BlueRavenBirders

BRMBR = Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, the place I do the most birding.

Shanna and I went to Spanish Fork for a family gathering. We arrived at our hotel late on Friday night because I had an all day library conference in Idaho Falls (it was great) so we didn’t leave Pocatello till almost 6:00. The party was great and I loved visiting with my family. We left early enough to get to the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge just before sunset. I wanted to get the best light possible since it was likely there would be a lot of birds. There were tons of birds. I’m grateful I had Shanna with me. She is amazing at spotting birds though she declares that she is no birder. This was a day of birds on the wing. I love that my camera can catch so many of them.

White Faced Ibises

Tree and Bank Swallows

American White Pelicans

Cliff Swallows

American White Pelican 01

American White Pelican 02

Snowy Egret 01

Snowy Egret 02

Snowy Egret 03

And a final pair of American White Pelicans O1:

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I’ll add my complete bird list when I get my notebook out of my car. — Jenny

1. Canada geese
2. Mallards
3. Gadwalls
4. Northern pintails
5. American wigeons
6. Cinnamon teals
7. Northern shovelers
8. Ruddy ducks
9. Ring necked pheasant
10. Eared grebe
11. Western grebe
12. Clark’s grebe
13. American white pelican
14. Double crested cormorant
15. Great blue herons
16. Snowy egrets
17. Black crowned night heron
18. White faced ibises
19. Turkey vultures
20. Northern harrier
21. Swainson’s hawks
22. Red tailed hawks
23. American coots
24. Killdeer
25. Black necked stilts
26. American avocets
27. Willets
28. Long billed dowitchers
29. Semi palmated sandpiper
30. Franklin’s gulls
31. California gulls
32. Forster’s terns
33. Rock doves
34. Eurasian collared doves
35. Great horned owl
36. American kestrels
37. Western kingbirds
38. Black billed magpies
39. Common ravens
40. American crows
41. Horned larks
42. Tree swallows
43. Bank swallows
44. Barn swallows
45. Cliff swallows
46. Marsh wrens
47. American robins
48. European starlings
49. Lark sparrows
50. Brewers blackbirds
51. Red winged blackbirds
52. Yellow headed blackbirds
53. Brown headed cowbirds
54. Great tailed grackle (Spanish Fork)
55. Western meadowlarks
56. House finches (Pocatello)
57. House sparrows