[Birdtalk] Southshore Birding, BLACK TERN, SAGE SPARROW, etc

[Tim Avery]

This monring (09/07) I birded along the southshore of the Great Salt Lake stopping at the International Center, the frontage road along Lee's Creek, Saltair Marina, and Lee Kay Ponds.  Overall the number of migratns was low, but there was still a ggood variety of warblers, and sparrows.  The IC was dairly dead.  There were scattered warblers, msot notably an obvious push of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER as numerous were present along with 5 other species.  A lone HOUSE WREN, and WESTERN TANAGER rounded out the migrants there.  Highlights form the IC are as follows:

Location:     Salt Lake International Center
Number of species:     28

Loggerhead Shrike     1
Violet-green Swallow     20
House Wren     1
Orange-crowned Warbler     4
Nashville Warbler     1
Yellow Warbler     3
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER     22
MacGillivray's Warbler     1
Wilson's Warbler     1
Western Tanager     1
Chipping Sparrow     50

Along the frontage road there were a fair number of birds, the highlight being 8 species of sparrow, including 2 early WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, but more notably a SAGE SPARROW.  There were also 5 species of warbler, including 4 MACGILLIVRAY'S in one bush.  Highlights from the Lee's Creek area:


Location:     Lee's Creek Vicinity
Number of species:     62

Blue-winged Teal     2
Cinnamon Teal     100
Green-winged Teal     3000
Snowy Egret     4
Peregrine Falcon     1
Virginia Rail     3
Greater Yellowlegs     4
WILLET    1
Lesser Yellowlegs     15
LEAST SANDPIPER     2
Long-billed Dowitcher     3
Franklin's Gull     40
Black-chinned Hummingbird     1
Broad-tailed Hummingbird     1
Violet-green Swallow     20
Orange-crowned Warbler     2
Yellow Warbler     5
Yellow-rumped Warbler     2
MacGillivray's Warbler     4
Wilson's Warbler     1
Chipping Sparrow     20
SAGE SPARROW  1
Brewer's Sparrow     3
Vesper Sparrow     5
Lark Sparrow     2
Savannah Sparrow     4
Song Sparrow     3
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW    2

The ponds to the south of the road between the Saltair Pavilion and the Marina had a number of birds of interest.  The first migrant BLACK TERNS into Salt Lake County for the fall were feeding over the large holding pond on the south of I-80 near the marina.    2 YELLOW WARBLER were in teh trees at the marina where the Northern Waterthrush was last week.  Highlights were as follows:

Location:     Salt Air Marina
Number of species:     32

Snowy Egret     1
Greater Yellowlegs     4
Lesser Yellowlegs     15
Franklin's Gull     6
California Gull     1000
BLACK TERN     2
Forster's Tern     4
Yellow Warbler     2

Lastly at Lee Kay Ponds there were a few shorebirds, and 4 CASPIAN TERN.  Highlights were as follows:

Location:     Lee Kay Ponds
Number of species:     21

Black-necked Stilt     4
American Avocet     1
Greater Yellowlegs     2
WILLET     1
Lesser Yellowlegs     6
Franklin's Gull     5
CASPIAN TERN    4
Forster's Tern     1

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

Good Birding 

Tim
Salt Lake City, Utah
tanager at timaverybirding.com
http://www.timaverybirding.com
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