[Birdtalk] Fw: eBird Report - Chimney Rock Pass , 6/4/09

[Dennis Shirley]

Hi Guys,
  Grant Jense and I birded the west side of Utah Lake from Elberta to Mosida and the Chimney Rock Pass area this morning. Of special note was an impressive "Kettle" of Swainson's Hawks near the northwest end of Elberta. We counted 173 and we both knew there were more we couldn't see. They were mostly one year old birds and showed a multitude of color variations, from very white-beasted to almost entirely black. I think this was the largest group[Kettle] of SWH I've ever seen. 
  Best Utah County birds of the morning included: Burrowing Owl[4], Black-throated Sparrow[5], Northern Mockingbird[3], Sage Thrasher[8], Pinyon Jay[4], Common Nighthawk[3], and Ferruginous Hawk[1].
A Good Day!
Dennis

    

--- On Thu, 6/4/09, do-not-reply at ebird.org <do-not-reply at ebird.org> wrote:

> From: do-not-reply at ebird.org <do-not-reply at ebird.org>
> Subject: eBird Report - Chimney Rock Pass , 6/4/09
> To: colimawarbler at yahoo.com
> Date: Thursday, June 4, 2009, 2:33 PM
> 
> 
> Location:     Chimney Rock Pass
> Observation date:     6/4/09
> Notes:     Swainson's Hawk - A large
> Kettle - perched in trees, on fence posts and on the ground,
> at the northwest end of Elberta. All looked to be
> immatures[year old].<br>Burrowing Owls - MP 13-14 on
> Highway west of Utah Lake
> Number of species:     31
> 
> Swainson's Hawk     173
> Ferruginous Hawk     1
> Long-billed Curlew     3
> California Gull     200
> Rock Pigeon     6
> Eurasian Collared-Dove     6
> Mourning Dove     12
> Burrowing Owl     4
> Common Nighthawk     3
> Western Kingbird     12
> Loggerhead Shrike     3
> Pinyon Jay     4
> Black-billed Magpie     2
> Common Raven     8
> American Robin     4
> Northern Mockingbird     3
> Sage Thrasher     8
> European Starling     12
> Yellow Warbler     1
> Brewer's Sparrow     8
> Lark Sparrow     10
> Black-throated Sparrow     5
> Savannah Sparrow     1
> Red-winged Blackbird     10
> Western Meadowlark     10
> Yellow-headed Blackbird     14
> Brewer's Blackbird     4
> Brown-headed Cowbird     4
> Bullock's Oriole     2
> House Finch     2
> House Sparrow     10
> 
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
>