[Birdtalk] Cache Co. Dunlin, etc.

[Ryan O'Donnell]

Stephanie Cobbold and I birded around Cache County for a couple hours
this afternoon.  The highlight for me was a lone DUNLIN hanging out with
two Pectoral Sandpipers and two Long-billed Dowitchers at Sue's Ponds
(also known as the Logan River Wetlands, just across the street to the
west of the Logan Landfill).  Two weak photos with different weaknesses
are here:
 
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n105/Tsirtalis/DUNL.jpg
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n105/Tsirtalis/DUNL2.jpg
 
We next went to Hyrum Reservoir which had at least 10 times the gulls
I've seen there lately, but the lighting was against us and we weren't
able to pick out anything unusual.  I did see my first BUFFLEHEAD of the
fall, though.  There were a lot of birds on the water and it would
certainly be worth another look in better light for raritites like
Pacific Loon and the scoters.  Ebird checklists follow.
 
Location: Logan Landfill (Sue's Ponds)
Observation date: 10/23/08
Number of species: 10

Mallard 2
Killdeer 4
Pectoral Sandpiper 2
Dunlin 1
Long-billed Dowitcher 2
Ring-billed Gull 5
California Gull 60
Herring Gull 2
Black-billed Magpie 2
Song Sparrow 3


Location: Hyrum Dam
Observation date: 10/23/08
Notes: There were probably a couple other gull species mixed in, but
they were all distant. Every gull that I could confidently identify was
a California. 
Number of species: 12

Redhead 1
Greater/Lesser Scaup 15
Bufflehead 8
Common Loon 3
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Western Grebe 1
American Coot 30
California Gull 2000
Belted Kingfisher 1
Black-billed Magpie 2
European Starling 30
American Goldfinch 2
 
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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