[Birdtalk] Antelope Island birds & bugs

[Dave Hanscom]

Salt Lake Audubon went to Antelope Island yesterday.  We saw lots of 
birds, but many more bugs.

The big mosquito-looking guys on the causeway were friendly.  The little 
tiny guys at Lady Finger Point and many other locations were not!  If you 
decide to go to the island in the near future, be sure to cover up and use 
lots of repellent before you get there.  My arms and neck are covered with 
oozing red bumps today.  I put repellent on when I realized the problem, 
but it was too late.  :-(

Birds of interest on the causeway: Black-bellied Plover, Perigrine Falcon
(about mile marker 5)

On the island: Rock Wren (Lady Finger Point), Burrowing Owl (in one of the 
boxes along the road west of the visitor center), Barn Owl and Says Phoebe 
(at the buffalo barn), Logerhead Shrike, Horned Lark, Sage Thrasher (on 
the road to the ranch), Yellow-rumped and Orange-crowned Warbler, Cedar 
Waxwing (at the ranch).

The good news is that they were spraying at the ranch, so there were no 
bugs down there.

Dave Hanscom