December field trip report

["kevin wheeler" <turtleherder at hotmail dot com>]

By JoAnne Weldon:
Field Trip to Quail Creek SP, Stratton Pond, SR9 Sewage Ponds, Sand Hollow 
SP
and Hurricane Fields.  Undaunted by the cold temperatures, 15 intrepid
birders set out on Saturday, Dec. 4.  The itinerary started with Quail Creek
Reservoir.  After a hot snack stop at the local convenient mart, we moved on 
to
Stratton Pond and environs.  We then meandered over to the Rte 9 Sewer Ponds 
and
up
to the Sand Hollow State Park.  Finally we returned to St George via the
Hurricane Fields.  A total of 64 species were tallied including 8 raptors.
Group
favorites included golden eagle, white-winged scoter (a life bird for many),
hooded merganser, verdin and ferruginous hawks.
The birds seen on the trip are:
Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Widgeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
White-winged Scoter
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
American Coot
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Merlin
Prairie Falcon
Gambel's Quail
Killdeer
Ring-billed Gull
Mourning Dove
Greater Roadrunner
Northern Flicker
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Loggerhead Shrike
American Crow
Common Raven
Verdin
Bushtit
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
American Pipit
Cedar waxwing
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Savannah Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
House Sparrow


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