[TopOfUtah] Peeps arrive in Cache County, incl. Sanderling

[Ryan O'Donnell]

I stopped by Sue's Ponds (just west of the Logan Landfill) this
afternoon to see if the nasty weather might knock down some migrants,
and I wasn't disappointed.  The highlights were the peeps: six WESTERN
SANDPIPERS, one LEAST SANDPIPER, one SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, and one
SANDERLING.  By the time Craig showed up about an hour after I got
there, the Sanderling was gone, but the others hung around the whole
time we were there.  Other good birds included no less than twenty-two
BONAPARTE'S GULLS, one CASPIAN TERN, at least three species of swallows,
and three WILSON'S PHALAROPES.
 
Good birding,
Ryan
 
Ryan P. O'Donnell
Department of Biology and the Ecology Center
Utah State University
5305 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-5305
 
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