Anyone need a Reddish Egret or Yellow-bellied Sapsucker for Tooele County?

[Milton Moody <miltonmoody at yahoo dot com>]

Merrill Webb and I were going to Harker Canyon in Tooele County today
and decided to stop by at James Walter Fitzgerald WMA to see what was
there.  We saw a juvelile Reddish Egret (amazingly enough), very
similar to the one at Gunlock Reservoir.  (Is that one still there?
We're pretty sure it's a different individual).  There were also
Red-necked Phalaropes and Baird's and Western Sandpiper, and a bunch of
pelicans.

We then went to Harker Canyon (south of Vernon in the Sheeprock
Mountains), and, (amazingly enough) we saw a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.
We got some good looks at it but couldn't get any photos despite a
pretty good effort.

The road up Harker Canyon is pretty rocky.  We found the bird about "2
blocks" beyond the first turnoff in the road after you cross the
stream.  (We had to walk from below the turnoff beyond the stream).
(Merrill may have some good instrustions on how to get to Harker Canyon
-- there weren't any road signs -- or you might try a map if you have a
good one).

There is a link to some photos of the egret on the Utah Birds
(utahbirds.org) website. Here's a link to the actual page:

http://utahbirds.org/FeaturePage4.htm

Happy fall migration,
Milton Moody