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This morning I decided to join the UCBs at Bear
River. This was my first trip there this year. I saw most of the
birds they will report, a total of 39 species.
Here is my list, of which 6 are year birds
(*) and two of those are life birds (L).
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
American White Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night Heron
White-face Ibis
Canada Goose
Mallard (hen with babies)
Swainson's Hawk
Virginia Rail *
American Coot
Snowy Plover
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Great Yellowlegs *
Lesser Yellowlegs *
Solitary Sandpiper * L (2)
Spotted Sandpiper
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Least Sandpiper * L
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Phalarope
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern
Short-eared Owl *
Common Raven
Bank Swallow (hundreds on road and
fences)
Barn Swallow
Marsh Wren
European Starling
Lazuli Bunting (immature)
Red-winged Blackbird
Yelllow-headed Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
It was a very nice day! Bruce Robinson and
his wife were also with us and we met some birders with Donna Thorum from the
Salt Lake Birders.
Happy and successful birding!
Glenn in Fruit Heights
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