Thursday Birding

["Colby Neuman" <scythebill83 at hotmail dot com>]

Tim Avery and I did some birding around the Great Salt Lake today.  We saw 
some of the previously reported birds including:

Mayor's Pond (Box Elder Co.)
1.  Canada Goose - 1
2.  Mallard - 2
3.  Green-winged Teal - 3
4.  Gadwall -15
5.  American Wigeon - 25
6.  Ring-necked Duck - 10
7.  GREATER SCAUP - 40
8.  Lesser Scaup - 20
9.  Bufflehead - 1 female
10.  Common Goldeneye - 31
11.  BARROW'S GOLDENEYE - a pair
12.  Common Snipe - 4

There appears to be a fair number of ducks moving in and out of these ponds. 
 Tim and I both thought that this pond should be checked regularly for both 
Eurasion Wigeon and Tufted Duck.

Antelope Island Causeway
1.  Bufflehead ~ 10
2.  Common Goldeneye ~ 50
3.  LONG-TAILED DUCK - 1 male & 2 females at the second bridge
4.  Least Sandpiper - 6
5.  Killdeer - 1
6.  Prairie Falcon - 1
7.  Peregrine Falcon - 1
8.  Horned Lark - a flock of around 100 birds
9.  Common Raven - 4

Unfortunately, we were not able to spend very much time at the Bountiful 
Dump.  However in our short time there we saw Ring-billed, California, 
Herring, Thayer's and Glaucous (1) Gulls.

Colby

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