Oct 2007
Lu Giddings (28 Oct 2007) - I made the drive to Moab Friday morning and spent the rest of the day and yesterday morning birding around town and the adjacent area.... The only noteworthy sightings were Eurasian Collared-Doves. Flocks of 5,6, and 16 were spotted around town early Saturday morning.
Jun 2007
Tim Avery (16 Jun 2007) - While conducting a survey along the Dolores River I had an Adult Yellow-billed Cuckoo fly across the river and into a patch of Willow. The area where the bird was seen is just up from the confluence with the Colorado. Also, where the road meets the river, I camped the night before, and at around 5:30 am on the 16th a Green Heron was heard and seen flying over the river. Also in this same area was a "southwest" WILLOW FLYCATCHER.
May 2005
Todd Elliott - ...While visiting the Moab area this past weekend (Friday, May 20) I saw the silhouette of a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. I was eating at an outdoor restaurant and watched the unmistakable shape, with the long, forked tail, slowly make its way across the sunset sky. By the time I could get out to chase it down there was no sign of it. This was in the center of Moab, on Center Street, one block west of US-191...
Feb 2005
Matt Williams (15 Feb 2005) - My wife and [I] took a much needed trip to Southeastern Utah this past weekend...At Arches [NP]...my wife noticed a large flock of birds flying in as were nearing Delicate Arch on foot. I knew they were Rosy Finches but realized how difficult they are to see and ID in flight. Fortunately, I did get nice looks at at least a few and I can say that most were likely Black Rosy-Finches in this flock of at least 100 birds. This was a life bird for me and certainly an unexpected surprise. A later surprise came with a Merlin perched in a tree south of Moab.
Nov 2004
Marcy Hafner (24 Nov 2004) - The big surprise this morning out at the preserve [Scott M. Matheson Preserve] on the river trail was a White-throated Sparrow. It had the yellow lores to prove it was a white-throated and not a white-crowned...
Oct 2004
Nick & Marian Eason (18 Oct 2004) - We currently have an Eastern Blue Jay visiting our feeder. He first appeared about 8:35 a.m. this morning and has been back and forth a couple of times. I don't see an observation on the Preserve list so don't know if one has been observed in the Moab area before. If you have seen one in the past, let us know.
May 2004
N Meason (20 May 2004) - a Phainopepla was sited in Moab, near Old City Park over the weekend (5/16). The bird was identified by five members of the Moab Bird Club....
Jan 2004
Damian Fagan (12 Jan 2004) - A Harris' Sparrow was observed at a feeder in the Barlett Circle subdivision (Moab, Grand County) this morning. The bird was in a mixed flock but observed for quite some time. A Merlin was observed stooping and pulling up from it's dive on 400 North (Moab, Grand County) near the Allen Memorial Hospital on January 12th. Since I almost hit the bird with my car, I had a really good look at the heavily streaked underside and the banded tail.
Aug 2003
Damian Fagan (20 Aug 2003) - A Gray Catbird was observed along the Colorado River trail, near the cottonwood self-guided trail marker, on August 19th, in the Scott M. Matheson Wetlands Preserve. Also a Green Heron was observed at Cottonwood Bend Ranch, upstream of Dewey Bridge on August 15th.
June 2003
Damian Fagan - (3-4 June 2003) A couple of recent bird sightings at or adjacent to the Scott M. Matheson Wetlands Preserve, Moab. Worm-eating Warbler along Stewart Lane (adjacent) in a neighbor's yard. The bird was feeding long enough for the birder to get out a bird book and look it up. Unfortunately, the birder left for Alaska the next day and there has been no follow-up. Sighting was 6/3. On 6/4 a female Hooded Warbler was mist-netted in the preserve by the UDWR staff.
April 2003
Joel and Kathy Beyer - ...Sunday morning, 4/13, a Blue-winged Teal at Matheson Preserve (Moab), seen from the wildlife blind.
Feb 2003
Damian Fagan - A Merlin was observed on 2/3/03 in the town of Moab (vicinity of 100 North and 400 East) in the morning.
Jan 2003
Damian Fagan - The Moab CBC was held January 4th. Unusual sightings included Harris' Sparrow, Merlin and Mourning Dove.
September 2002
Damian Fagan - (Tue, 3 Sep 2002) Recent bird sightings in the Scott M. Matheson Wetlands Preserve Greater Yellowlegs; solitary and spotted sandpiper; western and least sandpiper; Calliope Hummingbird; olive-sided flycatcher; dusky flycatcher; warbling vireo; red-breasted and white nuthatch; house wren; Townsend's, Nashville, and orange-crowned warbler; American Redstart; Northern Waterthrush; green-tailed towhee; lesser and American goldfinch.
August 2002
Damian Fagan - (Mon, 26 Aug 2002) Among the numerous migrants at the Scott M. Matheson Wetlands Preserve, Moab, Nashville Warbler, American Redstart, White-faced Ibis, and Brewer's Sparrows. Observations from 8/22-8/26, 2002.
June 2002
Damian Fagan - The UDWR mist netting crew caught a non-breeding Worm-eating Warbler in the Scott M. Matheson Wetlands Preserve (Grand Co.)
on June 25th, in the morning. I spent a half-hour in the afternoon trying to
locate the bird
without success - doesn't mean that it still isn't there. The bird was captured
in the southern portion of the preserve, just off of the gravel trail (near the
junction between this trail and the boardwalk) beneath the large overhead
transmission line.
Damian Fagan - On June 19th, at the Scott M. Matheson Wetlands Preserve in Moab (Grand Co.) one adult Osprey was fishing over the Central Pond and several pairs of Great-tailed Grackles were observed flying to and fro in the bulrushes.
May 2002
Damian Fagan -Two Sandhill Cranes were observed flying over Old City Park, in Moab, UT (Grand Co.) on May 4th, about 7 p.m. The birds were heading south. Also a Harris' Sparrow was observed at a feeder in Moab on May 3rd.
April 2002
Damian Fagan - Sighted a pair of Wood Ducks (4/17) roosting in the large cottonwood trees along the Mill Creek Parkway, between Grand County High and Mill Creek.
Damian Fagan - Three Red-breasted Mergansers on the Central Pond at the Scott M. Matheson Wetlands Preserve (Grand Co.) on 4/15/02.
January 2002
Damian Fagan - (Tue, 15 Jan 2002) A Northern Pygmy-Owl was
observed in the Scott M. Matheson Wetlands Preserve
(Grand Co., Utah) on Sunday, Jan 13th. The bird was observed perched in a tree
along the boardwalk trail right before sundown.
Damian Fagan - (Tue, 5 Jan 2002) Thirty-two Great-tailed Grackles were
observed during the Moab CBC on Jan.
5th. The birds have since been sighted in a large tree just north of the Denny's
on Highway 191 (Grand Co.). Also, a Merlin was observed by a feeder
watcher on the CBC