Fwd: Washington County Spring Birds

["Eric Huish" <poorwill_ at hotmail dot com>]

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It was submitted by John Schijf - redrockbirder@hotmail.com - on Thursday, 
May 01, 2003 at 10:42:00
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Subject: Washington County Spring Birds

Email_Address: redrockbirder@hotmail.com

Message: I have spent a few days recently in the Pine Valley area and it is 
as green as I have ever seen it.

Quite a few birds around too: plenty of Spotted and Green-Tailed Towhees 
calling and displaying. Also I hear Broad-Tailed Hummingbirds everywhere.
I am seeing many Western Bluebirds in Pine Valley. Perhaps the most 
interesting sighting was a small flock (5 or so) of Red Crossbills in the 
Ponderosa along the north side of the reservoir. I also saw a Yellow Headed 
Blackbird in Mountain Meadow--I don't recall seeing many of those in 
Washington County. Additionally I have seen 3 Lewis' Woodpeckers--one in 
Central, on in the large Cottonwoods in Pinto, and one on the road between 
Pine Valley and Pinto. Other birds seen in the Pine Valley-Mt Meadow-Central 
area in the last week are:

Scrub Jay
Stellars Jay
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Turkey Vulture
American Crow
Common Raven
Barn Swallow
Brewer's Blackbird
Red-wing Blackbird
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eared Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Mountain Chickadee
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Downy Woodpecker
White-Throated Swift
Lesser Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
Red-breasted Nuthatch? (call only)
American Robin
Yellow-rumped Warbler (many)
Mallard
Mountain Bluebird

John Schijf







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