Recent Sightings in Weber County

May 2008

Brenda Kidman (4 May 2008) - Well, it has been quite the unusual year for us in South Weber as well.  ...We got a new male Calliope Hummingbird yesterday. He has different neck feathers than the others that have been hanging around for a while do. They are more the spiky look.

Apr 2008

Brenda Kidman (22 Apr 2008) - Tonight I was sitting outside and had the pleasure of seeing a Male Calliope Hummingbird. My husband came out with his camera and we were treated to a serenade and it turns out we had two! It's only been a year but I always forget how stinkin' cute they are. It was so great.

Jan 2008

Lee and Paula Shirley (9 Jan 2008) - Harris's Sparrow - Lee and Paula Shirley observed the sparrow at the Ogden Nature Center at the last Audubon feeder (#5) at 1:30 p.m. Jan.8th.

Kris Purdy (3 Jan 2008) - Jack Rensel saw the Red-shouldered Hawk at the Ogden Nature Center again today, so there's a good 'un for those of you who keep annual lists. The bird did his usual Houdini Hawk routine--was nowhere to be found on the 152-acre property until Jack was leaving via the main driveway; there the bird was on a post near the entrance.

Dec 2007

Steve Carr (11 Dec 2007) - The Red-shouldered Hawk that Kris has been monitoring was seen at the picnic grove, in the far NW corner of the Ogden Nature Center. One of the workers at the ONC said that it is usually seen on the very east edge of the property in the a.m., then moves to the picnic grove and spends the afternoons there. Sure enough, although I examined the east edge from 10:30 to noon and didn't see it, I did locate it at the picnic grove at 1:30 p.m. Also seen was one Red-tailed Hawk and 2 Sharp-shinned Hawks - plus a zillion Robins.

Kristin Purdy (10 Dec 2007) - The Red-shouldered Hawk was at the Ogden Nature Center again today in Weber County. This time, the bird was in the open field just north of the parking lot. When I pulled in it was perched on one of the power poles that supports two bat houses out in the field. I can't believe I saw the bird so quickly today and watched it while my engine was still running. On Thursday, I searched for the bird for three hours on foot and never found it. The hawk took several perches around the perimeter of that particular field; two of which it chose because Red-tails were using them. This Red-shouldered must not be interested in peaceful coexistence; because it seemed to purposefully drive away the Red-tails. Eventually, the Red-shouldered crossed the field and I saw it in trees far to the east of Teal Pond. Later, it was back in the field north of the parking lot.

Kristin Purdy (5 Dec 2007) - Jack Rensel found and photographed a juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk at the Ogden Nature Center in Ogden, Weber County, last week and yesterday. Several of us saw Jack's digiscoped images last night and we flocked to the Center today. John Bellmon, Dennis Downey, Doug Roberts and I found the hawk in a row of trees 200-250 yards north of the Avocet Pond Observation tower. We scoped the bird across the open field and eventually were able to cut that distance in half by walking north and staying along the edge of the trees. It was a good study opportunity, good enough to say this bird is a juvenile of the elegans (California) subspecies.

Nov 2007

Kris Purdy (6 Nov 2007) - Just had a flock of seven Bohemian Waxwings land in the aspens in my backyard in Ogden, Weber County. They distracted me from my yard work with their trill distinctive from Cedars; what a way to take a break from yard work! Anyway, I crept over to my truck and grabbed my binocs to enjoy their rusty undertail coverts and red, white and yellow wing markings; then they took off and headed north. They need to come back. Who wants to go back to yard work?!?

Oct 2007

Kris Purdy (27 Nov 2007) - Several Black-capped Chickadees mobbed a Northern Shrike in Jefferson Hunt Campground in Ogden Valley, Weber County, this morning. The shrike appeared to be a first-year bird due to the buffy-tinged, scaly breast.

Bill Fenimore (7 Oct 2007) - We saw a beautiful male Summer Tanager on our bird walk Saturday along the Weber River Parkway in Riverdale. Walk north from 4300 South parking area until you reach the 1 mile post (although, it is approximately 1/4 mile from where you start on the trail), count 12 hash marks on the path way (approximately 40 yards) from the 1 mile post. The bird was in the Russian Olives on the west side of the trail. After disappearing, it responded to a tape and spent another 4-5 minutes nearby in the open. The Weber River Parkway is reached off Riverdale Road, going north on 700 west, turn right at the 2nd right onto 4300 south. There is a parking area off 4300 south. Walk north along the park way.

Feb 2007

Kristin Purdy (4 Feb 2007) - Hooper is Eurasian Collared-Dove territory and I saw many on the way in and out to the bay. As I recall, our Ogden CBC team that surveys that sector logged something like 162 collared-doves in Hooper. I also saw a couple in Clinton as I headed south to Antelope Island.

Nov 2006

Cheryl Peterson (27  Nov 2006) - John Bellmon, Bonnie Williams and I saw the Worm-eating Warbler at about 9:45 am. Hopefully everyone that was there when we left got to see it also. Thanks, Kris, for the great directions and for showing us the Western Screech Owl.

Kris Purdy (25 Nov 2006) - Thanks to Milt for posting the [Beus Pond] Worm-eating Warbler and to Glenn for calling everyone listed on his speed dial to report the bird :^D. Here are some specifics for tomorrow's warbler-seekers. The bird is using the slope east of the pond high above the paved path and down to the flat area outside the southeast curve of the path. The area is thick with scrub oak; the understory is thick bracken fern and poison ivy... From the Beus Park parking lot, walk south on the paved path that runs along the east side of the pond. When you reach the southeast corner, you'll notice many spruce trees outside the curve. A foot path leads southeast between two spruces from this point. I tied a strand of pink tape on one of them. Once you pass through the spruces, you're in Worm-eating Warbler territory. ...On to other stuff. In addition to the Western Screech-owl Paul Higgins reported this morning, I also saw two Winter Wrens. One was in the "usual" place, in brush at the base of the east slope. After seeing the warbler for the first time this morning at 10:00 for an intermittent 20 seconds, I pished for him and the Winter Wren came out of the brush below me. I saw what I believe was a second one in the blackberry vines at the south end of the pond between the tree with the Wasatch Audubon feeder and the nearest bench at the water's edge. ...In case this post isn't weird enough yet, the Anna's Hummingbird that has been visiting my feeders since November 10 appears to be visiting my suet feeders now in addition to the nectar feeders.

Kris Purdy (10 Nov 2006) - The hummingbird that visited my feeder this morning at about 7:40 was a male Anna's Hummingbird. He returned after I defrosted the top of the feeder. I've had several good looks at him through the scope. He appears to be a hatch-year male. His gorget and forecrown are fully feathered in rose-red and he has a patch of rose-red behind each eye. The back of his head and neck are green. It has only taken 3 years of maintaining my feeders in the winter attract an Anna's Hummingbird. Now I know why Don Quixote kept tilting at those windmills.

Kris Purdy (3 Nov 2006) - I saw the Winter Wren again this morning at Beus Park in Ogden, Weber County, twice between 8:30 and 9:30. Once again, the bird was on the east side of the park and east of the path.

Oct 2006

Kris Purdy (30 Oct 2006) - I was minding my own business at Beus Park in Ogden, Weber County this morning when a Winter Wren insisted I go over and have a look. The wren was in the undergrowth on the east side of the park and east of the path as well.

Mort Somer (21 Oct 2006) - Unbelievably, we had a second immature male Anna's Hummingbird come to our feeder this afternoon. I haven't seen the first one since yesterday morning but a very different looking juvenile male showed up around 6:00pm today. The developing chin and head markings were clearly different from those of the first Anna's.  Suggestion: get your hummer feeders back out.

Mort Somer (16 Oct 2006) -  I still have a hummer feeder out here in North Ogden and it was visited several times today by an immature male Anna's Hummingbird, only the second one I have ever seen in Utah and the first to come to our yard.

Kris Purdy (11 Oct 2006) - Members of Wasatch Audubon saw two Winter Wrens along the Steward/Birdsong Trail in Ogden, Weber County today during the Wednesday morning birdwalk. The birds responded to pishing. Follow the Birdsong Trail signs through the lower willow and cottonwood area until the woods close in and a juniper tree hangs over the trail. That's where we saw the wrens.

Aug 2006

Kristin Purdy (26 Aug 2006) - I birded Fort Buenaventura Park in Ogden, Weber County this morning and was amply rewarded. One of the best birds was a Northern Waterthrush which I pished up along the west bank of the Weber River. I didn't even know the bird was there before I started pishing. It popped up to give me a good once-over from willow saplings along the river about 15 feet away from my pishing spot... Several other species that came in for my pishing a Wilson's Warbler (most common warbler species of the day) were a Cassin's Vireo, a Nashville Warbler, and an I'm-pretty-darn-sure Hammond's Flycatcher. I didn't see any of them before I started to pish, either.

May 2006

Jack Binch (14 May 2006) - I went out birding yesterday... to see the Calliope at the North Arm that Kris reported. I followed the direct trail and just at the point where you will get you feet wet for the first time was a Northern Waterthrush...I found the southern Calliope and also found I had a full memory card after just a couple of shots...

Kristin Purdy (9 May 2006) - Buck Russell's report of a Calliope Hummingbird in Logan yesterday inspired me to visit The North Arm Natural Area in Ogden Valley, Weber County, this afternoon to see if any Calliopes are there yet. I'm pleased to report that Mother Nature's rhythms are amazingly predictable. Two males have set up territories in the same places as in the last 2 years; in fact, one of them is using the same tree.

Mar 2006

Kris Purdy (5 Mar 2006) - Sorry to sound like a broken record, but about 100 Bohemian Waxwings hung out for most of today in Anderson Cove Campground in Ogden Valley, Weber County. At times they were near the shore at the mouth of the creek that divides the campground into two sides. Late in the day they were feeding in fruit trees on the west side of the campground where the campsites are located.

Kris Purdy (2 Mar 2006) - Anybody sick of Bohemian Waxwings yet? I'm not. I saw 40-50 of them today in Jefferson Hunt Campground in Ogden Valley, Weber County. ...Jefferson Hunt Campground is located In Ogden Valley along SR-39 at about mile marker 18. The place is still pretty snowy with depths of granular snow up to a foot. But snowshoes or skis will get you in there and I doubt the white stuff will last much longer...

Feb 2006

Kristin Purdy (19 Feb 2006) - Two Lincoln's Sparrows were about the last birds I expected to see during a day of winter birding in west Weber County. But there they were in extreme west Plain City on the road to Harold Crane WMA. Specifically that's 6700W. about 150 feet north of the intersection with 1900N. A Northern Shrike was out in the field north of 700N. in West Warren west of the cemetery, and lots of active American Tree Sparrows used the olive hedgerows and fields along that road and at the parking area of Harold Crane WMA.

Kristin Purdy (12 Feb 2006) - Mort and Carolyn Somer saw a flock of about 150 Bohemian Waxwings near the entrance to the Swanson Environmental Center in Liberty, Ogden Valley, on Friday. The location is well into the northwest end of the valley off SR-162.

Kristin Purdy (12 Feb 2006) - I submit the second report with unabashed pleasure because the sighting is a new yard species for me in Ogden.  Twenty-three Bohemian Waxwings just swarmed into trees along the back border of my yard. Their presence had nothing to do with me and everything to do with my neighbor's juniper bushes, which the waxwings plundered liberally.

Dec 2005

Kris Purdy (28 Dec 2005) - I saw two Bohemian Waxwings in a flock of about 150 Cedars in Ogden Valley in Weber County this morning. The location was in a Cottonwood along the south shore of Pineview Reservoir, just east of Anderson Cove Campground and near the intersection of Trapper's Loop (SR-167) and SR-39.

Kris Purdy (28 Dec 2005) - About 2 weeks ago, Jeanette and Brian Nosker saw and photographed a flock of about 40 Gray-crowned Rosy Finches at the Hidden Lake Lodge at Powder Mountain Ski Area in Weber County. The area where they saw the finches requires lift-ticket access.

Kris Purdy (18 Dec 2005) - Bohemian Waxwings were also reported on the Ogden Christmas Count yesterday by the team of Keith Evans, Shirley Lee, and Sharen Perry. They saw two Bohemians in a flock of Cedars near the intersection of Harrison and 11th Streets in Ogden.

Kristin Purdy (16 Dec 2005) - I saw an adult Ferruginous Hawk in Weber County this morning on 9300W and north of the intersection with 900S. 9300W is approximately 10 miles west of I-15, and is the road that leads to the Great Salt Lake Minerals plant tucked against the eastern slope of Little Mountain....Other raptors in the area included Northern Harriers, Bald Eagles, Red-tailed Hawks, an almost coal-black Rough-legged Hawk, American Kestrels, Prairie Falcons, a Merlin, and a Great Horned Owl. Several of these, including the owl, were along 8300W north of the intersection with 900S....

Oct 2005

Kristin Purdy (31 Oct 2005) - Jack Rensel of Wasatch Audubon mentioned to me he had a Blue Jay in his yard in Ogden in Weber County on Saturday. Although he hasn't seen it since, a friend of his had a Blue Jay in his yard today, about two blocks south of Jack's house.

Jul 2005

Kristin Purdy (14 July 2005) - The Ovenbird continues to advertise for a girlfriend on the Bonneville Shoreline Trail in Ogden above the 29th Street Trailhead. I visited my "bud" Tuesday evening between 6 and 7 pm and found him singing along the usual stretch of trail. I chased him a bit and enjoyed watching him walk along horizontal scrub oak branches in the canopy.

Jun 2005

Bruce Robinson (25 June 2005) - If you did not get a chance to see the Ovenbird earlier this week, it's not too late, at least as of 9:00 this morning. It was still in the same area that Kris put out the pink tapes...Thanks, Kris, for the EXCELLENT directions!

Kristin Purdy (23 June 2005) - A Red-eyed Vireo was singing and showing himself just a little at Fort Buenaventura in Ogden this morning around 10:00.

Kristin Purdy (18 June 2005) - Mort and Carolyn Somer and I observed an Ovenbird on the Bonneville Shoreline Trail above the 29th Street Trailhead in Ogden, Weber County, this morning around 11:00. We got excellent views of the bird and it was singing loudly as well. We watched, listened, and chased it around scrub oak for 20-30 minutes. Mort successfully photographed the bird.

Joel and Kathy (10 June 2005) - This evening we visited the North Arm Preserve at Pineview Reservoir, and the male Calliope Hummingbird was still atop the tree that was flagged by Kristin...

Apr 2005

Kris Purdy (29 April 2005) - I saw two pairs of Blue-winged Teal today at The North Arm Nature Area of Pineview Reservoir in Weber County. The teal were along the east side of the area; I was above them looking down from the Old Highway.

Kris Purdy (4 April 2005) - ...I saw a large flock of Cedar Waxwings at Golf City on south Harrison Blvd across from the South Ogden water towers in Weber County. Surely, I thought, there must be at least one Bohemian Waxwing in that flock. And so there was...just one Bohemian. Maybe that was the last one of the winter season.

Mar 2005

Kristin Purdy (22 Mar 2005) - ...Today I saw a flock of 152 Bohemian Waxwings in northeast Weber County on Evergreen Park Drive... The location (as the waxwing flies) is approximately 5 miles northeast of Ogden Valley...the spot is off SR-39 at mile 27.9, 3.2 miles west of Red Rock Ranch and Outfitters...

Feb 2005

Kristin Purdy (26 Feb 2005) - I birded Jefferson Hunt and Anderson Cove Campgrounds in Ogden Valley, Weber County, over the past couple days. Highlights of the trips included Evening Grosbeaks, Virginia Rails...in Jefferson Hunt and Red Crossbills today at Anderson Cove.

Kristin Purdy (10 Feb 2005) - This morning between 8:30 and 9:30 I saw many Bohemian Waxwings in Ogden, Weber County. The specific location was a block north of Weber State University and near the 36th and Birch Street intersection.

Jan 2005

Kristin Purdy (24 Jan 2005) - There's nothing like seeing a Northern Saw-whet Owl in sunny Ogden Valley in Weber County to lift one's spirits! Glenn Barlow and I watched a sunning, sleeping Northern Saw-whet in a small juniper tree this afternoon around 3 pm. The tree is situated about 70 feet off SR-158 and an agitated Townsend's Solitaire "pointed out" the predator to me.

Kristin Purdy (3 Jan 2005) - I saw two juvenile Harris's Sparrows in separate locations today along the Weber/Box Elder County line. The first one was in Weber County along a canal that intersects the Weber County Pathways Rail Trail and about 1/2 mile south of the trail head...

Nov 2004

Kris Purdy (4 Nov 2004) - The Red-necked Grebe remains at The Narrows area of Pineview Reservoir. Lee and Paula Shirley, Lynn Carroll and I saw the grebe from a pullout at about mile 14.5 of SR-39. The number of Pacific Loons has now doubled--we saw two today, and I believe both are first-year birds.

Pomera Fronce (2 Nov 2004) - Kris Purdy just called me from Pineview Reservoir. While she was looking at a Pacific Loon, a juvenile Red-necked Grebe swam into view. She cited mile marker 14 on Highway 39 as her lookout point. She will post more information this afternoon.

Sep 2004

Kristin Purdy (11 Sept 2004) - A Lewis's Woodpecker perched on a power pole at the corner of Shadow Valley Drive and Fillmore Ave in Ogden/Weber County this afternoon. This pole served as the winter pantry of a Lewis's Woodpecker until mid-May, and then the bird was gone for the summer. A Lewis's also spent the winter of 2002-2003 in the same vicinity. I choose to believe it's the same one.

Jun 2004

Kristin Purdy (22 June 2004) - The Red-eyed Vireo is still singing loudly on the Weber River Trail (a.k.a. Riverdale Parkway) in Riverdale. I heard and saw it this morning around 9:00 at the north end of the first bridge. Earlier, it was not accessible but singing across the river between the first and second bridge. On June 11, I heard it at the second bridge. Looks like this vireo is calling Riverdale 'home' for the summer.

Mort Somer (10 June 2004) - As I write this a White-winged Dove is dozing in a cottonwood in our backyard in N. Ogden.

Kristin Purdy (5 June 2004) -  [others]...and I saw a male Lark Bunting around the entrance to the private 'Rafter "S" Ranch' off UT 39 this morning around 9:00 and again this afternoon around 3:00. The Lark Bunting is classified as a rare summer resident on the 2004 Utah Field Checklist and was a new bird for all of us.

May 2004

Joel and Kathy Beyer (29 May 2004) - We visited the Riverdale Parkway this evening at 6:00 p.m., and it took about a half hour before we heard the [Red-eyed Vireo] singing, in the trees at the second bridge. ...Also on the Riverdale Parkway, about 20 yards north of the first bridge, was a Least Flycatcher. It was flycatching from the tops of the bushes near the stream, and other than some 30 seconds of "che-beks", the bird did not vocalize for the half hour we watched it.

David Wheeler (28 May 2004) - The Red-eyed Vireo reported yesterday by Ms. Purdy (thanks, Kristin!) was still at the Riverdale Parkway as of about 8 pm last night, singing its heart out. It also responds extremely well to a tape of its song (one rep was all that was necessary to bring it swooping down from the heights). It was at the long, wooden bridge/walkway south of the one where the Rusty blackbird was found last winter.

Kristin Purdy (27 May 2004) - ... the Red-eyed Vireo I saw and heard on Riverdale Parkway in Weber County from 10:00-12:00 this morning. The section of the parkway is just south of where the Rusty Blackbird was seen by many birders this winter. ...Hearing him was easy. Seeing him was another matter. ...The bird sang and I saw it all four times I passed by this spot during the 2 hours. Your best bet to find the vireo is to be familiar with his song. The bird was not shy about singing loud, but it remained high up in the trees and didn't move much while foraging or singing...

Kristin Purdy (2 May 2004) - I birded the North Arm Nature Area of Pineview Reservoir in Weber County today and saw another male Calliope Hummingbird. I know, I know! I feel guilty--two is more than my share. Unlike the one that came to my feeder last night, I believe the one at the North Arm may stick around...The North Arm offers good Calliope Hummingbird habitat in the form of streamside brush...

Mar 2004

Kristin Purdy (20 March 2004) - I saw three Trumpeter Swans at Pineview Reservoir in Huntsville, Utah (Weber County), this afternoon. All three are cygnets marked with yellow collars with black lettering, and left pink underwings. The collar numbers are Y01, Y03, and Y09. The three Trumpeters were generally keeping company with three Tundra Swans. Those six were the only swans I saw on the reservoir, which is mostly iced over.

Feb 2004

Kristin Purdy (18 Feb 2004) - Coincidental to Bruce's report below, yesterday a colleague of mine who lives in West Weber (west of Ogden and 6 miles north of Hooper) told me a Yellow-shafted Northern Flicker visited her over the weekend. She described a male with black malar stripes, red nape crescent, and flashing yellow underwings.

Bruce Robinson (17 Feb 2004) - My son Wayne just called to tell me that he has 3 Yellow-Shafted Flicker's in his yard. (Yep, birding is both genetic and contagious!!!)... Wayne lives in Hooper, Weber Co.

Joel and Kathy Beyer - Other birding highlights for the week....Mon. 2/16: Varied Thrush, at Beus Park in Ogden...

Joel and Kathy Beyer (15 Feb 2004) - We saw...the female Rusty Blackbird...this morning. The Blackbird was still at the third bridge on the Riverdale Parkway. It was fascinating watching this bird use it's bill to pick leaves out of the mud and water and flip them back and forth looking for a meal.

Bryan Shirley (14 Feb 2004) - Today on our UT county birders trip we were successful in locating both the [Rusty] Blackbird & the Varied Thrush. The Thrush was about 100 yards up the road from Beus Pond in Logan. It was with a bunch of robins in the trees along the road, but they all flew across the road and down into the oak below the road.

Bill Fenimore (12 Feb 2004) - Bryan and Dennis Shirley, Milt Moody, Glenn Barlow, Merrill Webb and Bill Fenimore observed a female Rusty Blackbird along the Riverdale Parkway this morning. It was a first Utah sighting for all. Milt Moody was able to photograph the bird. Mort and Carolyn Somer spotted the bird first on Monday. Keith Evans, Jack Rensel and Mort Somer relocated it yesterday in the same area. They were unable to get a 100% ID but thought that it was either a Rusty Blackbird or a Great-tailed Grackle. Today's views enabled the observers to clinch the ID, as a Rusty Blackbird. To reach this area, take I-15 to Exit 342 Riverdale Road. Take Riverdale Road east to 700 West. Turn left (north) onto 700 West and go to 4400 South (approximately 2 blocks) and turn right. Follow this road until it dead ends (approximately 1/4 mile). The Riverdale Parkway runs alongside of the Weber River (on your right). Walk downstream (North) until the end of the walkway. You will cross two wooden foot bridges. When approaching the third and last wooden foot bridge watch for the bird on the East side of the walkway in the Russian Olives and near the water just east of the footbridge. It was with a flock of Robins.

Bill Fenimore (12 Feb 2004) - Bryan and Dennis Shirley, Milt Moody, Glenn Barlow, Merrill Webb and Bill Fenimore were able to relocate the male Varied Thrush that Bill Fenimore first observed Jan 17th at Beus Pond. It has been seen several times since and Mort Somer has photographed it. It is a beautifully plumaged, striking male. It was on the side of the hill just above the parking area, alongside of the entrance road to Beus Pond. To get to Beus Pond take Harrison Blvd., in Ogden to 42nd Street and go East on 42nd Street. The road winds itself around the Weber State University Campus. The entrance to Beus Pond is on the East side of the road (approximately 3/4 mile after turning East onto 42 Street).

Jan 2004

Jack (4 Jan 2004) - I made a short birding trip today. I had to have a hummingbird on my January list. As just reported the female Anna's is still going strong. She was buzzing around like it was summer.

Cliff Weisse (2 Jan 2004) - I drove over to Pleasant View today and the Anna's Hummingbird seems to have survived the storms just fine. I wasn't there much more than five minutes when I saw it hovering over an Aspen on the south side of the trail. It was very active and pretty soon it buzzed a House Finch driving it away. Later it chased off a Junco on it's way to the feeders. Neat bird. Sure seems out of place with all this snow.

Cliff Weisse (2 Jan 2004) - This afternoon I visited the Ogden Nature Center. As I approached the second feeder on the nature trail I saw an adult White-throated Sparrow. It flew off down the trail towards the first feeder. At the second feeder a few minutes later I saw a White-throated Sparrow approach from the opposite direction the first bird took. I think the second one was a different bird. It seemed like it had more intense yellow on it's head and bolder black outlining the white throat but I never saw both birds together so I'm not sure.

Dec 2003

Milton Moody (12 Dec 2003) - The Blue Jay and Anna's Hummingbird showed up at about 9 am in their usual area along with a dark Merlin. Alton Thygerson, Merrill Webb, Dennis Shirley and I were joined by Lee Shirley for this early-morning treat.

Jack (5 Dec 2003) - [Anna's Hummingbird] Well, it is still there. It is an Anna's of course, (thanks Mark). Mort Somer and I got some good looks at it from all angles. The house with the Blue Jay coming to it has a hummingbird feeder on the southwest corner, and the bird visits about every forty-five minutes or so. I took a bunch of pictures, but the light was not good so I am not sure if any turned out.

Nov 2003

Jack (30 Nov 2003) - How many of you have taken in your hummingbird feeders? While looking for the  Blue Jay today, Edson Leite and I saw a female Broad-tailed Hummingbird  flying around. We also got to see the jay, but a little advice for some. Do not stand talking on the trail thinking the jay will come around. Edson and I talked for an hour and a half before deciding to walk down the trail to see if we could find it. We only got 50 yards away and Edson heard it calling back at the feeder. We hurried back and got some good looks before it left.

Julie Van Moorhem (28 Nov 2003) - Cindy and Steve Sommerfeld, Dana Green and I ventured to Ogden today to see the Blue Jay that has been there the past few days. I was the only one who got to see it around 10 am. We got there at 9 and didn't leave until after Noon. The bird never came into the feeder while we were there. I spotted it on the south side of the street over one layer of houses from the street (3325 N.); about the time Steve got to where I was it flew. Close to noon we heard it calling, and it sounded like it was on the north (front) side of the house; however, it never came over to the side we were on--people next door were out in the front putting up lights so that may have scared it off.

Glenn Barlow (25 Nov 2003) - Well folks, the Blue Jay was present this morning also. Alton and I went a little earlier. As we settled into the curb, just west of 413 West 3325 North, and started looking around, Alton spied it on the left hand side of the street in front of us about 50 feet (by some children's play equipment). It was scared away by some magpies, but we spied it later on a telephone pole directly to the south of the play equipment and it a tree above us.

Glenn Barlow (24 Nov 2003) - On Sunday evening I received a telephone call from Bill Fenimore about a Blue Jay coming to a feeder in No. Ogden. The fellow call Bill at his Layton Wild Bird Center to report the sighting....This morning (Monday) I went to the place he described, arriving at 10:15 a.m.  At about 11 a.m. the bird showed up in the aspen trees below (and south) of his home. The man's name is Steven Federmann and he lives at 395 East 3350 North, in Lakeview Heights (North Ogden). The bird stayed briefly in the aspen trees below the deck, then flew south (to my left). ... On the left you will see a house with the address of 413 West 3325 North. Park on the right side of the street, just past that house, but east of the driveway on the right. On your right you will see a string of houses above you. There is a house with a group of aspens running east to west at the bottom of the property.  That is Steven Federmann's house....

Eric Huish (8 Nov 2003) - KC and I saw at least two Pacific Loons from the second turnout past the dam along Ut 39 overlooking Pineview Reservoir. There were also Common Loons in the area for comparison.

Paul Merola (7 Nov 2003) - Both myself and a fellow employee just saw a Blue Jay (cyanocitta cristata) at 150 N. Washington Bl, Ogden. ... He flew off but we are attempting to lure him back with some peanuts. First time I have ever seen one here in Utah.

Oct 2003

Kris Purdy (30 Oct 2003) - ... I saw the Lewis's Woodpecker again on a telephone pole in the 1500 block of Shadow Valley Drive in Ogden. The bird was working hard to excavate a pre-existing crack in the top of the pole. Small yellow woodchips peppered the snow at the base. I take this as a sign that the woodpecker is preparing a winter caching location for nuts and fruits and it's going to stick around. This is the fifth time I've seen it in the last 2 weeks or so.

Sep 2003

(14 Sept 2003) - Aaron Smith reported a female Hooded Warbler that responded to pishing on the South end of the loop trail at the North Arm of Pineview Reservoir. The location where he saw the warbler is where a tree has fallen onto a bench.

Aug 2003

Kris Purdy (9 Aug 2003) - I saw a Townsend's Warbler today on Skyline Trail that runs from the North Ogden Divide to Pineview Marina on Pineview Reservoir. I was 1-1/2 to 2 miles south of the Skyline trailhead and between 6500' and 7000' of elevation...

Mar 2003

Glenn Barlow, Kris Purdy - (Tue, 18 Feb 2003)  At Bues Pond we looked for the Screech Owl that Kris previously reported, but could not see it. But, I must make mention of the lovely 6-8 pairs of Wood Ducks, with the males in bright breeding plumage.

Kristin Purdy - (9 Feb 2003)  I saw the Western Screech Owl at Beus Pond off 4300S in Ogden today between 5:30 and 6:00 pm....

Bryan Shirley - (6 Feb 2003)  Today my dad & I birded in northern Ut and saw a few good birds. We started off in Ogden at the Ogden Nature Center where there is a White-throated Sparrow. ...

Feb 2003

Glenn Barlow, Kris Purdy - (Tue, 18 Feb 2003)  At Bues Pond we looked for the Screech Owl that Kris previously reported, but could not see it. But, I must make mention of the lovely 6-8 pairs of Wood Ducks, with the males in bright breeding plumage.

Kristin Purdy - (9 Feb 2003)  I saw the Western Screech Owl at Beus Pond off 4300S in Ogden today between 5:30 and 6:00 pm....

Bryan Shirley - (6 Feb 2003)  Today my dad & I birded in northern Ut and saw a few good birds. We started off in Ogden at the Ogden Nature Center where there is a White-throated Sparrow. ...

Jan 2003

Leslie Loeffel - (Thu, 16 Jan 2003) ... Last Saturday my husband (Dave Deutch) and I saw a flock of rosy-finches in a tree just below the Hidden Lake Lodge at the top of Powder Mountain ski area. However, it was a brief look, and we weren't sure which type they were. Today (Jan.16) he went back and saw a definite Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch on the ground in the parking lot at Hidden Lake Lodge. ...Last Saturday we also saw a pair of Blue Grouse while cross country skiing about 1 1/2 miles from the Hidden Lake Lodge parking lot. There were tracks in the downhill ski area too, so it might be worth a look around.

December 2001

A LEWIS'S WOODPECKER was seen in Pleasant View on Saturday, 12/29 (MS,LW) and on Tuesday, 01/01 (MS,DW). The bird was in a dead tree just west of the entrance to the Pole Patch development on 900 West, about 1 mile north of Main St.

May 2001

A SOLITARY SANDPIPER was seen at a small pond at 2600 South 5100 West, west of Ogden, on Sunday, 05/06 (J&KB).

April 2001

A possible LITTLE BLUE HERON was reported from the west side of Ogden on Thursday, 04/05 (RW). The bird was seen only briefly, in a pond on the north side of 20th street, just west of Wall Ave.

February 2001

The VARIED THRUSH that was first sighted on 1/11 at the Ogden Nature Center, was sighted again on 1/17 (AC).

January 2001

A VARIED THRUSH was seen at the Ogden Nature Center on Thursday, 01/11 (L&PS). It was seen between the 2nd and 3rd feeders along the Plane City Canal. The Ogden Nature Center is just east of I-15 on 12th Street in Ogden.