Provo CBC

[Merrill Webb <merrill_webb at byu dot edu>]

This is a brief summary of the Provo Christmas Bird Count last Saturday.
Good turnout of observers so that every area was covered pretty 
well.  Temperatures were not too cold--usually in the low thirties with no 
wind and no precipitation.  Total count was 93 species--lowest in quite a 
few years.  Only one new one for the count--Eurasian Collared Dove,  Dennis 
Shirley counted 10 in the Lake Shore area near where they have been 
observed all summer.  Milton Moody and Carol Nelson found a Lewis' 
Woodpecker in the foothills east of Provo and Tom Willis found six! Winter 
Wrens along Hobble Creek west of the first Springville Exit.  Mark 
Bromley's group counted 100 Avocets out in the Provo Bay area.  Most water, 
including Utah Lake is still open so the waterfowl were really scattered 
making it fairly difficult to find some of the waterfowl we usually find on 
our count.  Have a productive holiday season.  There are still more CBC's 
to go, so get out there and participate.  The compilers always appreciate 
all the help they can get.
Merrill Webb

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