Friday, December 12, 2008

Finally got out for a few hours today























After guiding some teachers on a bus tour at Farmington Bay this morning I got over to Kaysville Pond to see if I could get some pictures of Hooded Merganzers. In addition to the Merganzers I got some shots of Ring-necked Ducks, Common Goldeneye, Mallards, American Wigeon, Gadwall, Juncos and Great-tailed Grackles.
In all today I saw
At Farmington Bay
A dozen Bald Eagles
Northern Rough-legged Hawk
Northern Harrier
American Kestrel
Song Sparrows
White-crowned Sparrows
Greater Yellow-legs
Brewers and Red-winged Blackbirds
Gadwall
Norther Shoveler
Bufflehead
Anmerican Wigeon
Common Goldeneye
American Coot
Kaysville Ponds:
Hooded Merganzer
Mallards
Common Goldeneye
Ring-necked Ducks
Gadwall
Canada Goose
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Northern Flicker
Ring-billed Gull
Black-billed Magpie

1 comment:

dave, catie, and baby b. said...

Holy Cow that is a lot of birds! Wowee. Did you take your bike up there or too?
Loved the pictures you got. Way to got.
Were any of these life birds?