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Field Trip Report for Saturday, April 27, 2006 (Shorebird Trip)

On the Bridgerland Audubon trip today and a little birding afterwards, I saw some new species for the year. On the south side of the Logan Landfill I saw my first Northern Rough Wing Swallow. On the west side of the Landfill in the mitigation pond there were some Ruddy Ducks. All year I have searched for American Pipits with no luck, but today I saw quite a few of them in fields at the Amalga Barrens and along Airport Road. Flying over the Barrens I saw my first Black Crowned Night Heron. At the Bear River Oxbow, near Benson, I saw my first Marbled Godwit and a Great Egret flew over the river. There were about five Snowy Egrets at the Oxbow. Between the Oxbow and the Benson Marina (along the Bear River) I saw a Western Kingbird and Spotted Sandpiper. Along the Logan Airport Road in some flooded fields we found a Least Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, and probably Semipalmated Sandpipers. I took some photos of the possible Semipalmated Sandpipers. If anyone would care to express an opinion, please let me know and I will send you the photos as an email attachment. I saw most of these birds with Bob Atwood and Reinhard Jockel. The weather was great, the Birders were great, and the birds were great. It was wonderful to be outdoors and enjoying creation.
by
Buck Russell
Logan, UT