Provo CBC

[Tuula M Rose <tuularose at juno dot com>]

The Provo Christmas Bird Count (Sat. 12/16) produced a grand total of 104
species which is second highest in its history. Some rarities seen:

 RED - SHOULDERED HAWK  -   Powell slew,  in the big trees by the pond
that is behind the  water treatment plant.

GREATER SCAUP  -  Geneva Steel cooling ponds

COMMON GRACKLE  -  (This was in Mark Bromleys area, he has details)

PEREGRINE FALCON  -  Mouth of Provo Canyon

NORTHERN PYGMY OWL  -  Ironton area. State Street to Springville. First
road west after the new road to East Bay.  It was in the trees on the
small road north just before the first railroad tracks.
 
WINTER WREN  -  Bicentennial Park located east of State street on the way
to Springville. It was in the board walk area in the thick willows by the
stream.

RED CROSSBILLS  - Still in the Provo Cemetery

Look for more detailed account of other birds and numbers seen on the
website soon.

All other Utah birdcounters!  Please post your rare sightings promptly
for all of us committed twitchers (Dana and me included).

This was a great  Bird Count Day.
Happy birding.
Tuula

 
    
========================================================================
 Send submissions to . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  birdnet@utahbirds.org
 Send replies to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  birdnet@utahbirds.org
   or to the original poster indicated in the From: line of the post
 Send (un)subscribe requests to  . . . .  birdnet-request@utahbirds.org
   In message body: type "subscribe" (without quotes) to subscribe
   In message body: type "unsubscribe" (without quotes) to unsubscribe
 Send problem reports to . . . . . . . . .  owner-birdnet@utahbirds.org
 Visit the Utah Birds web site at  . . . . .   http://www.utahbirds.org

------------------------------