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Field Trip Report for Saturday, June 3, 2006 (BAS Big Sit)

After the thrill of the chase in the Bridgerland Audubon Bird-a-thon last weekend, we enjoyed the leisurely pace of a Big Sit in beautiful Logan Canyon. During the Big Sit we parked ourselves on comfortable chairs and counted all of the birds we could see or hear from a 17 feet diameter circle. Our site was on the nature trail at Spring Hollow in Logan Canyon, which gave us a great cross section of riparian and mountain birds. We brought lawn chairs, spotting scope, snacks, and drinks to enjoy a great morning of conversation about life, birds and the universe. After the Big Sit was over we had a picnic near the hummingbird feeders at the Spring Hollow caretaker site. We saw a total of 24 species in the Big Sit.

We saw the following birds:

Mallard

Turkey Vulture

Black-chinned Hummingbird

Broad-tailed Hummingbird

Belted Kingfisher

Downy Woodpecker

Violet-green Swallow

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Barn Swallow

White-throated Swift

Black-capped Chickadee

Townsend’s Solitaire

American Robin

Warbling Vireo

Yellow Warbler

MacGillivray’s Warbler

Townsend’s Warbler

Western Tanager

Black-headed Grosbeak

Fox Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Lincoln’s Sparrow

Brewer’s Blackbird

Brown-headed Cowbird

by
Buck Russell
Logan, UT