Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

Modified Friday, July 15, 2005

Utah bird sightings

Archived bird sightings: June, 2005

Compiled by Bill Fenimore
Wild Bird Center, Layton, Utah

Box Elder County

06/25 — Kris Purdy received a report of Scott's Orioles in the Newfoundland Mountains in the West Desert, just south of the Lucin Cutoff, halfway between the lake and the Nevada border.

06/24 — Bridget Olson, Wildlife Biologist at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge conducted the Waterbird/Raptor Count and filed the following report. Total duck count of about 11,000. This is similar to 2004 count of 13,000. Largest number of Western and Clark's grebe on record. Southbound migrant shorebirds have arrived already: Marbled Godwit, Wilson's Phalarope, western and Baird's sandpipers, Greater and Lesser yellowlegs. About a week earlier than normal for the sandpipers and yellowlegs. About 25 percent of the birds listed were observed from the tour loop.

Canada Goose: 1941, Mallard: 1,603, Pintail: 1,142, Gw Teal: 225, Bw Teal: 14, Cinnamon Teal: 1,942, Shoveler: 712, Gadwall: 2413, Wigeon: 409, Canvasback: 20, Redhead: 1,775, Scaup: 5, C. Goldeneye: 1, Ring-necked Duck: 10, Ruddy Duck: 781, PB Grebe: 21, Eared Grebe: 564, Western Grebe: 770, Clark's Grebe: 420, Pelican: 567, Cormorant: 583, Gb Heron: 88, Great Egret: 7, Snowy Egret: 56, Cattle Egret: 10, BC Night Heron: 28, Wf Ibis: 4101, Snowy Plover: 5, Killdeer: 35, BN Stilt: 2,565, Am. Avocet: 4,349, Willet: 3, Spotted Sandpiper: 8, Greater Yellowlegs: 8, Lesser Yellowlegs: 7, Long-billed Curlew: 3, Marbled Godwit: 175, Western Sandpiper: 120, Peep: 8, Baird's Sandpiper: 11, Wilson's Phalarope: 2,831, Franklin's Gull: 2,896, RB Gull: 3, California gull: 2,532, Caspian Tern: 27, Forster's Tern: 404, Black Tern: 3, Virginia Rail: 5, Sora: 8, Coot: 2,600, Sandhill Crane: 4, Rt Hawk: 1

06/21 — Bill and Pauline Cordray celebrated their 36th Wedding anniversary, with a tour of Willard Bay with Richard Johnson of Geppetto's Air Boat Tours. It was wonderful, a truly unique way to go birding. Here is the list of bird that they saw: Wilson's Phalarope, Black necked Stilt, Avocet, White Faced Ibis, Forster's Tern, Franklin's Gull, California Gull, Yellow Headed Blackbird, Eared Grebe, Clark's Grebe, Western Grebe, American Coot, Ruddy Duck, Pin-tailed Duck, Mallard Duck, Pelican, Meadow Lark, Cattle Egrets

06/16 — Betsy Beneke reported observing a Common Grackle alongside of the WalMart Parking lot in Perry. A Great-tailed Grackle has been observed on the Bear River Migratory Refuge.

06/15 — Layton, Wild Bird Center naturalist Bill Fenimore led a bird walk for the Great Salt Lake and Wasatch Audubon Chapters to the Tri-sate marsh west of Corrine. Notable species observed were nesting Blue-winged Teal, Grasshopper Sparrows and Snowy Plovers. Keith Evans noted that the Utah Ornithological Society does not have any documentation of nesting Blue-winged Teal in Utah. Bill Fenimore will provide the UOS with the documentation.

Other birds observed during this trip include the following: Canada Goose, Gadwall, Mallard, Cinnamon Teal, Green-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, Ruddy Duck, Pheasant, Pied-billed Grebe, Horned Grebe, Western Grebe, Clark's Grebe, American White Pelican, Great Blue Heron, Snowy Egret, Cattle Egret, Black-crowned Night Heron, White-faced Ibis, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Golden Eagle, American Kestrel, American Coot, Sandhill Crane, Killdeer, Black-necked Stilt, American Avocet, Willet, Long-billed Curlew, Wilson's Phalarope, Franklin's Gull, Ring-billed Gull, California Gull, Forster's Tern, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Western Kingbird, Black-billed Magpie, Common Raven, Horned Lark, Tree Swallow, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Barn Swallow, Marsh Wren, American Robin, European Starling, Common Yellowthroat Vesper Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Western Meadowlark, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Brewer's Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, House Finch and House Sparrow

06/07 — Betsy Beneke, Outdoor Recreation Planner at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge reported on birds observed on Breeding Bird Survey Routes: along the road that goes between Locomotive Springs and Salt Wells a singing Olive-sided Flycatcher. At Salt Wells, 30 Snowy Plovers.

On 8 June, Bridget Olson and Betsy surveyed the Promontory Road. They reported a pair of Northern Mockingbirds. Common Poorwills were seen on the road. Here is the list of birds recorded: Golden Eagle, Long-billed Curlew, Grasshopper Sparrow, Western Wood-Pewee, Say's Phoebe, Rock Wren, Canyon Wren, Green-tailed Towhee, Bullock's Oriole, Black-headed Grosbeak, Eastern Kingbird, Short-eared Owl, Burrowing Owl, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Brewer's Sparrow, Willow Flycatcher — willow flycatchers in two different spots — a new bird for the route.

On 6/15 Bridget Olson and Betsy surveyed Johnson Canyon & Whites Valley. Grasshopper Sparrows singing just west of the Nucor Plant.

06/03 — Bridget Olsen, Biologist, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Brmbr) filed the following report of birds and conditions at Brmbr: Hens nesting and drakes waiting alone nearby or in small flocks. Some drakes even starting to molt. Young avocets in an assortment of development stages are using some of the interior dikes. Maybe scarce along the tour loop as water levels are still up. Black terns found in the tour loop unit by the first observation platform about 1/4 mi. south of the toilet. Possibly indicating breeding pairs. They haven't been seen nesting on the Refuge since 2003 though they did so historically in large numbers. Large numbers of ducks, shorebirds and ibis can be seen from the tour loop on the Great Salt Lake side of the tour loop. A number of canvasback and Scaup around though no historical evidence of nesting. Total duck numbers about 1/2 of the long-term average of 10,000. I wonder if this doesn't reflect the large amount of water available to birds this year? Large numbers of both Western and Clark's grebes were counted. Shorebird numbers were double the long-term average of about 2,000.

The western grebe count of 443 represents about 63 percent of the breeding population in Utah and 4 percent of the Intermountain West Region's breeding population. The Clark's grebe count of 427 represents 142 percent of the estimated breeding population of 300 in Utah and 9 percent of the entire Intermountain West Region's breeding population. The Caspian Terns are nesting on interior Refuge islands. The number of 114 represent 114 percent of the estimated Ut breeding population and 3 percent of the Imw breeding population. Not to mention how important the Refuge is for breeding avocets, stilts, cinnamon teal and redhead. Refuge record high numbers of Canada Geese, eared grebe, cattle egret, killdeer, and Caspian tern for this time of June.

Canada goose, 1,096; Mallard, 736; Pintail, 332; Green-winged Teal, 23; Blue-winged Teal, 1; Cinnamon Teal, 443; Shoveler, 187; Gadwall, 1,599; Wigeon, 4; Canvasback, 35; Redhead, 712; Scaup, 55; C. Goldeneye, 1; Bufflehead, 1; Ruddy Duck, 308; Pb Grebe, 17; Eared Grebe, 892; Western Grebe, 443; Clark's Grebe, 427; Aw Pelican, 261; Dc Cormorant, 479; Gb Heron, 47; Great Egret, 6; Snowy Egret, 80; Cattle Egret, 32; Bc Night Heron, 20; Wf Ibis, 6073; Snowy Plover, 1; Killdeer, 85; Bn Stilt, 1,158; American Avocet, 3,748; Willet, 8; Spotted Sandpiper, 7; Wilson's Phalarope, 22; Franklin's Gull, 2,807; Ring billed Gull, 1; California gull, 3,888; Caspian Tern, 114; Forster's Tern, 165; Black Tern, 5; Sora, 5; Coot, 2,026; Sandhill Crane, 2

06/01 — Tim Avery birding at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge reported a lone Cattle Egret along the road to the refuge. On the Auto Tour Loop on the west side was a single Great Egret.

Cache County

06/28 — Jeanie Boynton reported Bobolinks in Meadowville, between Laketown and Garden City. They are there every summer, as there are lots of meadows and fields.

06/23 — Sue Drown reported two singing male Blue grosbeaks near the Cache/Box Elder Co. line south of the Valley View Highway. The birds were in the trees along the creek north of the dirt road.

06/22 — Stephen Peterson reported a male Bobolink, singing in the tops of willows along a stream that runs through a grassy field in Young Ward. A Bobolink had been seen in the same vicinity on June 4.

06/04 — Stephen Peterson reported observing a breeding pair of Bobolink in tall grasses behind his in-laws house in Young Ward (Cache Valley).

06/02 — Buck Russell and Reinhard Jockel saw four Least Sandpipers in the ponds on the south side of the Logan Airport road. At the Benson Marina they found a Common Nighthawk sitting on a fencepost. Two Black-crowned Night Herons and two Common Yellowthroats were also at the marina. And on Mendon Road at the Logan River bridge (same place as the recently reported Bobolinks), they found a pair of Mandarin Ducks.

Davis County

06/18 — Bill Fenimore leading the Saturday morning Layton, Wild Bird Center bird walk to the Nature Conservancy, Great Shoreline Preserve in West Layton, reported a Fox Sparrow on the west side of the observation tower at the base of the observation platform. Additionally, there were a pair of Grasshopper Sparrow's on the east side of the board walk when walking south from the beginning of the board walk between the two sets of interpretive panels in the short grass that borders the board walk. The group reported the usual suspects in this marsh environment, as well.

06/14 — Steve Bates and Joelene Hatch observed a Blue Grosbeak south of the Fielding-Garr Ranch.

06/02 — Bill Fenimore walked a route suggested by Steve Coleman at Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area (Fbwma), where Steve had previously observed a Green Heron. The short 30 minute walk produced 44 species of birds, an Eastern Racer (reptile), Bull Frogs and many Bull Frog Tadpoles. (not a native amphibian). This walk took place at 11 a.m. and begins at the Fbwma Managers trailer. Walk West along the dirt road that swings North and later West by Northwest, crossing the canal and approaching the Great Blue Heron Rookery on the structure at the end of Glovers Lane. Although, Bill did not see the Green Heron, he did see an American Bittern catch and eat a Bull Frog, as well as the following species: Eastern Kingbird, Canada Goose, American Kestrel, American White Pelican, Great Blue Heron, Meadow Lark, Black-crowned Night Heron, Black-necked Stilt, Forester's Tern, California Gull, Northern Shoveler, Marsh Wren, Avocet, White-faced Ibis, Killdeer, Turkey Vulture, Red-tailed Hawk, Cinnamon Teal, Pied-billed Grebe, Northern Pintail, Common Doves, American Tree Swallow, Barn Swallow, Western King Bird, Cedar Waxwing, Brown-headed Cowbird, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Red-winged Black Bird, Song Sparrow, Sandhill Crane, Gadwall, Mallard, Redhead Duck, American Wigeon, American Coot, Sora Rail, Western Grebe, Ruddy Duck, Snowy Egret and the usual suspects.

06/01 — Tim Avery Headed birding on Antelope Island reported seeing Sanderling's on the Causeway. At Fielding-garr Ranch: Long-eared Owl, Gray Catbird, Cordilleran Flycatcher, Western Wood-pewee. Also, a Grasshopper Sparrow 3 miles north of the ranch on the west side of the road singing and three chukars in the rocks along the road, about 2 miles from the turnoff to head to Garr Ranch.

Garfield County

06/21 — Joel and Kathy Beyers reported a singing male Indigo Bunting at Calf Creek Recreation Area (Calf Creek Falls trail head and campground), in the Escalante Grand Staircase National Monument. It was singing along Calf Creek, and was seen from the bridge that you cross just after entering the recreation area.

Grand County

06/12 — David Wheeler birding in Green River at the little park in town (the one with the missile), found Great-tailed grackles and Eurasian collared-doves flying in and out of the surrounding neighborhoods and trees.

Salt Lake County

06/19 — Joel and Kathy Beyers reported a Least Tern and Caspian and Forster's Terns at the ponds around 2100 S and I-15.

Summit County

06/30 — Jack Binch and Bob Huntington birding in the Mirror Lake area reported an American Three-toed Woodpecker in the area of the saguaro snag. At the group area at Washington Lake we found three Pine Grosbeaks, and at the overflow parking lot we found a male Williamson's Sapsucker.

06/05 — Hal & Kathleen Robins birding the Mirror Lake Highway on the North Slope side at Sulphur Campground (mile marker 39, elevation 9,065 feet). Observed saw the following: American Robin, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Dark-eyed Junco, Wilson's Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Red-naped Sapsucker, Song Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, Northern Flicker, Townsend's Solitaire, Cassin's Finch, Mountain Chickadee.

They also birded on the dam end of Whitney Reservoir, as well as on the nearby Mill City Creek drainage (about 35 miles south of Evanston, Wyoming and 9 miles off of Mirror Lake Highway on dirt roads, elevation 9,367 feet). They saw the following: American Pipit, Osprey, Mountain Blue Bird, Prairie Falcon, Killdeer, Northern Harrier, American Robin, Chipping Sparrow, Wilson's Warbler, Mallard Duck, White-crowned Sparrow, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Dark-eyed Junco, Red-tailed Hawk

Tooele County

06/27 — Steve and Cindy Butterfield birding Butterfield Canyon reported observing: Lark Sparrow, Spotted Towhee, Lazuli Bunting, Mountain Bluebird, Lesser Goldfinch, Chipping Sparrow, House Wren, Western Tanager, Virginia's Warbler, Hermit Thrush, Downey Woodpecker, Green Tailed Towhee, Tree Swallow, Rednaped Sapsucker and a Northern Goshawk.

Uintah County

06/17 — Diane Penttila, Biologist at Ouray National Wildlife Refuge conducted the General Waterbird Survey and reported the following conditions and birds. The high river flows have flooded every unit, even part of Wyasket. So we have some good water for the year and also a good crop of mosquitoes.

The following birds were seen within the survey route that was accessible: Canada geese, 100; Mallard, 78; Gadwall, 95; Northern pintail, 10; Northern shoveler, 5; Cinnamon teal, 43; Green-winged teal, 5; Blue-winged teal, 5; Redhead, 21; Ruddy duck, 30; Coots, 126; Great blue heron, 40; Double-crested cormorants, 86; American white pelicans, 10; Black-crowned night heron, 2; White-faced ibis, 49; Snowy egret, 3; Great egret, 2; American bittern, 2; Pied-billed grebes, 8; Western grebe, 25; Clark's grebe, 9; Eared grebe, 8; Horned grebe, 1; Killdeer, 13; American avocets, 14; Black-necked stilts, 9; Spotted sandpiper, 2; Wilson's phalarope, 2; Marbled godwit, 1; Black tern, 4; Forster's tern, 15; Red-tailed hawk, 3; Northern harrier, 1; American kestrel, 1; Turkey vulture, 3

06/06 — Diane Penttila, Wildlife Biologist for Ouray National Wildlife Refuge filed the General Water bird Survey and current conditions: Every bottom now has water in it. High water flows on this portion of the Green River have not occurred since 1997. Much of it was back flow from the White, Uintah, and Duchense. River levels are starting to recede but we think we are set with good water for the year or more. However access if very limited in some areas.

The Utah Wildlife and Rivers Festival is June 9–12. More information can be found at utah-wildlife-festival.com. There is a multitude of events for the festival including the 100 Bird Tour in June 10 and 11 which starts at Ouray Nwr. Give me a call if you want to know more about the 100 bird tour.

The following birds were seen within the survey route that was accessible: Canada geese, 108; Mallard, 27; Gadwall, 86; American Wigeon, 2; Northern pintail, 9; Northern Shoveler, 25; Cinnamon teal, 26; Green-winged teal, 2; Blue-winged teal, 3; Redhead, 28; Scaup, 3; Ruddy duck, 18; Coots, 186; Great blue heron, 34; Double-crested cormorants, 112; American white pelicans, 4; Black-crowned night heron, 3; White-faced ibis, 45; Snowy egret, 8; Pied-billed grebes, 10; Western grebe, 18; Clark's grebe, 1; Killdeer, 15; American avocets, 9; Black-necked stilts, 20; Spotted sandpiper, 7; Wilson's phalarope, 3; Black tern, 1; Forster's tern, 3; Red-tailed hawk, 2; Northern harrier, 1; American kestrel, 1; Turkey vulture, 3; Ring-billed gull, 2

Utah County

06/30 — Nick Davis reported observing the Yellow-breasted Chats and Blue Grosbeaks in Goshen Canyon.

06/18 — The Utah County birders reported observing the following birds on their Saturday field trip to River Lane, Benjamin Slough, and Lincoln Beach: Canada Goose, Caspian Tern, Mallard, Rock Pigeon, Cinnamon Teal, Eurasian Collared-dove, Northern Pintail, Mourning Dove, Green-winged Teal, Great Horned Owl, Ring-necked Pheasant, Short-eared Owl, Western Grebe, Common Nighthawk, Clark's Grebe, Northern Flicker, American White Pelican, Western Kingbird, Great Blue Heron, Eastern Kingbird, Snowy Egret, Bank Swallow, Cattle Egret, Cliff Swallow, Black-crowned Night-heron, Barn Swallow, White-faced Ibis, American Robin, Turkey Vulture, European Starling, Osprey, Yellow Warbler, American Kestrel, Blue Grosbeak, Prairie Falcon, Red-winged Blackbird, American Coot, Western Meadowlark, Killdeer, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Black-necked Stilt, Brewer's Blackbird, American Avocet, Great-tailed Grackle, Spotted Sandpiper, Brown-headed Cowbird, Long-billed Curlew, Bullock's Oriole, Wilson's Snipe, House Finch, Wilson's Phalarope, American Goldfinch, California Gull, House Sparrow

06/05 — Nicky Davis observed three Yellow-breasted Chats in Nephi Canyon. Two Olive-sided Flycatchers were seen in Goshen Canyon.

Washington County

06/29 — Charlie Sheard and Cordell Peterson birding at Virgin Springs found a pair of Black-tailed Gnatcatcher's busily foraging in the willows and cattails.

06/23 — Peter Anderson reported observing a male and female Scarlet Tanager at Zion Park. They were flitting around the Zion park visitor center, campsites 20, 21 and bathroom adjacent to the park visitor center. Peter also reported a Mute Swan, three miles north of Virgin on the Nebo Reservoir Road in a pond on west side of road, as you travel to the reservoir. Blue Grouse were seen along the road approximately five miles before reaching the reservoir.

06/23 — Peter Anderson reported observing a male and female Scarlet Tanager at Zion Park. They were flitting around the Zion park visitor center, campsites 20, 21 and bathroom adjacent to the park visitor center. Peter also reported a Mute Swan, 3 miles north of Virgin on the Nebo Reservoir Road in a pond on west side of road, as you travel to the reservoir. Blue Grouse were seen along the road approximately 5 miles before reaching the reservoir.

06/19 — Larry Tripp reported a female Common Ground-dove at Lytle Ranch in the area around the pond. The only other bird of note was a late Wilson Warbler.

06/16 — Tom and Katie Johnson reported observing an Easter Kingbird pair in the fields near the new Riverside Dr. and River Rd. construction in St. George. One of the Kingbirds attacked a Peregrine Falcon that strayed into their territory!

06/01 — Larry Tripp reported seeing a Northern Parula along the Santa Clara river below Baker Reservoir.

Weber County

06/23 — Kris Purdy reported observing a singing Red-eyed Vireo at Fort Buenaventura in Ogden. To reach this area, take I-15 to exit 345, 24th Street. Turn east and drive a mile to A Street. Turn right (south) on A Street and note the brown sign directing you left (east) into Fort Buenaventura and Raptors Field. Pass the ball fields and continue south until you see the large brown sign that reads, 'Fort Buenaventura Park'. Just after you cross the Weber River, the road curves left. As soon as you round the curve, look for my pink flagging tape hanging down over the road. The vireo was singing high above this spot in the cottonwood tree. This was the third location where he sang.

For the other locations where he was observed, continue about 100 feet farther south and turn left (east) into the Group Use Area (also marked with a brown sign). When you're well within the clearing, look for pink tape hanging on a tree directly ahead and also about halfway into the clearing on the left side. The tape marks two additional trees where the vireo was singing.

Additional birds seen by Kris here included the following: Canada Geese, Ring-necked Pheasant, California Quail, Double-crested Cormorant, California Quail, Mourning Dove, Black-chinned Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Western Wood-pewee, Warbling Vireo, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Barn Swallow, Black-capped Chickadee, House Wren, American Robin, Cedar Waxwing, Yellow Warbler, Song Sparrow, Brewer's Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, Bullock's Oriole, House Finch, American Goldfinch

06/23 — Kris Purdy reported observing a singing Red-eyed Vireo at Fort Buenaventura in Ogden. To reach this area, take I-15 to exit 345, 24th Street. Turn east and drive a mile to A Street. Turn right (south) on A Street and note the brown sign directing you left (east) into Fort Buenaventura and Raptors Field. Pass the ball fields and continue south until you see the large brown sign that reads "Fort Buenaventura Park." Just after you cross the Weber River, the road curves left. As soon as you round the curve, look for my pink flagging tape hanging down over the road. The vireo was singing high above this spot in the cottonwood tree. This was the third location where he sang.

06/20 — Glenn Barlow, Bob Bradley and Kris Purdy reported that the Ovenbird (previously reported) is still been seen on the Bonneville Shoreline Trail , just above the 29th St trail head.

06/19 — Kris Purdy, Anne Halley, Pomera Fronce, Cindy and Steve Sommerfeld, and Bill Fenimore observed the Ovenbird (previously seen by Mort and Carolyn Sommer and Kris Purdy) on the Bonneville Shoreline Trail above the 29th Street Trail head. The Ovenbird was up at the junction between the connector path and the shoreline trail, in scrub oak. It was singing. The sunlight at our backs lit the bird's orange crown stripe and he would flash it, when he turned his head just the right way. To reach this area take Harrison Blvd., in Ogden to 30th Street. Go east on 30th Street one block and turn left (north) on Tyler Ave. Drive north on Tyler for two blocks and turn right (east) on 29th Street. Drive .7 miles east to where 29th Street ends and turn right (south) into the trail head parking lot. Walk under the structure labeled "Ogden Trails Network 29th St Trail head" and turn left (east). Note the chunky wooden trail marker. The top green sign on the trail marker reads, 'Taylor Canyon Trail' and an arrow points left. Follow this trail. Be sure you stay on the main trail and don't take any of the footpaths that cut across switchbacks. It will take you 5-10 minutes of walking to reach the Bonneville Shoreline Trail. You'll intersect the shoreline trail under the power line. From this intersection, walk (south, approximately 100 yards), to the pale pink survey marker tape on both sides of the trail. And again on both sides of the trail about 60 yards south of the first spot. This is the stretch of trail where we saw and heard the Ovenbird.

06/11 — Jim Poulter, Wild Bird Center, Manager led the Saturday bird walk to La Plata with Bill Fenimore and Adam Kozlowski. The group reported observing nesting Purple Martin (for the third season) and the following birds: Canada Goose, Mallard, Cinnamon Teal, Wild Turkey, Great Blue Heron, Northern Harrier, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Golden Eagle, American Kestrel, Sandhill Crane, Killdeer, Spotted Sandpiper, California Gull, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Black-chinned Hummingbird, Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Lewis's Woodpecker, Red-naped Sapsucker, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Western Wood-pewee, Dusky Flycatcher, Cordilleran Flycatcher, Warbling Vireo, Black-billed Magpie, American Crow, Common Raven, Tree Swallow, Violet-green Swallow, Barn Swallow, Black-capped Chickadee, Mountain Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, House Wren, Mountain Bluebird, American Robin, European Starling, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Macgillivray's Warbler, Western Tanager, Chipping Sparrow, Brewer's Sparrow, Vesper Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Black-headed Grosbeak, Red-winged Blackbird, Western Meadowlark, Brewer's Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, Cassin's Finch, Pine Siskin, House Sparrow.

06/04 — Brian Currie, birding at Snow Basin: follow the parking lot road until you go over the bridge and taking the road past the bridge that heads roughly northwest. It is blocked off to motor vehicle traffic, but you are allowed to walk and/or bike there. Brian saw the following birds: Broad-tailed Hummingbirds, Orange-crowned Warbler, Macgillivray's Warbler Red-naped Sapsucker, Hairy Woodpecker, Turkey Vulture, Golden Eagle, Western Tanager, Dark-eyed Junco. This is a relatively easy walk, a gradual uphill most of the way to the meadow. Two thirds of the way there the trail splits off to the right to go Wheeler Creek.

06/01 — Glenn Barlow and Kris Purdy birding at Anderson Cove Campground on Sr-39, on the South side of Pineview Reservoir reported seeing: Caspian Terns and American White Pelicans out over Pineview, Red-naped Sapsuckers, Western Wood-pewees, Western Tanagers, Cedar Waxwings, Bullock's Orioles, Yellow and Yellow-rumped Warblers, Warbling Vireos, House Wren, Cassin's and House Finches, Pine Siskin, Brown-headed Cowbirds, Black-chinned Hummingbird and a family of Great Horned Owls. Glenn and Kris also hit a couple places to look for birds previously reported—Wheeler Creek at the head of Ogden Canyon for White-throated Swifts, The North Arm Nature Area of Pineview where they saw Gray Catbirds, Broad-tailed Hummingbirds, Calliope Hummingbird's and Yellow-breasted Chats.

To report bird sightings and/or hear recorded information, please call the Utah Bird Line at (801) 538-4730. You may also send e-mail to: frnatent@earthlink.net or BirderB@aol.com.

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