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Kuhni’s Wetland Study

January to November 1998
Compiled by Merrill Webb

The Kuhni’s Wetland (Provo Wetland) is a tract of land in south Provo, that was swapped for wetlands destroyed in the expansion of the Provo Airport. This study, coordinated by Merrill Webb, has been undertaken to determine the general quality of the wetlands by check the usage by birds. Here is a summary, listing the different species recorded in this study:

Location: South of the East Bay Golf Course in Provo, Utah
Total number of species seen: 112
List of Species:

Grebes Podicipediformes
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
 
Pelicans
Pelicaniformes
American White Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
 
Herons & Egrets
Ciconiiformes
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night Heron
White-faced Ibis
 
Waterfowl
Anseriformes
Canada Goose
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Common Goldeneye
Barrow’s Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
 
Hawks & Eagles
Falconiformes
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin UW
 
Grouse & Quail
Galliformes
Ring-necked Pheasant (I)
California Quail (I)
 
Cranes, Rails & Coots Gruiformes

Virginia Rail
Sora FCS
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Shorebirds & Gulls Charadriiformes
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Common Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
 
Doves & Pigeons
Columbiformes
Mourning Dove
 
Swifts & Hummingbirds
Apodiformes
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
 
Kingfishers Coraciiformes

Belted Kingfisher
 
Woodpeckers
Piciformes
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
 
Perching Birds Passeriformes
Flycatchers
Tyrannidae
Western Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
 
Swallows Hirundinidae

Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
N. Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
 
Jays and Crows
Corvidae
Scrub Jay
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
 
Chickadees
Paridae
Black-capped Chickadee
 
Wrens Troglodytidae

Bewick’s Wren
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Kinglets and Thrushes Muscicapidae
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
American Robin
 
Shrikes
Laniidae
Northern Shrike
 
Starling
Sturnidae
European Starling (I)
 
Warblers, Sparrows, Tanagers, Blackbirds and Orioles

Emberizidae
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Virginia’s Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
MacGillivray’s Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson’s Warbler
Western Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Brewer’s Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer’s Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bullock’s Oriole
 
Finches
Fringillidae
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch