On our way to Burley for ILA Cheryl and I did a little birding around American Falls. We spotted:
Common loon
American white pelicans
Red tailed hawks
Flickers
Canada geese
Double crested cormorants
Rough legged hawk
House sparrows
Crows
Magpies
The conference was fun, we presented on Evaluating Databases and Decoding Salesspeak. We also got to watch an episode of Project Runway together.
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Friday, October 02, 2009
Thursday, April 30, 2009
April in American Falls
April to me is about springtime. Birds start returning, trees begin to bud. This April I spent a lot of time in Utah. On one of the few weekends I was home I went out to American Falls. Here I found many birds and much water.
Birds included:
Robins, Pelicans, Magpies, R. doves, M. doves, N. flickers, A-w Pelicans, Common mergansers, DC cormorants, Ring neck ducks, Great blue herons, Northern harriers, A. crows, White-crowned sparrow, Common loon, Coots, Mallards, California gulls, Swainson's hawk, R-t Hawk, House sparrows, Red winged blackbirds, and Red-breasted mergansers...
I loved finding an osprey near the fish hatchery. I know it was trying to find a way past the protective netting.
Best of all was surprising two bald eagles in the trees in the cemetary. The American Falls cemetary is set on a cliff above the river and the trees were on the cliff side. I'm sure those two birds were hunting/fishing. I was probably more surprised than they were. I did not expect them to be there.
Birds included:
Robins, Pelicans, Magpies, R. doves, M. doves, N. flickers, A-w Pelicans, Common mergansers, DC cormorants, Ring neck ducks, Great blue herons, Northern harriers, A. crows, White-crowned sparrow, Common loon, Coots, Mallards, California gulls, Swainson's hawk, R-t Hawk, House sparrows, Red winged blackbirds, and Red-breasted mergansers...
I loved finding an osprey near the fish hatchery. I know it was trying to find a way past the protective netting.
Best of all was surprising two bald eagles in the trees in the cemetary. The American Falls cemetary is set on a cliff above the river and the trees were on the cliff side. I'm sure those two birds were hunting/fishing. I was probably more surprised than they were. I did not expect them to be there.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Birding around American Falls
3/20/09
I had planned on going to Mud Lake, Camas, and Market Lake, but slept in and missed the timing. Instead I headed for American Falls. There are many great birding spots around this reservoir and the Snake River. Of particular interest is the birding trail that the Audubon society has marked near the fish hatchery.
At my house:
1. House sparrows
2. House Finches
3. Pine siskins
On the road:
4. Rock doves
5. Magpies
6. Western Meadowlark
7. Red tailed hawk
By the marina:
8. Song sparrow
9. Mallards
10. Crows
11. California gulls
12. Ring billed gulls
13. Robins
14. Starlings
15. Tree swallows
16. Goldfinch
17. Kestrels
18. Norther 'red shafted' flickers playing mating games
By the dam:
19. Northern pintail
By the fish hatchery:
20. Red breasted mergansers
21. Yellow rumped warblers
22. Norther shovelers
23. Common mergansers
24. Common goldeneys
25. Barrows godleneyes
26. Dark eyed juncos
27. Canada geese
It was a gorgeous sunny day and lots of fun to be out and about.
I had planned on going to Mud Lake, Camas, and Market Lake, but slept in and missed the timing. Instead I headed for American Falls. There are many great birding spots around this reservoir and the Snake River. Of particular interest is the birding trail that the Audubon society has marked near the fish hatchery.
At my house:
1. House sparrows
2. House Finches
3. Pine siskins
On the road:
4. Rock doves
5. Magpies
6. Western Meadowlark
7. Red tailed hawk
By the marina:
8. Song sparrow
9. Mallards
10. Crows
11. California gulls
12. Ring billed gulls
13. Robins
14. Starlings
15. Tree swallows
16. Goldfinch
17. Kestrels
18. Norther 'red shafted' flickers playing mating games
By the dam:
19. Northern pintail
By the fish hatchery:
20. Red breasted mergansers
21. Yellow rumped warblers
22. Norther shovelers
23. Common mergansers
24. Common goldeneys
25. Barrows godleneyes
26. Dark eyed juncos
27. Canada geese
It was a gorgeous sunny day and lots of fun to be out and about.
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