I relocated the Hooded Oriole today at 1:30 in the same spot it's been hanging around. I talked to a lady whose house is one that the oriole frequents and she said that the two Bullock's Orioles and the Hooded Oriole all come to feed at her hummingbird feeder. She also said that the Hooded Oriole was at her house last year and stayed in the area until June. Amazing...
Yesterday along the Antelope Island Causeway, I saw my first phalaropes of the year. 60 Wilson's and 20 Red-necked Phalaropes. They were on the south side just before you reach the 2nd bridge. And if you take a 1/2 - 1 mile walk south from the parking lot next to the fee station you can see 300 or so Black-bellied Plovers. You need boots, because it is muddy, but there is a hose outside of the restrooms to clean them with.
At Garr Ranch, there wasn't much activity. I was rushed, because it closes at 5 pm, but had 35 minutes to locate a male "Myrtle" Warbler and one female Black-throated Gray Warbler.
- Ed Conrad