Review Species Reported this month:
Black Scoter Davis
Co.
Red-necked Grebe Morgan Co.,
Weber Co.
Tropical Kingbird Weber Co.
Winter Wren Washington Co.
Northern Parula Utah Co.
Painted Bunting Washington Co.
CACHE COUNTY
Ryan O'Donnell (23 Nov 2013) A BLUE JAY was found by me in my
neighborhood in Logan on 23 November and continues through at least yesterday, 5
December. This is the third county record in eBird.
Ryan O'Donnell (17 Nov 2013) A drake EURASIAN WIGEON was found by me at
the Logan Polishing Ponds on 17 November but has not been seen again since,
despite at least two attempts to relocate it. This is the sixth county record
overall, and the first record from the county in fall.
Ryan O'Donnell (9 Nov 2013) A PACIFIC LOON has been seen at Hyrum
Reservoir, starting on 9 November and continuing through at least 27 November.
This species is less than annual in the county, but has been recorded here in
recent years once every two or three years on average.
DAVIS COUNTY
Weston Smith (27 Nov 2013) - A Black Scoter at Farmington Bay.
Bryant Olsen (18 Nov 12013) - Saw some good birds
today around the GSL. Started off at dawn with the continuing PACIFIC LOON at
Lake Park ... Then I went to the AIC, were I found 3 LONG-TAILED DUCKS at the
second bridge. Also there were 2 SURF SCOTERS and the continuing BLACK
SCOTER hen and at least 1 BARROW'S GOLDENEYE. Nearby in the marina I
found an apparent 1st cycle WESTERN GULL?, large very dark overall, with a
massive spade shaped all dark bill.
Paul Higgins (18 Nov 2013) - [AIC] - I saw five
Snow Buntings at the concrete, rock jetty, rusted culverts, just south of
the weather station(only got one quick image). I saw five Long-tailed Ducks
at the first bridge north of Antelope Island....
Rich Young (16 Nov 2013) - I just got around to
posting my finds at the Antelope Island Causeway on November 10, looking
primarily for sea ducks; but I did happen onto the juvenile Sabine’s Gull,
along with a Horned Grebe…
Delores Freestone (14 Nov 2013) - We saw some GRATER SCAUP (hens)
at Farmington Bay this past weekend.
Brenton Reynor (4 Nov 2013) - [AIC] - LONG-TAILED DUCKS south of
the second bridge. Behind a raft of scaup. Flying around a lot. Dickson Smith
and I are looking at them right now. Scope needed.
Cindy Sommerfeld (1 Nov 2013) - [Antelope Island] - Lovely weather to
bird today. We did see the Black Scoter along with 22 Surf Scoters. Our species
count was 55 (thanks for a little bit of help from our friends, Kris and Paul).
Here's the species list: [highlights] Surf Scoter,
Black Scoter, Red-breasted Merganser, Horned Grebe, Merlin, Prairie Falcon,
Baird's Sandpiper, Bonaparte's Gull, Great Horned Owl, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Hermit
Thrush, American Tree Swallow,
Snow Bunting,..
MILLARD COUNTY
David Allen (25 Nov 2013) - [Oak City] - I saw a Yellow Shafted
Northern Flicker at the spillway from Gunnison Bend Reservoir on Sunday
11/24. There were also `1000 Snow Geese around the reservoir - along with
a few Ross's. Had a WHITE-WINGED DOVE at the feeders in my
backyard in Oak City. Bald Eagles seemed to arrive here early this year.
Observed my first of season on 11/3. I don't usually see any in NW Millard until
the week of Thanksgiving.
MORGAN COUNTY
Weston Smith (25 Nov 2013)- There is a Long-tailed
Duck on East Canyon Reservoir. It was with about a dozen Common Goldeneyes
and a male Bufflehead over near the marina. Also there was a male Hooded
Merganser near the South end of the lake and a male Barrow's Goldeneye
with a large group of Common Goldeneye in the middle of the lake.
Weston Smith (12 Nov 2013) - The Red-necked Grebe
was still on East Canyon in the same area as reported earlier. I also saw one
drake Barrow's Goldeneye with a couple hens. I was able to find one
Pacific Loon in the nearly two dozen Common Loons that are still on the
reservoir.
SALT LAKE COUNTY
Carolina Roa (28 No 2013) - HERMIT THRUSH. Tanner Park
intersection at bottom of hill north to the stream by big patch of grapes.
Stephanie Greenwood (25 Nov 2013) - I stopped at the Warm Springs pond on
my way to Salt Lake again to see if the Mew Gull was there. A few minutes
in Bryant Olsen pulled up and shortly relocated the gull...
Keeli Marvel (23 Nov 2023) - [Redwood Trailhead] -
Kendall Watkins, Yvonne Carter and I stopped to scope out the Jordan River for
Goldeneyes at Redwood Trailhead Park and Kendall spotted a Female Long-tailed
Duck floating mixed with several dozen Goldeneyes...
Kathleen Robins (23 Nov 2013) - A VARIED THRUSH
(adult male) showed up in our backyard this afternoon. It has been around now
for a few hours eating apples brought down by the wind. Nice surprise. We live
in the Canyon Rim area of Salt Lake City.
Bryant Olsen (23 Nov 2013) - This morning around
11am I saw an apparent 'WHITE-WINGED' DARK-EYED JUNCO in the SLC
Cemetery. It was near the Catholic church in the east central section of the
cemetery.
Rachel LeBlanc (17 Nov 2013) - Looks like there’s a
PACIFIC LOON at the westernmost lake at Lake Park Bldv, Lake Park in West
Valley City. I saw it at 9:00 am and again at 11:30 am...
Nice bird!
Jeff Cooper (14 Nov 2013) - [Lee Kay Ponds] - I made two cursory visits
to Lee Kay Ponds today. ...The coolest birds for me today were some handsome
male Hooded Mergansers, female counterparts, and young ones. They were
first of season observations for me...Other FOS ducks were
Buffleheads, Common Mergansers, Common Goldeneyes, and Northern Pintail.
I think American Wigeons were also first of season for me. Lots of RB,
California, and Herring Gulls.
Bryant Olsen (9 Nov 2013) - I went for a short walk in the rain around
Mt. Olivet cemetery near the U of U this morning, and much to my surprise came
across a male 'Black-backed' Lesser Goldfinch among a large flock of them
in the northeast section, in the birch trees...
Nicki Davis (12 Nov 2013) - [Draper] - The Western Screech Owl is
here in Draper for the fifth year. He uses a Flicker Nest box to sleep in during
the day...
Rich Young (7 Nov 2013) - [Big Cottonwood Park, Holladay] - Today I
discovered a male Northern Yellow-shafted Flicker there!
Bryant Olsen (4 Nov 2013) - [Lee Kay Ponds] - Today
around 1:30pm myself and Matt Pendleton saw an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
at Lee Kay ponds.... Also lots of
Herring Gulls there. Earlier in the day we saw several ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS,
5 TUNDRA SWANS, and a large flyover flock of SNOW GEESE at the
ISSR.
Glenda Cotter (2 Nov 2013) - [Parley's Gulch] - Saw
one of the reported Lewis's Woodpeckers at about 5:15 p.m. this
afternoon. It was on top of the fifth pole heading east, next to the interstate.
A pair of Red-tailed Hawks were squabbling over the second pole.
UTAH COUNTY
Eric Huish (27 Nov 2013) - If you go looking for
the Blue Jay in Santaquin watch the tops of the telephone poles. There is a
Lewis's Woodpecker hanging out in the area.
Dennis Shirley (27 Nov 2013) - ...John Gunderson called me yesterday to say
he had a "blue jay" coming to his feeders and has been doing so for a few days
now.... It is in fact an
EASTERN BLUE JAY! It usually doesn't stay long, grabbing a seed or two then
flying off....
Alton Thygerson (25 Nov 2013) - ...At about 2:30, while looking for the Long-tailed
Duck west of the south jetty which bends to the north, a PACIFIC LOON was
spotted in the same vicinity that the Long-tailed Duck has been found. The
Long-tailed Duck was seen in the same location reported by Eric, Dennis,
John, Carlos, etc., west of the north end of south dike at Utah lake Stat Park.
Eric Huish (25 Nov 2013) - I just spotted a female Long-tailed Duck
LONG-TAILED DUCK feeding right up against the north side of the north jetty
at Utah Lake State Park. (7:30 am Nov 25). Long-tailed Duck are rare in Utah
County. This is only my second sighting ever in the county.
Jeff Cooper (24 Nov 2013) - [Pleasant Grove] - ... a fly-in Merlin temporarily put our
drive on hold. Unfortunately, it landed in a poplar tree with the sun right
behind it--talk about blinding. We drove down the street and out of the
neighborhood when the previous Merlin perched on a power pole briefly and
then flew. Five minutes later we were admiring a satisfied immature Cooper's
Hawk.
Eric Huish (24 Nov 2013) - Carlos Caceres and John
Crawley reported a Pacific Wren up South Fork yesterday, in the same spot
the Pygmy-Owl was seen on Friday. Brenton Reyner and I went up South Fork this
morning to look for the wren. We found a pullout and walked back to the spot
where we heard it call and were able to get close views of the wren....
Eric Huish (23 Nov 2013) - I just saw a first
winter HARRIS'S SPARROW on 4000 West in Lakeshore. (10:30 am nov 23). It
was with about 50 White-crowned Sparrows along the road just south of the
viewing tower (before the road drops downhill). GPS 40.14248 -111.74952.
There was also a late Cattle Egret at the beginning of Swede Lane and 2
more Cattle Egrets on River Lane earlier this morning.
Eric Huish (22 Nov 2013) - I was up early this
morning (Nov 22) so I went up South Fork Provo Canyon before work. I listened
for owls while it was still dark but couldn't hear any. I did hear Chukars
calling from up on the hillside. At about 7:00am I spotted a Northern
Pygmy-Owl in the bushes on the side of the road. It was just up-canyon from
the Big Springs Park turn off...On Wednesday I spent an hour in the rain up
American Fork Canyon. There was a large flock (10 or 15 birds) of
Golden-crowned Kinglets at the Swinging Bridge Picnic Area...
Dennis Shirley (21 Nov 2013) - [Lincoln Point] -
This morning a COMMON LOON was seen diving along the west side of Utah
Lake near Lincoln Point. Other notable birds: COMMON GOLDENEYE, HOODED
MERGANSERS, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, other GREBES (PIED-BILLED, WESTERN,
CLARK'S).
Bryant Olsen (21 Nov 2013) - I went for a walk along the Jordan River
from were it comes out of Utah lake down just past the model airplane field. I
was surprised to find 2 late BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS and a LEWIS'S
WOODPECKER. ... Also had a flyover Peregrine after a Collard
Dove, which in turn was being tailed by another Peregrine. The dove escaped and
landed in a tree, and the Peregrines went off after each other, pretty cool.
Jeff Cooper (19 Nov 2013) - 1st winter MEW GULL
at Powell Lake. In case you are looking for a Mew Gull in Utah County. Tim
reported this at Powell Lake in Lehi moments ago.
Eric Huish (19 Nov 2013) - Carlos Caceres and I just saw a NORTHERN
PARULA on the Provo Airport Dike. It was with a couple of chickadees in
trees and brush between the south extension and the southwest corner. GPS
40.20752 -111.72323.
Jeff Cooper (3 Nov 2013) -... I drove down to the LDS Church farm
in Elberta. My favorite raptor was the first Prairie Falcon I'd seen in
months...On
the way home I enjoyed both light and dark morph Ferruginous Hawks along with a
variety of Red-tailed Hawks along SR 68 (aka Redwood Road).
Eric Huish (3 Nov 2013) -I birded several areas around Utah Lake this
past week. Highlights were Harris's Sparrow and White-throated Sparrow.
I birded Lindon Beach again on Saturday. I didn't look for the White-throated
Sparrow because I didn't want to disturb some nearby duck hunters. A Chukar
was still there, 6 Tundra Swans flew over and there was a couple of
Herring Gulls in with a flock of Ring-bills and Californias. A small flock
of peeps flew by but I couldn't ID them. I'm guessing probably Least Sandpipers.
WASHINGTON COUNTY
Rick Fridell (29 Nov 2013) - [Lytle Ranch] - Yesterday (11/28), Steve and
Cindy Sommerfeld located a female PAINTED BUNTING in the milo field at
Lytle Ranch, Washington Co., UT. Larry Tripp, Quinn and I relocated the bunting
mid-day today (11/29) foraging near the north end of the milo field.
Rick Fridell (27 Nov 2913) - This morning (11/27) I
located a WINTER WREN at the Cottonwood Wash inflow, Washington Co., UT.
Rick Fridell (24 Nov 2013) - There is an adult male SURF SCOTER at
Stratton Pond (Grandpa's Fishing Pond), Hurricane, Washington Co., UT. The pond
is at the north end of 3700 West. There is also a nice collection of ducks at
the pond including a flock of Greater Scaup, several Hooded Mergansers,
many Canvasbacks, Redheads, Ring-necks, Wigeon, etc.
Rick Fridell (23 Nov 2013) - On Wednesday evening
(11/20), Quinn and I stopped at Berry Springs Marsh (along SR-9 near the Quail
Creek Chevron in Hurricane) to watch the large numbers of blackbirds and
starlings coming to roost in the marsh. We were pleased to see two COMMON
GRACKLES on the wires along SR-9 among the large flocks of black birds. Dan
Trujillo made it just before dark to see the grackles as well. Somewhat
surprising, these were my first Common Grackles for Washington County (county
bird number 362!); I'd been expecting to find one for over ten years before
finally giving up a few years ago...
--Also the Snow Goose has arrived back to winter at
Springs Estate Pond (Springs Park, St. George). It arrived two years ago as a
juvenile and is now sporting immaculate adult plumage. There were also three
additional Snow Geese with a small flock of Canada Geese in the nearby
Washington Fields.
WEBER COUNTY
Kristin Purdy (26 Nov 2013) - I finally scratched an itch today and
logged a NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL on SR-158 in lower Powder Mountain Canyon in
Weber Canyon on the way to Powder Ridge Village to check on the bird feeders.
...The owl was at mile 8.7, west side of the road, surveying across the road
from about 30 feet up. This was at 10:45 a.m. I also decided to continue birding
up the road past the condo complex on foot and didn’t go very far when I heard
RED CROSSBILLS kip-kipping and apparently landing in nearby fir trees.
... The crossbills were singing. Not just kipping; they were singing short
segments of their thin warble while I couldn’t see a one of them. Sticking with
it meant also seeing Mountain Chickadees, Pine Siskins, and even an
uncharacteristically silent pair of CLARK’S NUTCRACKERS also working the
seeds from the fir cones.
--It was so warm on the way down the mountain that I had the window
open and heard Mountain Chickadees calling about two-tenths of a mile below the
condos. I stopped to see what else might be with them and heard a Red-breasted
Nuthatch gip-gip-gipping right away. Then a silent, big, gray finch with white
wingbars and a yellow-green head caught my eye. I thought sure I had a female
White-winged Crossbill until I saw the whole thing and Whoopee! It was a PINE
GROSBEAK. I also saw a LEWIS’S WOODPECKER on the big power pole at
mile 5.5 (just over a half-mile north of Valley Market), and today was a two-MERLIN
day; one along SR-158 north of the Port Ramp Marina, and one on a power pole in
southeast Ogden.
--Ogden City Cemetery: A flock of 6-8 Golden-crowned
Kinglets who seem to love the clumps of cedar trees and my pishing; they fed
my ego when they finally came out of the clump and seemed to go mad for me.
Mike Hearell (22 Nov 2013) - There are currently 2 Cackling Geese and
1 Common Goldeneye x Hooded Merganser Hybrid at pond on 2700 N & HWY 89 in
Pleasant View (by Pepsi Plant).
Mike Hearell (21 Nov 2013) - Just located an adult winter plumage
MEW GULL mixed in with approx 150 RBGU in west Weber County.
Mike Hearell (14 Nov 2013) - Found a GREATER
SCAUP by the dam at Pineview Reservoir yesterday. She was hanging out by
herself approx 200 yards east of the dam when I last saw her.
Mike Hearell (6 Nov 2013) - [Ogden Bay WMA] - TROPICAL KINGBIRD.
Came across this guy at Ogden Bay WMA this evening while picking through tons of
sparrows and Marsh Wrens.
Mike Hearell (2 Nov 2013) - Red-necked Grebe
at Pineview Reservoir. West end approx 400 yards east of the orange buoy rope.
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