Dec. 19: Carolee Lavery and Stephen Peterson were able to successfully call in a Northern Pygmy Owl,
with a CD recording, in the parking area of Wood Camp, which is the trailhead for the Old Juniper trail, up Logan Canyon.

Dec. 18 : A late season Red-naped Sapsucker (male), was spotted by Stephen Peterson, John Mull and Chris Cokinos
in Amalga on the CBC.

Nov. 20: BAS field trip group reported seeing 6 Trumpeter Swans on southeast inlet of Hyrum Reservoir.
(see field trip report for complete bird list)

Nov. 7: Stephen Peterson reports Pacific Loon, Common Loon, Common Mergansers, 2 Ross's Goose (dark morph)
at Hyrum Reservoir. Also saw a very large Ferruginous Hawk along Mt. Sterling road.

Nov. 6: Richard Wood reported seeing a Northern Pygmy Owl near Limber Pine trail,
at the top of Logan Canyon.

Nov. 6 : Sue Drown reports some Cattle Egrets at the USU Caine Dairy, just across the highway from the
Jensen Historical Farm. Sue is also reporting some early high country birds on the trail by the Logan
Golf & Country Club, including Red-breasted Nuthatches, Golden Crowned and Ruby Crowned Kinglets,
Steller's Jay and Brown Creepers. At Hyrum Reservoir, Sue is reporting Surf and White-winged Scoters,
and a nice male Hooded Merganser. 3 Long-tailed Ducks and several Bonaparte's Gulls were seen this
past week at the Logan Sewage Lagoons.

Nov. 6: Ron Ryel, Larry Ryel, Melanie Spriggs, Brian Dixon and Jean Lown report a Red-throated Loon
at the west end of Hyrum Reservoir, near the dam. It is a second summer bird changing into winter plumage.
Also the Pacific Loon (juvenile) is present at the east end near the linlet and along the east shore.
5 Surf Scoters and 2 White-winged Scoters are being seen on the northeast portion of the reservoir.

Nov. 6: Stephen Peterson reports that the BAS field trip group was able to see the Blue Jays that are still
present in Clarkston at 200 S and Main St. Also present were 1 Steller's Jay, Red-breasted Nuthatches
and a flock of approx. 20 Red Crossbills in the tops of the pines.

Oct. 29: Jack Binch reported 7 Surf Scoters at the East end of Hyrum Reservoir and a Pacific Loon by
the banks, southeast of the dam.

Oct. 28: Kristin Purdy confirmed today that the Scoters reported by Richard Wood on Oct 27th were
six juvenile Surf Scoters.

Oct. 27: Richard Wood reported a group of Scoters out on Hyrum Lake. He could not decide if they were
White-winged or Surf Scoters. He went home to get his wife, Jill, and when he got back to the spot that he
had originally seen them, Richard saw a group of about 6 birds or so fly off, and they had white patches on
their wings. Richard would like anyone else that has seen the Scoters on Hyrum Lake to help confirm their
identities. Richard also reported seeing Common Loon, Pacific Loon, Western Grebes, American Coots,
Buffleheads and the usual gulls.

Oct. 25 : Tom Gordon reported 3 Blue Jays that have been hanging around his feeders for about a week.
His house is located in Clarkston at 211 S Main. It is a yellow house on the SW corner of 200 S and Main.
Tom says that you can call him at 563-1682 if interested. If he is not around, people are welcome to come
and park and watch from their cars; the feeders are on the north side of the house and the east side of the garage.
(Stephen Peterson visited Tom this evening and saw the 3 Blue Jays taking fresh peanuts that Tom put out for them.)

Oct. 17 : Bryan Dixon reported seeing a Three-toed Woodpecker and four Pine Grosbeaks at Spring Hollow
on the trail above the sink holes and scree field between 7500 and 8500 ft. elevation.

Oct. 11 : Mark Fogg, with Hawkwatch, reported seeing a female Western Bluebird crossing the Wellsville ridge,
heading East. Nice eyering and amber breast were evident. Also saw a flock of about 50 birds that he said were
possible Gray-Rosy Finch.

Oct. 3 : Richard Wood reported seeing a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker off a trail along the Blacksmith Fork river on
the way to Hardware Ranch. He reports that the trail is 5.4 miles east on Highway 101 from the traffic light in Hyrum.
You will find a small building next to a bridge that crosses the river. There is a yellow gate, and past that a trail that
goes towards the east. The trail goes left around a curve, and Richard says he saw the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker just
past this curve sitting low in the willow trees not far from the river. Richard says that the bird was definitely a Yellow-bellied
Sapsucker and not a Red-naped Sapsucker, as this bird didn't have much red on his head, nor was his back as black.
It was more stripey than black.

Sep. 24: Hawkwatch volunteer biologist, Mark Fogg, reported seeing 2 Broad-winged Hawks on Friday on top
of Hawkwatch Peak on the Wellsville mountains. (See Field Trip report for 9/25/04 for complete listing of Hawkwatch
numbers for Aug. 22nd thru Sept. 24).

Sep. 16: Bryan Williams reported seeing 31 Swainsons Hawks, all on telephone/electric poles, as he drove out
of the valley Thursday morning.

Sep. 13: Pat (last name unknown), went out birding on Monday and reported seeing 113 hawks here and there
around Cache County. They also reported seeing an assortment of other beauties, including cranes, egrets, and a kingfisher.

Sep. 8: Stephen Peterson observed a single Osprey at 1st dam, with a fish in talons. Look for bird perched on any
of the telephone poles surrounding the dam.

Sep. 3-6: Stephen Peterson observed two juvenile Golden Eagles up Blacksmith Fork Canyon 1/4 mile East of Left Hand
Fork, soaring above the rocky cliffs north of the road. Other birds of interest included Canyon Wren, American Dipper,
Belted Kingfisher, Gray Catbird, Red-naped Sapsucker, Clarks Nutcracker and Townsends Solitaire.