[TopOfUtah] Lark Bunting, etc. in south Cache Co.

[Ryan O'Donnell]

This morning Sarah Mohlman and I did a volunteer point count for Little
Bear Conservation Alliance. We found a total of 43 species on this 4.75
mile hike on private land SW of Avon in Cache County.  The highlight was
a single adult male LARK BUNTING.  We also saw at least five different
YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS.  LAZULI BUNTINGS were everywhere - we counted a
minimum of 67.  One RUFFED GROUSE was heard drumming.  Additional firsts
of the year for me include OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER and LARK SPARROW.
Total counts are below and should be considered conservative minimums -
Sarah and I both need practice birding by ear so I'm sure we missed some
species and some individuals of the species we did find.
 
Ring-necked Pheasant 4
Ruffed Grouse 1
Wild Turkey 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Northern Harrier 1
Cooper's Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Golden Eagle 1
American Kestrel 1
Mourning Dove 2
White-throated Swift 1
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1
Western Kingbird 1
Black-billed Magpie 3
American Crow 8
Tree Swallow 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 13
Cliff Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 1
Yellow Warbler 18
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
MacGillivray's Warbler 2
Yellow-breasted Chat 5
Western Tanager 3
Green-tailed Towhee 12
Spotted Towhee 7
Chipping Sparrow 21
Brewer's Sparrow 11
Vesper Sparrow 5
Lark Sparrow 1
Lark Bunting 1
Song Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Black-headed Grosbeak 2
Lazuli Bunting 67
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Western Meadowlark 11
Brewer's Blackbird 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Bullock's Oriole 2
American Goldfinch 8

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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