Rare Birds Seen in Uintah County

Sightings Accepted by the Utah Bird Records Committee
(includes records through 2009)
  

  
Least Bittern
  • 14 May 1983 - Stewart Lake Waterfowl Refuge, Jensen, Uintah Co. by Mark T. Bromley (adult)

Little Blue Heron

  • May 1981 - Ouray National Wildlife Refuge, Uintah Co. by Mike Long

Broad-winged Hawk 

  • 18 May 1982 - Josies Ranch, Cub Creek Canyon, Dinosaur NM, Uintah Co., by Tim Helentjaris, Merrill Webb, others 

Mountain Plover

  • 9 May - 20 June 1979 - Kennedy Basin, near Bonanza, Uintah Co.

Hudsonian Godwit 

  • 2-5 May 1981 - Pelican Lake, Uintah Co., (7 individuals seen)
  • 15 May 1982 - Pelican Lake, Uintah Co., by Mark R. Bromley, Dennis Shirley, Merrill Webb (male? in breeding plumage - report of specimen taken same day)

White-rumped Sandpiper

  • 28-30 May 1999 - Pelican Lake & Ouray NWR, Uintah Co., by Coen Dexter, 11 others birders from Grand Junction Colorado (photo - 1 to 3 birds)  | Sight Record | UOS report |
  • 11 Jun 1999 - Ouray NWR, Uintah Co., Richard C. Hoyer, "Wings" tour participants (probably same as above) (UFO) |  Sight RecordHotline Report |
  • 28, 29 May 2001 -  (2 sight reports) Ouray NWR, Uintah Co., by Kathy Beyer and Joel Beyer, Terry Sadler, Dennis Shirley (as many as 11 adults)  | Sight RecordSight Record (a) |  GBR Report | UOS report |

Long-tailed Jaeger

  • 13 June 1985; Ouray NWR, Uintah Co., by Jim Hampson (adult)  | UOS report |

Broad-billed Hummingbird

  • 24 July-4August 1986 -  Jensen, Uintah Co., by Can Chure, Lorraine Ferris; Ella Sorensen, Merrill Webb, Joe Leigh  | UOS report |

Red-headed Woodpecker 

  • 28 Jul 1937 - Near Ouray, Uintah Co., by A. C. Twomey  (one adult male found dead)

Veery

  • Jul 1935 - near Jensen, Uintah Co., (specimen in the Royal Ontario Museum)

Bay-breasted Warbler

  • 25 May 1974 - Along the flood plain of the White River, 5 miles east of Bonanza, Uintah Co., (specimen in the U of U collection)

Blackpoll Warbler

  • 22 Sep 1990 - Pelican Lake, Uintah Co., by Ella Sorensne, Craig Kneedy  (one non-breeding) | UOS report |

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