BW Teal & BG Gnatcatcher - Utah Co

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

Hi all,  I birded the Timpanogose Wastewater Treatment Plant this afternoon. 
 There were lots of birds there.  In the shallow pond in the field east of 
the main ponds there was a beautiful male Blue-winged Teal with 15 Cinnamon 
Teal and 8 Dowitchers.  Other birds of interest were about 40 Yellow-headed 
Blackbirds, 5 DC Cormorants, 19 AW Pelican, and a Barn Owl in a willow tree 
along the south fence.
After the treatment plant I went to the Geneva Settling Ponds north of 
Lindon Boat Harbor.  There I saw Eared Grebes, many Cormorants, Tree 
Swallows, and to my surprise I found a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher in some sage 
brush.  I went through my sightings and this is the earliest I have seen a 
BG Gnatcatcher.  I have one sighting in Dec.


Eric Huish
Pleasant Grove UT
poorwill_@hotmail.com
801-360-8777




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