Great Blue Heron Family Portrait
Courtesy & Copyright Darwin Thompson
Cache Valley Wild Bird Photo Contest 2021
One of the species that may be seen
Saturday June 21, 2025
Birding with Bridgerland Audubon at Bud Phelps Wildlife Management Area.
Jun 21, Birding with Bridgerland Audubon at Bud Phelps Wildlife Management Area
Trip Report:
Our good luck continued this month and the canal water flooding the road earlier in the week had receded completely by Saturday morning. Temperatures were blissfully cool in the 60’s. A large group of over 25 people turned out again to join Meg and Dawn in this open agricultural area to find about 37 species of birds. We had some human returnees including the Hyrum Senior Center, USU international students and new faces including several “summer citizens”. Mosquitos were not too prevalent. We walked about a mile north on the good dirt road to the Logan River. Some of the highlights were Wilson’s Snipe doing their winnowing flight displays, a pair of American Bitterns flying by, both Eastern and Western Kingbirds, a few lingering Great Blue Herons on nests at the rookery and songs of both the Common Yellowthroat and Sora along with quick glimpses of Marsh Wrens. A Savannah Sparrow also posed obligingly for pictures and entertained us with its buzzy song.
Dawn Holzer (dawnholzer80@gmail.com, 435-799-1991)
***** Future Events & Trip Reports *****
January 25 – First Dam and USU Water Lab
February 22 – Trapper Park and Logan River Icon Trail
March 22 – Wellsville Reservoir
April 12 – Sue’s Pond – Logan River Wetlands and Shorebird Playa
May 17 – Third Dam/Spring Hollow
June 21 – Bud Phelps Wildlife Management Area
July 19 – Tony Grove
August 23 – Amalga Barrens
September 27 – Benson Marina and Railroad Trail
October 25 – King Nature Park and Green Canyon
November 22 – Hyrum Reservoir and State Park
December 6 – Lundstrom Park Trail
***** Background, Bud Phelps Wildlife Management Area *****
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