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Jul 19, Birding with Bridgerland Audubon at Tony Grove

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Birding with Bridgerland Audubon at Tony Grove:

Black-chinned Hummingbird Logan Canyon UT 07-13-2020
Courtesy & Copyright Chris Crook
Cache Valley Wild Bird Photo Contest 2021
One of the species that may be seen
Saturday July 19, 2025
Birding with Bridgerland Audubon at Tony Grove.

 

Tony Grove, July 19 Meet: 7 am, Smith's 750 N Parking Lot, Birding with Bridgerland Audubon

Tony Grove, July 19
Meet: 7 am, Smith’s 750 N Parking Lot
Birding with Bridgerland Audubon

We arrived at the Tony Grove lake parking area before 8 AM with our caravan of 3 vehicles but the lot was already full. Fortunately, Jack Green was along with Meg and Dawn and suggested that we park at the livestock camp area .25 mile down canyon and walk back up the trail
towards the lake. That worked out better than going around the lake as there were lots of birds and many fewer
people on that trail. We ended up with about 17 people as a few more folks who had planned to meet up there had also parked at the lower trailhead.

It was a very birdy morning with dozens of birds of 6 different species lining up to drink out of a water trough right near the outhouse. We saw Pine Siskins, Mountain Chickadees, White-crowned Sparrows, Western Tanagers, Cassin’s Finches and Mountain Bluebirds all with fledglings in full view. Other birds seen included both Tree and Violet-green Swallows, Orange-crowned Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Chipping Sparrow and Red-naped Sapsucker. The bird of the day (life bird for many) was heard first and found by Meg at the top of a conifer tree, Red Crossbills!
Trip leader 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, Tony Grove *****

eBird:
Birdlist for Tony Grove: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L634364/bird-list
Recent Checklists for Tony Grove: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L634364/recent-checklists
Media Images for Tony Grove: https://media.ebird.org/catalog?regionCode=L634364

May 17, Birding with Bridgerland Audubon at Third Dam/Spring Hollow-8:00 am

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Birding with Bridgerland Audubon at Third Dam/Spring Hollow:

Pine Siskin
Courtesy & Copyright Molly Orton
Cache Valley Wild Bird Photo Contest 2021, 13-17 Category
One of the species that may be seen
Saturday May 17, 2025
Birding with Bridgerland Audubon at Logan Canyon
Third Dam and Spring Hollow.

Spring Hollow Campground Birding with Bridgerland Audubon May 17, 8 am Meet at 750 N Smith's Marketplace, (750 North Main Street, Logan), SW Corner to Carpool Art per Meg Kast

Spring Hollow Campground
Birding with Bridgerland Audubon
May 17, 8 am Meet at 750 N Smith’s Marketplace, SW Corner to Carpool
Art per Meg Kast

Meet at the southwest corner of the Smith’s Marketplace parking lot (750 North Main Street, Logan) at 8 AM for carpooling to our destination. Spring Hollow campground is about 6 miles east of Logan on route 89. Participants are welcome to meet us there around 8:15 if driving themselves. You may be able to park across the wooden bridge at the campground entrance. If that lot is full there is additional parking just across the highway to the north. If crossing the road on foot use extreme caution! We will follow a paved road about ¼ mile up a moderate incline along a wooded stream. There is a good dirt road we will also follow along level terrain for about ¼ mile along the river to see more open riparian habitat. We should be able to see American Dippers and swallows under the bridge. Hopefully warblers will be present in the trees and brush including Yellow Warbler, Orange- crowned and Black-throated Gray. There are usually some Spotted Sandpipers along the river too. We will likely hear Fox Sparrows and see colorful Lazuli Buntings and Black-headed Grosbeaks.

Trip leader 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, Third Dam/Spring Hollow *****

eBird:
Birdlist for Third Dam/Spring Hollow: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L794452/bird-list
Recent Checklists for Third Dam/Spring Hollow: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L794452/recent-checklists
Media Images for Third Dam/Spring Hollow: https://media.ebird.org/catalog?regionCode=L794452

Signed waivers required for all participants. Complete form, print results and bring printed waiver to meeting point.

Feb 22, Birding with Bridgerland Audubon at Trapper Park and the Logan River Icon Trail

Event/Trip Reports, ,

Birding with Bridgerland Audubon at Trapper Park and the Logan River Icon Trail:

Black-capped Chickadee
Courtesy Hilary Shughart
One of the species that may be seen
Saturday February 22, 2025
Birding with Bridgerland Audubon at Trapper Park and the Logan River Icon Trail.

 

Trip report: A cold frosty morning greeted us at the Icon River Trail. Temperatures were in the teens, no wind and thick rime of hoarfrost coated all of the vegetation obscuring our views in some areas. There were around 18 or 20 participants most of them meeting us at the Trapper Park area. Not everyone stayed for the full 2 hours. Unfortunately, the city had not plowed the paved trail since the last snow and there was ice and hard crunchy snow in some spots making it more difficult to hear birds over the sound of people walking. It had melted off in some areas also, so it was walkable, but a little tricky footing.

We had a good mix again of experienced seasoned birders and some newer people, old and young. Kim Sullivan and Eric Bingham were in attendance. We decided after the fact that it might have been better to split up a group this large and go in two different directions. We will plan to do this in the future if we have a bigger group show up and other people that could act as leaders present.

We ended up seeing 19 different species. Linda Sargent kept an eBird list for us and posted it on-line. Highlights were good looks at a Belted Kingfisher in flight and perched, Green-winged Teal, Spotted Towhee and multiple Song Sparrows. We did find one mystery sparrow that was later determined by photos to be a rare Swamp Sparrow. This bird stuck around and was seen by several other people later that day.
Trip leader 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, Trapper Park and the Logan River Icon Trail *****

eBird:
Birdlist for Logan River Icon Trail: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L2107185/bird-list
Recent Checklists for Logan River Icon Trail: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L2107185/recent-checklists
Media Images for Logan River Icon Trail: https://media.ebird.org/catalog?regionCode=L2107185

Trapper Park and Logan River Icon Trail, Places to Bird in Cache County, Utah Birds, http://www.utahbirds.org/counties/cache/FirstDam.htm

Birdlist for Trapper Park: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L4629436/bird-list
Recent Checklists for Trapper Park: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L4629436/recent-checklists
Media Images for Trapper Park: https://media.ebird.org/catalog?regionCode=L4629436

Signed waivers required for all participants. Complete form, print results and bring printed waiver to meeting point.

Mar 22, Birding with Bridgerland Audubon at Wellsville Reservoir

Event/Trip Reports, ,

Birding with Bridgerland Audubon at Trapper Park and the Logan River Icon Trail:

American Wigeon Mareca americana
Courtesy US FWS, Valerie Fellows, Photographer
One of the species that may be seen
Saturday March 22, 2025
Birding with Bridgerland Audubon at Wellsville Reservoir.

 

Trip Report
Fourteen people joined us at Wellsville Reservoir on Saturday morning. The weather was overcast with a temperature of around 40 degrees and a little wind, which dissipated as we got away from the north end of the lake. Several people had caravaned from the Hyrum Senior Center and had never been birding before. It was great to see them watching American Coots and learning that they are not ducks, but more closely related to cranes and rails. Wild Turkeys were one of the highlights seen walking around town on the way in. We also saw Ring-necked Ducks, Redheads and one of the first female Red-winged Blackbirds of the season. We were treated to songs of the Song Sparrow, Dark-eyed Juncos and a Great-tailed Grackle’s crazy electronic vocalizations. We also noted multiple Bullock’s Oriole nests from previous seasons that appeared to be made entirely out of fishing line. See Scott Erickson’s eBird checklist for all 21 species noted.

***** 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, First Dam *****

eBird:
Birdlist for Wellsville Reservoir: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L805147/bird-list
Recent Checklists for Wellsville Reservoir: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L805147/recent-checklists
Media Images for Wellsville Reservoir: https://media.ebird.org/catalog?regionCode=L805147

Signed waivers required for all participants. Complete form, print results and bring printed waiver to meeting point.

Apr 12, Birding with Bridgerland Audubon at Sue’s Pond – Logan Wetlands

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Birding with Bridgerland Audubon at Sue’s Pond – Logan River Wetlands and Shorebird Playa:

Willet (Tringa semipalmata) Courtesy US FWS, Lee Karney, Photographer
One of the species that may be seen
Saturday April 12, 2025
Birding with Bridgerland Audubon at Sue’s Pond – Logan River Wetlands and Shorebird Playa.

 

Sue's Pond & Shorebird Playa - Logan River Wetlands Birding with Bridgerland Audubon Society April 12, 2025, 8:00 am Meet at the SW Corner of Smith's Marketplace Parking Lot

Sue’s Pond & Shorebird Playa – Logan River Wetlands
Birding with Bridgerland Audubon Society
April 12, 2025, 8:00 am
Meet at the SW Corner of Smith’s Marketplace Parking Lot

Saturday April 12, 2025. Birding with Bridgerland Audubon at Sue’s Pond – Logan River Wetlands and Shorebird Playa.

Trip Report:
About 23 people met at the Sue’s Ponds Playa and Wetlands site just west of the old landfill site. We had perfect early spring weather with comfortable temperatures, no wind and no mosquitoes yet. Plenty of harmless midges though (great bird food). We had some brand new birders, beginners and seasoned pros attending once again. About 35 species were seen including a wide assortment of ducks, first of the year Black-necked Stilts and lots of flashy, noisy male Yellow-headed Blackbirds. Other early migrants included Sandhill Cranes, American White Pelicans and American Avocets. A good time was had by all. One new birder even proclaimed that they are “hooked, and that this is worth getting up early for”!

***** 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, Sue’s Pond – Logan River Wetlands and Shorebird Playa

eBird:
Birdlist for Sue’s Pond – Logan River Wetlands and Shorebird Playa: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L586105/bird-list
Recent Checklists for Sue’s Pond – Logan River Wetlands and Shorebird Playa: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L586105/recent-checklists
Media Images for Sue’s Pond – Logan River Wetlands and Shorebird Playa: https://media.ebird.org/catalog?regionCode=L586105

Signed waivers required for all participants. Complete form, print results and bring printed waiver to meeting point.