Utah lake

[qrs2 at email dot byu dot edu]

Hi birders,
I took a trip around the airport dike at Utah Lake yesterday.  It was a perfect 
day for birding and it was great to see the activity going on.  I also took a 
walk down the path west of the campground area.  I saw about 36 species, which 
included a couple of new lifers for myself.  Some of the fun ones are listed 
below:
snowy egrets 
black-crowned night herons
Cinn. teal
black-necked stilts
avocets
white faced ibis
pied-billed grebe
common and red-breasted merganser (latter is a lifer)
violet green and barn swallow
turkey vulture
osprey
Northern harrier
yellow-rumped warbler
pelican

This bad weather is a blessing since I have to be indoors till finals are 
over.  Hope it continues for a week.

Quinn Shurtliff