Virginia's, O-c @ Hobble Creek

["Matthew J. Williams" <mjw22 at comcast dot net>]

Hello All,
      My wife and I took a nice walk today (4/17) along the parkway at 
Hobble Creek.  On the drive in, we accidentally ended up on a side street 
in Springville and saw 2 male Ring-necked Pheasants involved in a brutal 
battle over territories that were likely scarce due to the houses in the 
area.  Despite the very captivating cock fight, my wife, Amanda, spotted a 
Golden Eagle overhead.  Just upstream of the pond, I saw an Orange-crowned 
Warbler with some Black-capped Chickadees.  A bit further up the trail, an 
interesting call drew our attention over to another migrant flock that 
contained some Chickadees as well as a male Virginia's Warbler. Pheasants 
were calling in several locations up here as well and we saw another Golden 
Eagle, this one was an immature.  Further up Hobble Creek Canyon, we saw a 
Steller's Jay and 2 Golden Eagles and some sort of grouse (just saw it run 
off the road).
       Earlier today, we saw a breeding-plumaged Yellow-rumped Warbler and 
a Ruby-crowned Kinglet along the Provo River Parkway.  Also, on Saturday, 
there were several American Dippers on and just downstream from the brown 
snowfield of the Bridal Veil falls avalanche in Provo Canyon.

Good Birding,
Matt Williams
Provo, UT


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