The Big Sit

["Eric Huish" <poorwill_ at hotmail dot com>]

Hi everyone,  Yesterday KC and I participated in The Big Sit. On October 
13th people all around the country (and in other countries) sat in one place 
and counted the birds they saw. I had always wanted to try a big sit.  It is 
not very scientific like the CBC, it is just for fun, and is more relaxing 
than a Big Day.  I enjoyed it.  Check out The Big Sit web site at- 
http://members.aol.com/nhbirdclub/bigsit.htm

We could only count birds we saw or heard from a 17 foot diameter circle.  
We decided to sit out at Lincoln Point(Utah Lake, Utah County)near the 
orchards along the side of the road.  We sat from 7:15 AM- 2:00 PM and went 
out again from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM.  We saw a total of 42 species.  Most 
interesting was Merlin, Herring Gull, RN Duck and Bufflehead. We had lots of 
misses I thought we would get such as Canada Goose, RT Hawk, Starling and 
Magpie to mention a few and We saw a Forster's Tern and Lincoln's Sparrow 
when we stoped there the day before that didn't show up for our count.

Species List:
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clarks Grebe
American White Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night Heron
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Northern Harrier
American Kestrel
Merlin
Ring-necked Pheasant
American Coot
Killdeer
Common Snipe
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Tree Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-rumped warbler
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
House Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch


Eric Huish
850 E 100 N
Pleasant Grove UT
poorwill_@hotmail.com
801-785-3478




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