[Birdtalk] Antelope Island Beautiful Fall Day

[tmigratorius at msn.com]

We spent several hours on Antelope Island on Sunday, September 28th.  We began birding on the causeway around 10:30 a.m.  Many of the birds we observed at that time were relatively close to the road on the north side.  When we drove off the island about 4:00 p.m. the birds were very far in the distance on both sides of the causeway and none were close to the road.  We saw huge flocks of Avocets floating in the water, occasionally flying together then settling back down.  We also observed what we thought were Dunlins in beautiful flight formation.

The following birds were observed:

Causeway:
Black-bellied Plover
Wimbrel
Marbled Godwit
Sandhill Crane
Avocet
Black-necked Stilt
Mallard
Northern Harrier
Turkey Vulture
California Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Franklin's Gull (5 juveniles)
Northern Shoveler
Canada Goose
Cattle Egret
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Dunlin ? (Flock of several hundred birds flying in a wave formation flashing a beautiful white shimmering pattern of wings)

Island and Garr Ranch:
Common Raven
Northern Shrike
Northern Flicker
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Lesser Goldfinch
Hermit Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Dusky Flycatcher
Song Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Red-winged Blackbird
Plumbeous Vireo
Western Meadowlark
Kestrel

Hal & Kathleen Robins
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