Big January 2012 Final Day - Bues Pond

As the last day of the month marked the end of the Big January Bird Count, beautiful sunshine beckoned me to venture out to Bues Pond, an open-water pond and local birding hotspot, which I have not birded before knowing I might be able to add to my Big January count.  Well, I was not disappointed!


Going into the day, my bird count was 28 species.  By the end of my walk, I added 5 more species including 1 new life bird!  Not included in my bird count is domestic geese and domestic mallards which also enjoy this pond year round. At the end of this post is my Big January 2012 Bird List. 


Disappointingly, I forgot my camera on this day, so I took the following photos on the next day which was overcast and breezy, so the birds were mostly napping under trees on the bank.  


Enjoy the photo journal of Bues Pond below:

My Big January 2012 Bird List:

1. Northern Flicker - My Mountain Green 
2. Western Scrub Jay
3. Black-capped Chickadee
4. Dark-eyed Junco
5. House Finch
6. American Goldfinch
7. Downy Woodpecker
8. Spotted Towhee
9. Eurasian Collared-Dove
10. Cedar Waxwing
11. Pine Siskin
12. Wild Turkey
13. American Robin 
14. California Quail
15. Black-billed Magpie
16. American Crow
17. Golden Eagle - West Weber County
18. Red-Winged Blackbird
19. Yellow-headed Blackbird
20. Ring-necked Pheasant - Antelope Island Entrance
21. Bald Eagle 
22. Rough-legged Hawk
23. Common Raven
24. American Kestrel - GSL Nature Center
25. Northern Shoveler - Farmington Bay WMA
26. Great Blue Heron
27. American Coot
28. California Gull
29. Canada Goose - Bues Pond
30. Wood Duck  New Life Bird
31. Mallard
32. Ring-billed Gull
33. Townsend’s Solitaire

Bold lettering indicates change of location.

I consider myself to be a novice birder.  I can thank my good friend, Kathie Brown, for introducing me to the love of birding.  My Life Bird count is now 235!  Many of those I have seen with Kathie!

As the year progresses, I look forward to adding to My Mountain Green bird list.