[TopOfUtah] Birding Cache Valley

[Ryan O'Donnell]

This afternoon Stephanie Cobbold and I birded around Cache Valley,
mostly by car.  We stopped by the Logan Landfill, Benson Marina, 20-20
Ponds, Logan River Golf Course, the Fish Hatchery, and several other
areas between Logan and Wellsville.  We saw one young gull that I
thought at first might have been a second-year Herring Gull, but I
couldn't be sure and I didn't get great looks before it disappeared.
The other hundred or so gulls were about 95% Ring-billed and 5%
California.  We also saw our first Mourning Dove of the year, in Nibley.
(I know they've been around the area - seven were seen on the Logan CBC
- but I hadn't seen one yet.)  Here is our complete list for the
afternoon:
Canada Goose

Red-crested Pochard

Mallard

Gadwall

American Wigeon

Northern Shoveler

Ring-necked Duck

Canvasback

Redhead

Common Goldeneye

Bufflehead

Northern Harrier

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Rough-legged Hawk

American kestrel

Merlin

Ring-necked Pheasant

American Coot

Killdeer

Wilson's Snipe

Ring-billed Gull

California Gull

Herring Gull?

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Belted Kingfisher

Blackbilled Magpie

Americam Crow

Horned Lark

Black-capped Chickadee

American Robin

European Starling

Dark-eyed Junco

Red-winged Blackbird

Brewer's Blackbird

House Finch

Cassin's Finch

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

 

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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