[Birdtalk] Deseret Ranch May 25

[Mark Stackhouse]

I had another trip to Deseret Ranch on Monday, and, no, we weren't  
able to find the Magnolia Warbler that we saw on Saturday. I also  
looked for it yesterday with no luck, so it looks like it moved on.  
I'll certainly post if I see it again (or anything else really good).

Monday's rain really softened up the roads on the ranch, so we were  
very limited in where we could go, including not being able to access  
either the Saleratus Ponds, Neponset Reservoir, the nesting sites for  
Prairie Falcon and Ferruginous Hawk, or the south meadows to check for  
Lark Buntings. However, we did have a great day of birding, and  
managed 120 species in spite of the limitations. In two trips over the  
Memorial Day weekend, we logged at least 146 species on the ranch,  
with some seriously big misses, and no access to the high country  
(still blocked by snow drifts). Some of the "good" birds we saw Monday  
were BLUE-WINGED TEAL, GREATER SCAUP, DUSKY GROUSE (beautiful  
displaying male), WESTERN SANDPIPER (late), STILT SANDPIPER (in  
breeding plumage), both phalaropes, BLACK TERNS (first of the year for  
the ranch), LEWIS'S WOODPECKER, and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH.

  The full bird list follows.

Good birding!

Mark Stackhouse

H = heard only


Canada Goose

Gadwall

American Wigeon

Mallard

Blue-winged Teal

Cinnamon Teal

Northern Shoveler

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

Canvasback

Redhead

Greater Scaup

Lesser Scaup

Common Merganser

Ruddy Duck

Dusky Grouse

Pied-billed Grebe

Eared Grebe

American White Pelican

Double-crested Cormorant

Snowy Egret

White-faced Ibis

Turkey Vulture

Northern Harrier

Swainson's Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Golden Eagle

American Kestrel

Sora

American Coot

Sandhill Crane

Black-bellied Plover

Killdeer

Black-necked Stilt

American Avocet

Willet

Spotted Sandpiper

Western Sandpiper

Stilt Sandpiper

Long-billed Dowitcher

Wilson's  Snipe

Wilson's Phalarope

Red-necked Phalarope

Ring-billed Gull

California Gull

Caspian Tern

Black Tern

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Mourning Dove

Flammulated Owl

Great Horned Owl

Burrowing Owl

Northern Saw-whet Owl   H

Common Poorwill   H

Broad-tailed Hummingbird

Lewis's Woodpecker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker   H

Hairy Woodpecker  H

Northern Flicker

Willow Flycatcher

Dusky Flycatcher

Cordilleran Flycatcher  H

Say's Phoebe

Western Kingbird

Plumbeous Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Clark's Nutcracker

Black-billed Magpie

Common Raven

Horned Lark

Tree Swallow

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Bank Swallow

Cliff Swallow

Barn Swallow

Mountain Chickadee  H

Red-breasted Nuthatch  H

Rock Wren   H

House Wren

Marsh Wren

American Dipper

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Mountain Bluebird

Townsend's Solitaire

Hermit Thrush  H

American Robin

Gray Catbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Orange-crowned Warbler

Virginia's Warbler

Yellow Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Northern Waterthrush

MacGillivray's Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Wilson's Warbler

Yellow-breasted Chat   H

Western Tanager

Green-tailed Towhee

Spotted Towhee

Chipping Sparrow

Brewer's Sparrow

Vesper Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Black-headed Grosbeak

Lazuli Bunting

Red-winged Blackbird

Western Meadowlark

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Brewer's Blackbird

Brown-headed Cowbird

Bullock's Oriole

House Finch

Pine Siskin

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow