[TopOfUtah] Cache Valley birding, 10/25/08

[Craig Fosdick]

Birded Cache Valley today (Sue's Ponds, Hyrum State Park,
Smithfield-Richmond Ag Fields) looking for additions to my year list.  No
such luck.  Sue's Ponds/Logan Mitigation Ponds continues to see apparent
daily turnover of at least some shorebirds.  Lots of gulls; at least 2350
California / Ring-billed between Hyrum State Park and Sue's Ponds.
Smithfield-Richmond Ag Fields, my eBird location name for the land just west
of US 91 between 7800 North and Richmond had lots of crows and Red-tailed
Hawks, including a beautiful juvenile dark morph.

Lists below.

Good birding, Craig

Craig Fosdick
Logan, Utah.

Location:     Logan Mitigation Ponds
Observation date:     10/25/08
Notes:     Tundra Swan, Red-tailed Hawk, American Goldfinch all flyovers.
Number of species:     11

Tundra Swan     6
Mallard     2
Red-tailed Hawk     1
Killdeer     6
Pectoral Sandpiper     4
Long-billed Dowitcher     56
Ring-billed Gull     15
California Gull     350
Herring Gull     2
gull sp.     4
American Goldfinch     2

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Location:     Smithfield-Richmond Ag Fields
Observation date:     10/25/08
Notes:     Includes one HY dark morph RTHA.
Number of species:     8

Northern Harrier     3
Red-tailed Hawk     20
American Kestrel     2
Rock Pigeon     40
Black-billed Magpie     5
American Crow     400
European Starling     40
Red-winged Blackbird     1

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Location:     Hyrum State Park
Observation date:     10/25/08
Notes:     Bald Eagle=adult. One Common Loon was calling.
Number of species:     18

Mallard     6
Bufflehead     2
Common Loon     6
Pied-billed Grebe     2
Eared Grebe     1
Western Grebe     1
Bald Eagle     1
Red-tailed Hawk     1
American Coot     30
Ring-billed Gull     750
California Gull     1000
Black-billed Magpie     5
American Crow     13
Common Raven     1
White-crowned Sparrow     4
Dark-eyed Junco     2
Red-winged Blackbird     6
House Finch     1

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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