Utah County
- Wood Duck
- West Provo - (About 2700 west and 220
North in Provo) There is a short dead end road (2710 N.) that
ends in a fence and gate. This is a good place to look in the
wooded ponds behind the houses. If you go north from here on 220
North to where the road turns south, you can sometimes see the Wood
Ducks in the yards of the houses in front of the ponds. If you
go around the corner (turn left twice) there is a spot where you can
look into the ponds from the street
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- Burrowing Owl (spring and summer)
- North of Elberta - Go north on UT 68 from Elberta about a mile. As you cross
the railroad tracks and approach mile marker "1," look right (east)
and check out the prairie dog mounds in the sage brush flat.
(Burrowing Owls have been spotted at different locations within a
12-mile stretch along this road).
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- Lewis's Woodpecker (fall and winter)
- East of Salem - From highway 198
going from Spanish Fork to Salem, pass the Hari Krishna temple on the
right , turn left at the bottom of the hill (going east) on 8800 South
(county road) which is also 1100 North (Salem street). Cross Woodland
Hills Drive (there's a stop sign) and turn right at the first
available road (there is no sign, but this should be 400 East as a
county road, not to be confused with a street of the same name within
the Salem City limits). If you continue south on this road for about a
half mile you will come to a hill which is part of a ridge which has a
lot of scrub oak on it (at the top of the ridge, 9650 South Street
goes off to the left [east] along the ridge) . The Woodpeckers can
often be seen on the telephone poles along the road near the hill and
also in the scrub oak along the ridge as well as in the larger trees
along the top of the ridge.
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- American Three-toed Woodpecker (the road is closed in the
winter)
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Nebo
Loop - From the main road to Payson Lakes
(there's one road about 3/4 mile before this one), go up the Nebo Loop
road about 11 miles (don't take the turnoff to Camp Koholowo /
Santaquin Canyon which is about 4.6 miles from Payson Lakes).
Pull into the parking lot of the "Monument Trailhead." At
the south end of the parking lot there are a bunch of dead or dying
pine trees that have been worked over by the Three-toed Woodpeckers --
there's a lot of bark chips at the base of the trees. If you don't
find them here you can try going a little ways down the
trail (to the west).
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- Purple Martin (the road is closed in the winter)
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Nebo
Loop - From the main road to Payson Lakes
(there's one road about 3/4 mile before this one), go up the Nebo Loop
road about 10 miles (don't take the turnoff to Camp Koholowo /
Santaquin Canyon which is about 4.6 miles from Payson Lakes).
You can recognize the martin place because as you climb to a dynamic
curve at the top of a hill, there's an open panoramic view and then
some aspen trees on the left (east side) where there are some (martin)
boxes that have been attached to the trees. (If you come to the
"Monument Trailhead" you've gone about a mile too far).
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- Swainson's Thrush (spring and summer)
- South Fork of Provo Canyon -
From Vivian Park, about 5 miles up Provo Canyon, take the South Fork
Road 1.1 miles to a white gate on the right. There are signs
that read "Provo City Watershed" and "no trespassing," You can
usually hear the thrushes from the road. Swainson's Thrushes can
also be found at Vivian Park
at the mouth of South Fork Canyon and at
Big Spring Hollow about 3 1/2 miles
up the canyon.
Weber County
- Bobolink (spring -- mid May) ~ submitted by Kris Purdy
- Ogden Valley - Bobolinks have
arrived in Ogden Valley northeast of Huntsville in Weber County, and
can be observed from one of the usual places, Middlefork Lane. To get
there, travel east on SR-39 from I-15 exit 344, 12th Street. Pass
through Ogden Canyon, along the south shore of Pineview Reservoir, and
east of Huntsville. When SR-39 takes a 90-degree east turn toward
Monte Cristo, pass that by and continue north for .2-.3 miles. DON’T
bear west toward Eden and Liberty on SR-166; continue north on 7800E.
for about ¾ mile and turn east on Middlefork Lane. Drive to the end of
the cul-de-sac and park. Listen for the Bobolink’s distinct song; scan
fence lines and irrigation equipment for perched birds.
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