Farmington Bay to eat lunch and did not check  
out all the ducks. I just drove to the end and ate. I took a few pictures of  
some Pied-billed Grebes and a pair of Peregrine Falcons sitting together on a  
distant log. 
 
I drove around Glover Ponds, and to the west there were thousands of  
Killdeer flying around. I saw a small group of peeps land in the plowed field to  the 
east and finally found them. Lots of Killdeer in the field as well. The  
peeps were Least Sandpipers resting among the dirt clods. Never seen that  before.
 
Jack Binch 
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