Sunday, 8 Feb 2009
Farmington Bay
Davis County, Utah
(Emails from Joel and Kathy Beyer, 8 Feb 2009)
We met up with Steve and Cindy as Dave was leaving. Unfortunately the Mew
Gulls and Iceland Gull were no longer around. We did see the 1st winter
Glaucous-winged Gull, 5 Glaucous Gulls (3 adult, 2 juvenile/2nd
winter), and the adult Western Gull. Eventually we tired of looking at
gulls and headed up to Antelope Island to see the Long-tailed Duck (2
females at second bridge on the Causeway) and the Bewick's Wren (at
Ladyfinger Point). Egg Island (at Ladyfinger Point) had at least 40 Great
Blue Herons, along with 3 Double-crested Cormorants. Then it was back to
Farmington Bay for more gull watching. We relocated all the gulls seen
earlier, and finally at 5:30 we found the Iceland Gull. We only had
time to make a positive ID before all the gulls took flight. And of course
it landed too far out for any pictures. I did manage a few shots of the GW
and Glaucous Gulls (2 photos attached).
Joel and Kathy
Photos by
Joel & Kathy Beyer
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