[ucbnet] Provo Airport Dike - Black Tern, Soras, Blue Grosbeak

[Eric Huish]

I went birding around the Provo Airport Dike this morning.  Here are some 
sightings I thought people may be interested in - I saw a Black Tern flying 
overhead between the South extension and the Southwest corner.  There were 
many Soras Calling and walking around out in the open in an open area in the 
marsh between the new tower and the southwest corner (on the lake side of 
the dike).  I also saw a singing male Blue Grosbeak on the airport fence 
just before you enter the wooded area by the state park.  This week and last 
the Common Yellowthroats have been singing from in the moat along the west 
side of the airport and today I got to see one Singing while he slowly 
fluttered about up above the cattails.  There were Brewers Sparrows and a 
Sage Thrasher along the dike in the area between the new tower and the 
southwest corner.  There were many Eastern Kingbirds, a few Western 
Kingbirds and one Say’s Phoebe.  Plus Marsh Wrens and swallows were 
everywhere.  The Dike is very birdy this time of year.


Eric Huish
Pleasant Grove UT
poorwill_ at hotmail.com
801-360-8777