http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northeasternutahbirding/ Northeastern Utah Birding - Gathering place for birders from Northeastern Utah Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:41:52 GMT diane_penttila@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northeasternutahbirding/message/316 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northeasternutahbirding/message/316 Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Waterbird Survey 6/18/08 The river flows have only been higher than this year 5 times since the Flaming Gorge Dam was Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:17:38 GMT diane_penttila@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northeasternutahbirding/message/315 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northeasternutahbirding/message/315 Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Waterbird Survey 6/3/08 We are currently seeing some of the highest river flows in years. The shorebirds aren't liking Wed, 21 May 2008 15:58:12 GMT diane_penttila@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northeasternutahbirding/message/314 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northeasternutahbirding/message/314 Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Waterbird Survey 5/20/08 Note all the phalaropes!! The following birds were seen within the survey route: Canada geese Mon, 05 May 2008 22:15:49 GMT diane_penttila@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northeasternutahbirding/message/313 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northeasternutahbirding/message/313 Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Waterbird Survey 5/5/08 Saw the first goose brood of the year. Even though it snowed last week, I think spring is Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:29:20 GMT diane_penttila@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northeasternutahbirding/message/312 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northeasternutahbirding/message/312 Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Waterbird Survey 4/14/08 Been able to flood a couple more areas with Pelican Lake water. The following birds were seen Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:23:18 GMT diane_penttila@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northeasternutahbirding/message/311 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northeasternutahbirding/message/311 Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Waterbird Survey 4/4/08 We've been able to put a little water in a couple units from the Pelican Lake pipeline, but we Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:26:27 GMT diane_penttila@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northeasternutahbirding/message/310 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northeasternutahbirding/message/310 Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Waterbird Survey 3/17/08 Most of the snow is gone, but only a couple areas plus the River have open water. The Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:54:12 GMT Kathy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northeasternutahbirding/message/309 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northeasternutahbirding/message/309 I'm looking for info on purple martins in eastern Utah, to help with an ongoing research project. If any of you have seen this species in the eastern half of Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:03:08 GMT diane_penttila@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northeasternutahbirding/message/308 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northeasternutahbirding/message/308 Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Waterbird Survey 3/4/08 Starting to thaw out slowly. Still no open water in the impoundments and only a few slivers of Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:26:18 GMT diane_penttila@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northeasternutahbirding/message/307 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northeasternutahbirding/message/307 Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Waterbird Survey 2/20/08 We haven't had any waterfowl on the Refuge since December. Lots of snow; almost all the Refuge Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:06:31 GMT Kathy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northeasternutahbirding/message/306 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northeasternutahbirding/message/306 Just a reminder that the GBBC started today and runs thru Monday. It's a fun, simple count to do and provides researchers with valuable information on bird Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:00:34 GMT Kathy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northeasternutahbirding/message/305 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northeasternutahbirding/message/305 I've been hearing about flocks of waxwings all winter, on birdnet and from people around Vernal, but hadn't run into any myself - until last Saturday. I was Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:04:47 GMT Kathy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northeasternutahbirding/message/304 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northeasternutahbirding/message/304 Here are the final numbers from Saturday's count. The town of Jensen was the place to be this year, where backyard feeders provided most of the action. Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:06:14 GMT Kathy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northeasternutahbirding/message/303 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northeasternutahbirding/message/303 Just a reminder that we have 2 local CBCs going on. The Ouray CBC (Diane's circle) is typically the first Saturday of the count period and this year it's the Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:50:47 GMT diane_penttila@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northeasternutahbirding/message/302 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northeasternutahbirding/message/302 Ouray National Wildlife Refuge General Waterbird Survey 12/5/07 Winter has definitely arrived. Must be time for the Christmas Bird Count which is Dec. 15.