[Birdtalk] 4/1 - PROVO AIRPORT DIKE - MIGRANTS

[Jeff Bilsky]

On April 1st, I birded the Provo Airport Dike both on my lunch break and
after work. Throughout the day and with the help of other birders I managed
to tally 50 species. List is below. Lots of great migrants.

Location:     Provo Airport Dike
Observation date:     4/1/09
Number of species:     50

Canada Goose     25
Gadwall     1
Mallard     2
Cinnamon Teal     8
Northern Shoveler     2
Green-winged Teal     2
Canvasback     1
Ring-necked Duck     15
Bufflehead     7
Common Merganser     1
Red-breasted Merganser     1
Chukar     3
Ring-necked Pheasant     1
Pied-billed Grebe     2
American White Pelican     14
Osprey     1
Northern Harrier     4
Red-tailed Hawk     2
American Kestrel     2
American Coot     50
Sandhill Crane     7
Killdeer     1
Eurasian Collared-Dove     2
Long-eared Owl*     1
Northern Flicker     1
Say's Phoebe     1
Black-billed Magpie     5
Horned Lark     1
Tree Swallow     50
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     5
Bank Swallow     1
Cliff Swallow     4
Barn Swallow     7
Black-capped Chickadee     2
Marsh Wren     8
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     1
American Robin     2
European Starling     100
Yellow-rumped Warbler     3
Spotted Towhee     1
Vesper Sparrow     2
Song Sparrow     2
White-crowned Sparrow     15
Dark-eyed Junco     1
Red-winged Blackbird     30
Western Meadowlark     4
Yellow-headed Blackbird     5
Brewer's Blackbird     30
House Finch     13
American Goldfinch     4

* = This bird is long gone - I believe it was there for one day only and I
was lucky enough to see it - I'll have some digi-binoc photos up on my
website this weekend.


-- 
Jeff Bilsky
Salt Lake City
jbilsky at gmail.com
www.endlesswilderness.com
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