[Birdtalk] Fwd: eBird Report - Salt Lake International Center, SL Co. , 9/1/08

[Colby Neuman]

Hi all,

Jeff Bilsky and I spent the afternoon birding around the Salt Lake
International Center.  We found a number of flocks that contained numerous
flycatchers and warblers, and there were definitely a lot of migrants
around.  I'm not sure I've seen such a high concentration of MacGillivray's
Warblers before!  Nearly every patch contained at least one MacGillivray's
Warbler with the majority being first years or females.  We found quite a
few Wilson's and Nashville Warblers, as well as a lone Orange-crowned
Warbler and Yellow-breasted Chat.  Western Wood-Pewees and Hammond's
Flycatchers seemed to be the most numerous flycatchers.  It's interesting to
compare these results with those of Kris' at Garr Ranch.

Also of interest...a number of our biggest flocks seemed to be using
tamarisk (salt cedar) patches surrounded by other decidious trees, which I
found quite surprising.

Colby

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Location:     Salt Lake Internation Center, SL Co.
Observation date:     9/1/08
Notes:     observers: jeff bilsky and colby neuman
Number of species:     47

Canada Goose     10
Mallard     20
Turkey Vulture     1
American Kestrel     1
Killdeer     16
Spotted Sandpiper     1
Ring-billed Gull     2
California Gull     1
Rock Pigeon     5
Mourning Dove     8
Great Horned Owl     2
Common Nighthawk     15
Olive-sided Flycatcher     1
Western Wood-Pewee     25
Willow Flycatcher     1
Hammond's Flycatcher     13
Gray Flycatcher     1
Dusky Flycatcher     6
Cordilleran Flycatcher     3
Cassin's Vireo     2
Black-billed Magpie     4
Common Raven     3
Violet-green Swallow     30
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     2
Bank Swallow     40
Barn Swallow     30
House Wren     3
American Robin     17
European Starling     1000
Orange-crowned Warbler     1
Nashville Warbler     9
Yellow Warbler     25
MacGillivray's Warbler     50
Wilson's Warbler     13
Yellow-breasted Chat     1
Western Tanager     30
Green-tailed Towhee     2
Chipping Sparrow     20
Brewer's Sparrow     2
Black-headed Grosbeak     2
Lazuli Bunting     6
Yellow-headed Blackbird     1
Brewer's Blackbird     400
Bullock's Oriole     1
House Finch     20
American Goldfinch     9
House Sparrow     75

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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