LBBG - Bountiful Landfill; misc. stuff

["Colby Neuman" <scythebill83 at hotmail dot com>]

Hi all,

I was surprised (and maybe it's actually a good thing considering a landfill 
is not the most desirable place to go birding) to see that no one had 
reported gulls, etc. from the Bountiful Landfill this winter.  Anyway, I 
went there today and saw a third-winter Lesser Black-backed Gull (the 2nd 
winter bird from last year?) among the California, Ring-billed and Herring 
Gulls.  I did not see any Thayer's or Glaucous type gulls, and there were 
only a couple (literally) of non Ring-billed first winter gulls present in 
the entire dump...very odd!  However, there was one first winter Herring 
type gull that was interesting to say the least (I'll leave it at that for 
now) so I'll probably head back up there later this week.

Also, sveral birders this fall reported Cackling Goose in Utah, but I do not 
believe any of them mentioned the subspecies with which they thought the 
bird(s) belonged to.  Because there are several subspecies possible in Utah 
I would encourage you to report the subspecies you observe so that all of us 
can begin to learn when, how many and which subspecies of Cackling Goose 
move through our region.

Let me know if you want to go birding!

Colby


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