Re: Snowy Plover

[Joel Beyer <twobirders at juno dot com>]

Colby, 
We reported 4 Snowy Plovers at Saltair on January 20, 2002, and assumed
they were around only because it was such a mild winter and there were
abundant mudflats to feed on.  Guess not!
Joel and Kathy Beyer


On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 23:46:16 -0700 "Colby Neuman"
<scythebill83@hotmail.com> writes:
> My dad and I went up to the Antelope Island Causeway today.  The 
> biggest 
> surprise was a Snowy Plover!  Here's a list of the causeway birds:
> 
> Northern Shoveler - 3
> LONG-TAILED DUCK - 2 at the second bridge
> Bufflehead ~ 40
> Common Goldeneye ~ 40
> BARROW'S GOLDENEYE - 2 females at the second bridge
> Least Sandpiper - 14 scattered about
> SNOWY PLOVER - 1 - It was about 200 yards to the east of the weather 
> station 
> (on the north side).  I thought I remember someone reporting a flock 
> of 
> these fairly late in the fall so maybe this shouldn't be that 
> surprising?
> American Kestrel - 2
> Horned Lark ~ 10
> Common Raven - 2
> 
> Also, there was a Virginia Rail foraging in the mud 2 out of the 3 
> times I 
> walked down into the spring area at Garr Ranch.
> 
> Colby
> 
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