[Birdtalk] 4/4/09 - Little Dell Reservoir, Farmington Bay

[Jeff Bilsky]

Started the morning in the snow and fog at Little Dell Reservoir. I didn't
see much on the water - no Loons but the weather was terrible and visibility
low. I counted at least 8 FOX SPARROWS in the trees North of the Reservoir.
Also had a flyover group of MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS.

Then off to Farmington Bay where I walked the entire road as far as you are
allowed to go. I had it to myself - well me and the birds - and it was
great. Counted 44 species. The highlights were 4 SAVANNAH SPARROWS, 8
LONG-BILLED CURLEWS, a HOODED MERGANSER (this was actually on the first pond
when you drive in on the left all the way at the South end by the rocks, a
female type), a handful of EARED GREBES and CLARK'S AND WESTERN GREBES, and
a whole bunch of TREE SWALLOWS and a few BARN SWALLOWS. My numbers below are
pretty rough, rounded estimates of what I saw - I wasn't really counting so
these are mostly conservative guesses.


Location:     Little Dell Reservoir
Observation date:     4/4/09
Number of species:     11

Canada Goose     4
Mallard     4
Red-tailed Hawk     1
Killdeer     1
Northern Flicker     1
Black-capped Chickadee     2
Mountain Bluebird     12
Spotted Towhee     15
Fox Sparrow     8
Song Sparrow     6
Dark-eyed Junco     25

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

Location:     Farmington Bay WMA
Observation date:     4/4/09
Number of species:     44

Canada Goose     50
Gadwall     30
American Wigeon     40
Mallard     30
Cinnamon Teal     30
Northern Shoveler     25
Northern Pintail     35
Green-winged Teal     50
Canvasback     100
Redhead     15
Ring-necked Duck     10
Lesser Scaup     20
Bufflehead     100
Common Goldeneye     5
Hooded Merganser     1
Ruddy Duck     75
Ring-necked Pheasant     2
Pied-billed Grebe     2
Eared Grebe     4
Western Grebe     4
Clark's Grebe     4
Western/Clark's Grebe     10
American White Pelican     25
Double-crested Cormorant     25
Great Blue Heron     12
Bald Eagle     2
Northern Harrier     8
Red-tailed Hawk     1
American Kestrel     5
American Coot     1000
Sandhill Crane     1
Killdeer     7
American Avocet     100
Long-billed Curlew     8
Tree Swallow     250
Barn Swallow     5
American Robin     2
Savannah Sparrow     4
Song Sparrow     12
White-crowned Sparrow     20
Dark-eyed Junco     1
Red-winged Blackbird     50
Western Meadowlark     3
Yellow-headed Blackbird     35

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

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