[Birdtalk] July Antelope Island Bird Survey

[Steve Sommerfeld]

Today Steve and I did our monthly survey for Antelope Island. It seems like
you wait forever for spring migration to start. Then fall migration comes
way too fast.  Today on the causeway we saw Wilson's Phalaropes, Western
Sandpipers and a few Least Sandpipers, fall migration has begun.
The California Gulls must have been very successful nesting this year,
immature Gulls were everywhere.
Our species total was 52.  Here's the list:

   1. Canada Goose
   2. Mallard
   3. Chukar
   4. California Quail
   5. Eared Grebe
   6. Double-crested Cormorant
   7. Great Blue Heron
   8. White-faced Ibis
   9. Northern Harrier
   10. American Kestrel
   11. Peregrine Falcon
   12. Virginia Rail
   13. Sandhill Crane
   14. Killdeer
   15. Black-necked Stilt
   16. American Avocet
   17. Willet
   18. Long-billed Curlew
   19. Marbled Godwit
   20. Western Sandpiper
   21. Least Sandpiper
   22. Wilson's Phalarope
   23. Franklin's Gull
   24. California Gull
   25. Mourning Dove
   26. Barn Owl
   27. Great Horned Owl
   28. Burrowing Owl
   29. Say's Phoebe
   30. Eastern Kingbird
   31. Loggerhead Shrike
   32. Black-billed Magpie
   33. Common Raven
   34. Horned Lark
   35. Cliff Swallow
   36. Barn Swallow
   37. Rock Wren
   38. American Robin
   39. European Starling
   40. Yellow Warbler
   41. Brewer's Sparrow
   42. Lark Sparrow
   43. Grasshopper Sparrow
   44. Song Sparrow
   45. Red-winged Blackbird
   46. Western Meadowlark
   47. Yellow-headed Blackbird
   48. Brewer's Blackbird
   49. Brown-headed Cowbird
   50. Bullock's Oriole
   51. House Finch
   52. House Sparrow

Cindy Sommerfeld
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