Utah Bird Report for 05/08/01

[westwings at sisna dot com (Mark Stackhouse)]

- - RBA
* UTAH
* Statewide
* May 8, 2001
* UTAH0105.08

- - Birds mentioned:

Horned Grebe                    Cache Co.
Green Heron                     Grand Co.
Greater Scaup                   Box Elder Co.
Broad-winged Hawk               Wasatch Co.
Black-bellied Plover            Davis Co., Uintah Co.
Semipalmated Plover             Box Elder Co.
Solitary Sandpiper              Box Elder Co., Weber Co.
Whimbrel                        Iron Co.
HUDSONIAN GODWIT                Box Elder Co.
Sanderling                      Davis Co.
CURLEW SANDPIPER                Davis Co.
Short-billed Dowitcher          Box Elder Co.
Thayer's Gull                   Box Elder Co.
Lewis's Woodpecker              Salt Lake Co.
Three-toed Woodpecker           Salt Lake Co.
Northern Waterthrush            Box Elder Co., Davis Co., Washington Co.
PAINTED REDSTART                Washington Co.
Lark Bunting                    Washington Co.
White-throated Sparrow          Utah Co.
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK          Iron Co., Uintah Co., Washington Co.
Indigo Bunting                  Grand Co.

- - transcript

Utah Birdline
(801) 538-4730
Compiler: Mark Stackhouse
Transcriber: Mark Stackhouse

BOX ELDER COUNTY

A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was seen at BRMBR on Sunday, 05/06 (J&KB). It was seen
along the east side of the auto-tour loop, 1.5 miles south of the restroom
at the refuge entrance.

Other good birds at or near BRMBR included a SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER on a
mudflat on the south side of the entrance road about 1/2 mile east of the
entrance, and a first-spring THAYER'S GULL along the south side of the
auto-tour loop, both on Saturday, 04/28 (MS,v.o.), and on Sunday, 04/29, a
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER on the mudflats at the entrance to the Chesapeake Duck
Club, and a SOLITARY SANDPIPER about half-way along the north side of the
auto-tour loop (C&TN).

A NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH was seen at the pond at Lucin, west of the Great
Salt Lake, on Thursday, 05/03 (KE,PK,JR,LS).

At Mantua Reservoir, a GREATER SCAUP was seen on Sunday, 04/29 (MS,v.o.).

CACHE COUNTY

A HORNED GREBE in breeding plumage was seen at the Logan sewage treatment
ponds on Sunday, 04/29 (B&JD).

DAVIS COUNTY

A CURLEW SANDPIPER was seen along the AIC on Sunday, 05/06 (J&KB). The bird
was not yet in full breeding plumage, and was seen amongst a flock of
SANDERLINGS near mile marker 2. Efforts to re-locate the bird on Monday,
05/07 were not successful, however, the bird was seen again in the same
location on Tuesday morning, 05/08 (TS).

A single BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER was seen along the shore of the Great Salt
Lake at the west edge of the Layton Wetlands on Saturday, 05/05 (PM).

A NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH was heard at the Fielding-Garr Ranch at Antelope
Island SP on Friday, 04/27 (MS,v.o.). It was along the stream east of the
buildings, in the thick brush near where the stream enters the lakeshore
marsh.

GRAND COUNTY

At the Matheson Wetlands Preserve in Moab, a GREEN HERON and an INDIGO
BUNTING have been seen over the past week, as reported on Monday, 05/07
(DF).

IRON COUNTY

A male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK was seen at Canyon Park in Cedar City on
Saturday, 04/28 (SH,v.o.).

The WHIMBREL, which was seen at Quichapa Lake west of Cedar City on 04/23,
was most recently reported on Saturday, 04/28 (MW). Quichapa Lake is just
south of SR 56, about 7 miles west of Cedar City.

SALT LAKE COUNTY

A LEWIS'S WOODPECKER was seen at about 3200 North and 2200 West in Salt
Lake City on Sunday, 05/06 (MZ), It was last seen flying southeast from
that location.

A female THREE-TOED WOODPECKER was seen at Brighton on Wednesday, 05/02
(MS,v.o.).It was about 100 yards west of the footbridge over the outlet of
Silver Lake, working the trees along the west shore of the lake.

UINTAH COUNTY

A male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK has been visiting a feeder in Jensen over the
past week, as reported on Friday, 05/04 (KP).

Two BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS were seen at Ouray NWR on Saturday, 05/05 (B&LR).

UTAH COUNTY

A WHITE-THROATED SPARROW was seen in a yard in Elk Ridge in south of Salem
on Thursday, 05/03 (DS).

WASATCH COUNTY

A BROAD-WINGED HAWK was recorded by volunteers at the Hawkwatch
International count site above Jordanelle Reservoir at about 11:30 am on
Wednesday, 04/25 (fide LW).

WASHINGTON COUNTY

The PAINTED REDSTART, which was seen in Zion NP on 04/22, has been seen by
many over the past two weeks, with the most recent reports from Friday,
05/04 (MS,v.o.) and Saturday, 05/05 (MD). It continues to be seen in the
riparian woodland near the Temple of Sinawava shuttle stop and in a Douglas
Fir tree on the side of the canyon about 1/4 downstream.

A female ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK was seen at Lytle Ranch Preserve on
Thursday, 05/03 (MS,v.o.). It was in the cottonwoods near the preserve
entrance.

A flock of LARK BUNTINGS, which included 5 males and 2 females, was seen in
the Flora-tech fields west of Hurricane on Saturday, 05/05 (RF). To get
there, take Flora-tech Road south from SR 9 through an area of fields and
orchards to a newly-constructed cement building along a dirt road west of
the main road. The birds were in the edge of the fields near this building.

A NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH was seen at Lytle Ranch on Thursday, 05/03
(MS,v.o.). It was about 1/2 mile north of the ranch house along the stream.

WEBER COUNTY

A SOLITARY SANDPIPER was seen at a small pond at 2600 South 5100 West, west
of Ogden, on Sunday, 05/06 (J&KB).

This concludes the Utah Bird Report for Tuesday, May 8, 2001.

Observers: J&KB=Joel & Kathy Beyer, MD=Matt DeVries, B&JD=Brian & Jean
Dixon, KE=Kieth Evans, DF=Damian Fagan, RF=Rick Fridell, SH=Steve Hedges,
PK=Pam Kramer, PM=Paul Merola, C&TN=Colby & Tom Neuman, KP=Kathy Paulin,
JR=Jack Rensel, B&LR=Bruce & Lynn Robinson, TS=Terry Sadler, DS=Dennis
Shirley, LS=Lee Shirley, MS=Mark Stackhouse, SS=Steve Summers, MW=Merrill
Webb, LW=Larene Wyss, MZ=Max Zoeller

Abbreviations used:

AIC = Antelope Island Causeway
BRMBR = Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
NP = National Park
NWR = National Wildlife Refuge
SP = State Park
SR = State Route
v.o. = various observers

- - end transcript

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Mark Stackhouse
Westwings, Inc.
1432 Downington Ave.
Salt Lake City, UT 84105
(801) 487-9453
westwings@sisna.com


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