[TopOfUtah] Horned Grebes, Lesser Yellowlegs, etc. in Cache Co.

[Ryan O'Donnell]

Thanks to a tip from Keith Archibald, I and several others found TWO
HORNED GREBES at the ponds just west of the Landfill in Logan this
evening.  Here are a couple digiscoped shots:
 
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n105/Tsirtalis/HOGR2.jpg
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n105/Tsirtalis/HOGR.jpg
 
We also saw a Lesser Yellowlegs there, not a rare bird but my first of
the year:
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n105/Tsirtalis/LEYE.jpg
 
On the way back home, I stopped by the church in Benson and saw two
coveys of quail, the first of about ten birds and the second of at least
25.  I must assume these have been recently released by DWR.  I read on
the DWR webpage that quail have been established along the Wasatch Front
but have not taken hold in Cache Valley, despite repeated transplants.
Some of the birds I saw today looked like they might have been hybrids
between California Quail and Gambel's Quail, while others looked like
pure California or nearly so.  Does anyone on the listserve know any
more about this?
 
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
 
http://home.comcast.net/~tsirtalis/