Oh my god!
I am in shock! What inhuman thing would do such a thing? I feel so bad about this. I can imagine if this happened to me. I would be shattered! I love Tims sight and the incredible pics, stories, sighting reports, etc., and to have this happen to a person that was out doing what we all love to do.
I am so sorry Tim. What can we all do as a birding community for you??
Stephen Peterson
Logan, UT
From: Tim Avery <tanager@timaverybirding.com>
Reply-To: Tim Avery <tanager@timaverybirding.com>
To: birdnet@utahbirds.org, birdtalk@utahbirds.org
Subject: [birdnet] Farmington Bay, Tanner Park and a Car Burglary
Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 14:10:22 -0600
So the morning started great with a trip to Farmington Bay around 6:30 am. I
tallied 43 Species including 3 of the 4 Terns (no black). Shorebirds were
limited, just Avocet, Stilt, Killdeer, and Willet. Managed to find both
Clark's and Western Grebe at the end of Glover's Lane. After birding back
roads down to the Bountiful Lake I headed back to Salt Lake and to Tanner Park.
Heres what I saw there:
Black-headed Grosbeak
Bullock's Oriole
American Goldfinch
California Quail
Yellow Warbler
Orange-crowned warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Lazuli Bunting
Song Sparrow
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Black-capped Chickadee
Warbling Vireo
Western Scrub Jay
Lots of Female Broad-tailed Hummingbird's, no males
and one Male Calliope hummingbird (the morning highlight)
I probably forgot a few but oh well. In any event, a lady wlaking the paths
said she thought she saw a Lesser Goldfinch. I couldn't locate the bird,
so....
Well the topper. I walked back to the parking lot, and the window on my Jeep
was smashed out, My duffel bag with binoculars, camera bodies and lenses, and
all my field guides gone. All the great birds in the world couldn't make up
for this disaster. So beware if you go to Tanner Park, my car was right in the
open in the parking lot at 10 in the morning, I guess nothing is safe anymore.
Good Birding!
Tim Avery
Salt Lake City, UT or Beloit, WI
http://www.timaverybirding.com
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