|
Scheduled Activities
Birding & Birders Newsletters & Articles Hotline Sightings Places to Bird E-mail
The Main Website |
June Newsletter Thursday, June 11th.
"Differentiating Confusing Pairs" by Dennis Shirley JUNE 2009: UTAH COUNTY BIG MONTH - All month in June we will have field trips geared toward getting as many different species in Utah County as we can. Dennis Shirley will be leading half day trips (ending around 10 a.m.) each Saturday Morning this month. We will also have an owling trip on June 25 led by Lu Giddings and maybe other early AM or evening trips to get specialty birds such as Greater Sage Grouse, Williamson's Sapsucker, Black Swift, Ruffed Grouse, Poorwill, Short-eared Owl and others. Watch ucbnet and birdtalk or contact Dennis Shirley for info on spontaneous trips. All are welcome to attend. Here is the Saturday morning field trip schedule. Lets meet each Saturday at 6:00am at the Payson/I-15 commuter parking lot, since most of the time we will be in south Utah County. It's located off the I-15 Payson exit. Go right at the off ramp bottom, then a left in 100 yards, then another left into the parking area. It's across the street from the bowling alley. We will return by 10:00am each day so people can get other things done on their Saturday. June 6, 2009 - Utah Lake Environs - Waterfowl, Waders, Water birds, Blue Grosbeak, Eastern Kingbird, Bobolink. The Utah Lake Fest starts at 10:00am and we need to support these activities, so we will be back a little earlier for this. Meet at 6:00am at the Payson/I-15 commuter parking lot (see above for directions). June 13, 2009 - West Desert/ Tintics - Flycatchers, Sparrows, Wrens, Juniper Titmouse. Meet at 6:00am at the Payson/I-15 commuter parking lot (see above for directions). June 20, 2009 - Oak/Maple Foothill Chaparral - Warblers, Vireos, Grosbeaks, Finches. Meet at 6:00am at the Payson/I-15 commuter parking lot (see above for directions). June 25, 2009 - Payson Canyon owling - we may begin by looking for burrowing owls, great-horned owls, and barn owls between Payson and Elberta, or we can bird our way up Payson canyon until dark, depending on group interests. 6:00 pm - 12 am. Leave Payson Walmart at 6 pm. Please plan on carpooling with others. June 27, 2009 - High Elevations - Aspen/Spruce/Fir - Woodpeckers, Blue Grouse, Pine Grosbeak, Evening Grosbeak, Purple Martin. Meet at 6:00am at the Payson/I-15 commuter parking lot (see above for directions). "I made a wish list of those birds possible to find in Utah County in June and it is about 216. That's with a few stretches of course, but 200 may be possible. Merrill Webb currently has the highest number for Utah County in June at 164, so there's room at the top. Let's get everyone excited and have some fun." - Dennis Shirley
Fish Springs |
