[TopOfUtah] Eagles and Rough-legged Hawks

[Craig Fosdick]

Mo Correll, Ryan O' Donnell, Stephanie Cobbold, and myself took a rather
long drive from Logan to Birch Creek Reservoir in hopes of just
*maybe*finding some Rosy-finches still hanging around.  Not so much
with the
Rosy-finches.  Beautiful day, a winter wonderland, but not surprisingly, the
Rosy-finches were not around since the entire landscape was blanketed with
6"-8" of fresh snow.   The only birds we saw at Birch Creek were a single
Black-capped Chickadee and a Golden Eagle.

Birds of interest-about 13 or so Rough-legged Hawks, most in the Bear River
floodplain along UT 16 between Randolph and Woodruff.  Woodruff had
10+ Eurasian-Collared Doves; we saw one more in Randolph.  We also had 8+
Bald Eagles (3 in Randolph, 1 in Woodruff, and 4+ along UT 99) and 4
Goldens.  A Northern Shrike was also along UT 99 west of Woodruff.

Single Red-winged and Brewer's Blackbirds were at a farm along UT 16, and
single American Tree Sparrows were at a feeder in Woodruff and along UT 99.

We searched to no avail for Snow Buntings, Lapland Longspur, Horned Lark.
Other than raptors and magpies, there wasn't much around.

Good birding, Craig.
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