Wednesday July 25, 2007
Back down to the “flatlands” we decided to checkout Fruitgrower's Reservoir and Confluence Park (Delta) before heading up Escalante Canyon.
Fruitgrower's Reservoir had a few shorebirds; the most interesting being 2 Willets. We made a brief stop in front of E. Horn’s home to watch the Lewis's Woodpeckers (and take a few photos). Not much was observed around Confluence Park. We couldn’t get any owls to call. We also checked 34 Road south of Delta for Burrowing Owls; without success. At an old location for Long-eared Owls our luck changed and we found a lone Long-eared Owl! Then we headed to Escalante Canyon.
I had missed the previously reported Black Phoebes on 4 trips and missed them again this day. We ran into two pairs of Chukars which are always nice to find without great effort. Mountain Bluebirds, Western Bluebirds, and Say's Phoebes were found around the “old cabin”. We then continued up the canyon to do some owling.
We enjoyed what we thought was pretty good success up Escalante Canyon. Our owl count was 3 Northern Pygmy-Owls and 2 Great Horned Owls.
Back down to the “flatlands” we decided to checkout Fruitgrower's Reservoir and Confluence Park (Delta) before heading up Escalante Canyon.
Fruitgrower's Reservoir had a few shorebirds; the most interesting being 2 Willets. We made a brief stop in front of E. Horn’s home to watch the Lewis's Woodpeckers (and take a few photos). Not much was observed around Confluence Park. We couldn’t get any owls to call. We also checked 34 Road south of Delta for Burrowing Owls; without success. At an old location for Long-eared Owls our luck changed and we found a lone Long-eared Owl! Then we headed to Escalante Canyon.
I had missed the previously reported Black Phoebes on 4 trips and missed them again this day. We ran into two pairs of Chukars which are always nice to find without great effort. Mountain Bluebirds, Western Bluebirds, and Say's Phoebes were found around the “old cabin”. We then continued up the canyon to do some owling.
We enjoyed what we thought was pretty good success up Escalante Canyon. Our owl count was 3 Northern Pygmy-Owls and 2 Great Horned Owls.
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