Utah Bird Report for 7/22/99
Submitted by Mark Stackhouse (westwings@sisna.com)
to the bird net
Birds mentioned
| Marbled Godwit | Utah Co.
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| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Davis Co.
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| Western Sandpiper | Utah Co.
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| Least Sandpiper | Davis Co.
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| Long-billed Dowitcher | Utah Co.
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| POMARINE JAEGER | Juab Co.
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| ELF OWL | Washington Co.
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| Burrowing Owl | Davis Co.
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| Rufous Hummingbird | Juab Co., Utah Co.
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| Bendire's Thrasher | Millard Co.
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| Black Rosy-Finch | Beaver Co.
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Transcript
Utah Birdline
(801) 538-4730
Compiler: Mark Stackhouse
Transcriber: Mark Stackhouse |
BEAVER COUNTY
Eight BLACK ROSY-FINCHES were seen on Delano Peak in the Tushar
Mountains
on Saturday, 07/17 (JK,P&SS,LW).
DAVIS COUNTY
About one mile west of the entrance station, on the north side of the
Antelope Island Causeway, a SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER and a LEAST
SANDPIPER,
were seen on Tuesday, 07/20 (JC,MS).
At least 10 BURROWING OWLS were seen in the area just west of the
visitor's
center on Antelope Island on Tuesday, 07/20 (JC,MS).
JUAB COUNTY
A POMARINE JAEGER was seen at Fish Springs NWR on Tuesday, 07/20, and
again
on Wednesday, 07/21. The bird was in the Pintail Unit of the refuge,
and
was seen early in the morning on both occasions (SB). Efforts to locate
the
bird later in the day on Wednesday were unsuccessful. Birders may wish
to
call the refuge at 522-5353 (local call in Salt Lake City) to get the
latest information. This is the second record of Pomarine Jaeger in
Utah.
A male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was seen in North Canyon on Mount Nebo on
Sunday,
07/18 (BM).
MILLARD COUNTY
A BENDIRE'S THRASHER was seen about 2 miles south of Lynndyl on the
"sinks"
road, on Sunday, 07/18 (DA). The "sinks" road is a gravel road between
US 6
and SR 125 about 2 miles north of Oak City.
UTAH COUNTY
Shorebirds are appearing in good numbers on the Swede Lane mudflats
west of
Springville. On Wednesday, 07/21, MARBLED GODWITS, WESTERN SANDPPIPERS
and
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were among the birds seen there (TR). In
addition, a
flock of LEAST SANDPIPERS was seen there on Saturday, 07/17 (BM).
At the north end of 4000 West in Lakeshore, MARBLED GODWITS and
LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHERS were seen on Saturday, 07/17 (BM).
A male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was seen visiting a feeder at Sundance Resort
on
Wednesday, 07/21 (MS).
WASHINGTON COUNTY
The ELF OWL, which has been heard calling in a large cottonwood tree at
Lytle Ranch, was again heard and seen in the same place on the evening
of
Wednesday, 07/21 (DAl). Another Elf Owl was heard calling while the
first
bird was in sight. They were in the very large, lone cottonwood about
1/4
mile north of the caretaker's house, just south of the pond, at the
junction of the hillside trail and the main trail up the wash. This is
the
first record of Elf Owl in Utah.
This concludes the Utah Bird Report for Thursday, July 22, 1999.
Observers: DA=David Allan; DAl=David Allen (of NV), SB=Suzanne Boschen,
JC=Jeffery Carlson (of IN); JK=Josh Kreitzer, BM=Brian Maxfield,
TR=Tuula
Rose, MS=Mark Stackhouse, P&SS=Priscilla & Steve Summers, LW=Lew
Wilkinson
Please report your sightings by calling the Utah Birdline at: (801)
538-4730 or by e-mail to westwings@sisna.com
You may e-mail questions and comments to westwings@sisna.com
or you may call (801) 487-9453.