Box Elder County - Field Trip Lists


Grouse Creek Mountains

23 May 2002   Breeding Bird Survey - The BBS is in the south end of the Grouse Creeks, at Bovine Mountain and the surrounding flat, including a part of the old transcontinental RR grade.
Time:  
Observers: Mark Stackhouse
Total Species: 45
Species List:
Turkey Vulture
Sharp-shinned Hawk*
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Mourning Dove
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Northern Flicker
Gray Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Loggerhead Shrike
Plumbeous Vireo
Warbling Vireo*
Western Scrub-Jay
Pinyon Jay
Black-billed Magpie*
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Mountain Chickadee
Juniper Titmouse
Bushtit
White-breasted Nuthatch*
Rock Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Mountain Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin*
Sage Thrasher
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Sage Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Lazuli Bunting*
Western Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird*
Cassin's Finch
House Finch
Pine Siskin

*seen in the area, but not on the survey itself