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[Dennis Shirley]

Hi, 
  Early this morning I found an INDIGO BUNTING near Elberta, southwest Utah County. It was a brilliant male who was singing from the tops of scattered junipers when I drove up and continued until I left the area 45 minutes later. I was really surprised to find him here. The area is a juniper/sage slope habitat more tyical for sage sparrow, Bewick's Wren, and bushtits, but of course I couldn't find any of these.
  If you are interested, here are the directions to the spot.

Go to the intersection of US 6 and 68 in Elberta. Turn north on 68 and go 0.9 mile. Across the street from the large grain silos on the right, turn left onto the gravel road that goes diagonally northwest up the gradual slope. Go to the base on the mountain, which is about 4.0 miles. At the last dirt/gravel/rock road that goes right before dropping down into the wash and entering the canyon, turn right. I stuck a splintered board in the ground where you turn. Go 0.2 miles along this road, which actually used to be an old railroad grade track. At the unlikely spot I tied a pink flagging on a sagebush. The bunting was singing in the scattered junipers at this apot. You can't miss it if its singing. If it isn't all you can do is look around. About another 0.2 miles is an old railroad tunnel. It's an interesting area to explore and it's public BLM land. A pair of Say's Phoebe are nesting at the tunnel entrance.

Go get it!
Dennis

PS. -  By the way, those of you who are wondering, I did make it back in time for church. Hey, when you do a "Big", you have to lengthen your stride