Misc. Sightings

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

Hi Everyone,

Please let me know if you're interested in knowing more about any of these 
sightings.  I can give more detailed directions to any of these birds.


8/12 -> Dog Lake Trail/Great Western Trail - Millcreek Canyon - Salt Lake 
County

The pygmy-owl imitation worked wonders with dozens of the usual birds coming 
in each time...notable sightings include:

Downy Woodpecker - 2 (a little on the high side)
Cordilleran Flycatcher - 1 still singing
Red Crossbill - lots of small groups flying over
White-winged Crossbill - 2 seen on the Great Western Trail past the junction 
of the Dog Lake and Great Western Trails

8-13

Chicken Creek Reservoir (Juab Co.) - no shorebirds; dry with only one small 
puddle
Yuba Reservoir (Juab Co.) - very low with good shorebird habitat, but most 
birds were too far away to even scope
Tropic Reservoir (Garfield Co.) - good shorebird habitat, but only 1 Spotted 
Sandpiper


8-14 & 8-15 -> SW of Bryce Canyon NP near Tropic Reservoir along FR 087- 
Kane County

Bird Highlights include:

Peregrine Falcon - 1
Williamson's Sapsucker - a juvenile and a male were seen on separate 
occasions
and Black-throated Gray (4) & Virginia (1) Warblers in a Douglas-fir/Aspen 
forest

Butterfly highlights (the few I could identify) include:

Mourning Cloak - 1
Wiedemeyer's Admiral - 2
Clouded Sulfur - many
Sonoran Skipper - many
Mormon Fritillary - many
Small Wood-Nymph - 2
West Coast Lady - 1
Blue Copper - 1
Pine White - several
Common Buckeye - 1 -> probably the best butterfly due to its limited range 
in Utah

On 8-14 I woke up early and listened for migrants giving their nocturnal 
flight calls.  In about 45 minutes I had 7 sparrows (Chipping?), 6 warblers 
and 2 unknowns fly over.

8-17 -> Clear Creek Campground - Raft River Mountains - Box Elder County

Bird Highlights:

Nashville Warbler - 1

Butterflies included: Field Crescents, Woodland Skippers and Common Branded 
Skipper


8-17 -> Lucin - Box Elder County

It was quiet with the only migrants being a juvenile Chipping Sparrow and a 
male Wilson's Warbler

As always...

THE BEST OF GOOD BIRDING!!!

Colby

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