[TopOfUtah] Hardware Ranch, Cache Co., 4/5/09

[Craig Fosdick]

This afternoon I birded three locations in Blacksmith Fork Canyon, all in
Cache Co.  First I stopped at the Utah DWR fishing access at the mouth of
the canyon (not much going on there); next stop was Pioneer CG, which though
it had lots of snow patches, it also had very vocal Fox Sparrows and
Ruby-crowned Kinglets.

Finally, I walked 1.7 miles up the road from the OHV and snowmobile parking
area at Hardware Ranch.  The biggest surprise here was a Marsh Wren I saw in
a 6-m x 20-m patch of crushed cattails about 1 mi up road from OHV parking.
Further up the road I had a singing Sage Thrasher, and a  Lincoln's Sparrow,
both foy birds for me.  And, at one point, I looked up at a cumulus cloud
and saw a dot that with the aid of binoculars was resolved into a northbound
Red-tailed Hawk, which was soon followed by a Sandhill Crane and an
unidentified buteo whose shape and color strongly suggested Ferruginous
Hawk, but it was just too far and too high.
Good birding, Craig

Craig Fosdick
Logan, Utah.

Location:     Blacksmith Fork R.-DWR
Observation date:     4/5/09
Number of species:     6

Mallard     2
Rock Pigeon     3
Black-capped Chickadee     2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     1
American Robin     2
Song Sparrow     2

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Location:     Pioneer CG
Observation date:     4/5/09
Number of species:     4

Black-capped Chickadee     2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     2
Fox Sparrow (Slate-colored)     8
Song Sparrow     4

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

Location:     Hardware Ranch
Observation date:     4/5/09
Number of species:     16

Turkey Vulture     1
Red-tailed Hawk     1
Buteo sp.     1
Golden Eagle     2
Sandhill Crane     3
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)     1
Black-billed Magpie     3
Marsh Wren     1
Mountain Bluebird     1
American Robin     90
Sage Thrasher     1
Spotted Towhee     1
Song Sparrow     3
Lincoln's Sparrow     1
Dark-eyed Junco     20
Western Meadowlark     4

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