Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Waterbird Survey 7/1/05 Many nests were flooded out with the high river flows. I am sure many re-nested, but the grebes...
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Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Waterbird Survey 7/14/05 Saw a pied-billed grebe brood with 9 young. What a feat! Also found western and eared grebe...
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Jul 15, 2005 7:00 pm
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... The syllable comes from weB LOG--a site more-or-less frequently updated by the poster, rather like a public diary. But why didn't you just Google the...
... Hoo. I would have said more like Yee-Hee, with the Yee being higher than the Hee. (I don't know how one gets either vowel out of a bird song, but that's...
... suggested sounds good to me too. Sometimes the second note is 2 syllables ("hey sweetie" as a variation on "yoo hoo"). Have only heard the 2-note version....
hi George, try listening to the call of a rusty blackbird. Many describe the male's song as sounding like rusty hinges. You may not find it on western birdsong...
Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Waterbird Survey 8/4/05 The following birds were seen within the survey route that was accessible: Canada geese 136 ...
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Aug 5, 2005 8:28 pm
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Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Waterbird Survey 8/23/05 If nothing else, the grebes really liked this year's water levels. Over 50 western grebe young...
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Aug 24, 2005 5:06 pm
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Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Waterbird Survey 9/7/05 Still wondering where the shorebirds are. The following birds were seen within the survey...
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Sep 7, 2005 10:02 pm
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Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Waterbird Survey 9/21/05 Directions to get to where the American bitterns are hanging out are below; but take note that...
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Sep 21, 2005 9:57 pm
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Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Waterbird Survey 10/4/05 Peak fall color is almost here. Still some green cottonwoods on the Refuge, but many are...
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Oct 4, 2005 9:36 pm
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Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Waterbird Survey 10/20/05 The following birds were seen within the survey route: Canada geese 1,528 Mallard 567 ...
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Oct 20, 2005 9:29 pm
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Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Waterbird Survey 11/1/05 Diving ducks are starting to move in. First time since 1999 that we've pulled some canvasbacks...
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Nov 1, 2005 10:52 pm
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Dear Bird Enthusiasts It's not too early to start planning for the Christmas Bird Count. Northeast Utah now has two CBC circles. This is only the second year...
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Nov 15, 2005 8:47 pm
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Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Waterbird Survey 11/16/05 A real cold snap finally moved through and the ice is starting to form. Moved a lot of birds...
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Nov 16, 2005 10:50 pm
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I just recieved a bunch of brochures about the St. George Winter Bird Festival. January 26-29. Looks well prepared and a lot of fun. I have about ten of them...
Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Waterbird Survey 12/2/05 Christmas Bird Count, Dec. 17. Meet at this office at 7:30 am. Dinosaur N.M./Jensen CBC on...
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Dec 2, 2005 8:41 pm
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Every now and then, someone joins this group for spam purposes. As soon as Myke or I see a message that indicates this has happened, we remove the offending...
Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Waterbird Survey 1/3/06 After having an extremely cold December, we are starting to thaw some and birds are coming back....
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Jan 3, 2006 10:34 pm
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Here are the final results of the Ouray NWR/Green River CBC. We lost to Fish Springs by 3 species. If I would have done it this week instead of the very cold...
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Jan 5, 2006 7:09 pm
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Here's what was seen on the Dino/Jensen CBC. Thanks to everyone who came out to help! Dinosaur/Jensen CBC 12/31/2005 Canada goose 1031 Wood duck 3...
Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Waterbird Survey 1/20/06 We finally received some much needed snow. Now the mule deer, elk and pronghorns are easier to...
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Jan 20, 2006 11:15 pm
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Hi Northeastern Utah Birders, The Utah Birds website keeps listing records for the birders of Utah. Here's a link to the main page: ...
Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Waterbird Survey 2/7/06 Snow is gone (and 100 head of elk have disappeared??) but all the impoundments are still frozen....
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Feb 8, 2006 3:16 pm
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I am posted at the Indian Health Clinic until the end of April - just arrived from Indiana. I would appreciate any info on best local birding spots, birding...
Hi - The best place to find birding hotspots for Utah is www.utahbirds.org. They have birding spots by county. We have two Birding Trails maps published for...
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Feb 13, 2006 5:23 am
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Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Waterbird Survey 2/21/06 A few new birds have moved in - spring must be coming. The following birds were seen within...
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Feb 21, 2006 9:16 pm
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Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Waterbird Survey 3/7/06 Spring is here. The following birds were seen within the survey route: Canada geese 1,075 ...
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Mar 7, 2006 8:22 pm
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Dear Diane, Deb and I have been seeing a bird that is a bit larger than a Pinion Jay, has a much longer and very pointed beak like a Flicker Wood Pecker, the...
Lu, We've been scrambling to find out and when we went to Google Images we entered Clark's Nutcracker and are pretty certain that's the bird. You birders are...