Wildlife and birds seen

Wildlife Seen on Antelope Island Field Trip

naturalist: Hobson Calhoun -Calhoun-bio- [TourSite]

time: 2:00 pm - 6 pm

date: April 21, 2008

Birds

1. [Eared Grebe] eared grebes- 1,000 plus

• Found on every continent except Australia and Antarctica and mostly known as the Black-necked Grebe. The Eared Grebe is the subspecies found in the Americas.

1. [American White Pelican]American White Pelicans- 3

• 'About 10-20% of the population uses Gunnison Island in the Great Basin's Great Salt Lake as a nesting ground.'

1. [Double-creasted Cormorant] double-crested cormorants- 2
2. [Great Blue Heron] Great Blue Herons- 2
3. [Northern Harrier ] Northern Harriers- 3 males; one taking a jackrabbit
4. [Gadwall] Gadwall- 5
5. [Mallard ] Mallards- 4
6. [Lessor Scaup] Lesser Scaup- 4
7. [American Avocet] American Avocets- 750

• Avocets feed by sweeping their bills from side to side in through the water.

1. [Killdeer] Killdeer 1
2. [Long-billed Curlew] long-billed curlews- 4; one limping
3. [Willet] Willets- 12
4. [California Gull] California gulls- 500 plus
5. [Great Horned Owls] Great Horned Owl- 2
6. [Red Tailed Hawk] red-tailed hawks- 2
7. [Burrowing Owl] burrowing owls- 2 pairs
8. [Yellow Headed Blackbird] yellow-headed blackbirds- 42
9. [BrownHeaded Cowbird]brown-headed cowbirds- 5; two on the back of a single bison
10. [Brewer's Blackbird]brewer's blackbirds- 7
11. [Loggerhead Shrike]loggerhead shrikes- 3
12. yellow-rumped warblers- 2 or more
13. ruby-crowned kinglet- 1
14. american robins- 40
15. white-crowned sparrows- 1
16. spotted towhee- 1
17. marsh wren- 1
18. red-winged blackbirds- 30
19. rock wren- 1
20. western meadowlarks- 30 plus
21. european starlings- 12
22. chuckars- 3
23. ravens- 3
24. barn swallows- 6
25. house finches- 2

Mammals

1. bison- 40 plus

• all males, the females would be up high calving at this time of year

1. pronghorn antelopes- 15
2. black-tailed jackrabbits- 5
3. coyotes- 2