Salt Lake Birders Outing

[Hughjangillilan at aol dot com]

A group of Salt Lake Birders went north today to B.R. Refuge, Ogden Nature 
Center, and Farmington Bay.  The B.R. Refuge was ice, ice everywhere, VERY 
little open water and little to see other than hundreds of Larks and Pipits 
on the entrance road and dikes. We looked in vain for the Varied Thrush at 
the Ogden Nature Center (after scrutinizing dozens of Robins).  We saw no 
owls at F.B.R. but the female Longtailed Duck is still living a solitary 
existence on the west side of the dike at the causeway.  Tundra Swans were 
strung out on the ice east of the dike.  Four Avocets were at the south end 
of the dike. Also, for the last few days an American Bittern has been 
presiding over the little pond and marshy area just south of the 
toilet/parking area on the east side of the entrance road.  Hugh Gillilan
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