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Welcome to Tim Avery Birding.com! Bird Photography and Identification, Utah Birds and Birding! I initially created this site in 2004 to host a growing number of bird photographs, and have since used it for quizzes, videos, identification problems, and everything bird relatd!
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added: July 1, 2008
Completed another brand new site skin. With the web ever changing its all about keeping up with that pack and trying to keep ahead! This new look and feel matches that of my brand new site for my guiding company, Mountain West Birding Company.

I have removed several parts of the old site, including the quiz which hadn't been in use for over a year. The new site basically follows the same format of the old site, but with a fresh new look! Take a look around at the updated color scheme and layout, and check out Mountain West Bird Company!
Posted by Tim @ 1:57pm
It's July, and SHOREBIRD TIME!
added: July 1, 2008
Holy Crap! What happened to spring migration and the breeding season? It's July 1st today and shorebirds are already on their way back south for the winter! Wilson's Phalarope numbers are building out on the Great Salt Lake, with around 250,000 birds along the causeway this week. The first reports of southbound Marbled Godwit, as well as Yellowlegs came in during the past 7 days, and peeps should be showing up any day now.

July is the start of fall migration, and with it comes a number of vagrants. Whimbrel are often found around the end of the month, at the Great Salt Lake, and teh causeway usually hosts 1 or 2 each year. Last July I had a mega-early, hugely rare White-rumped Sandpiper with a flock of Baird's. Other possibilities around the end of the month will be forming flocks of plovers, as well as our rarest annual shorebird, the Ruddy Turnstone

Along with the regular flocks of shorebirds, its a great time to be on the lookout for mega-rarities, such as Red-necked or Little Stint, for which Utah currently have no records. In terms of other vagrants, last July Utah had a state first Painted Bunting, as well as a female Scarlet Tanger and a Reddish Egret at Fish Springs NWR all within the period of a couple days.

Also with July come the first southbound Rufous Hummingbirds of the season, usually around the 2nd week.

Being that breeding is tailing off you will be likely to see a number of young birds, that often cause ID problems, so check out your field guides to make sure that juvenile warbler your seeing is just a MacGillivray's and not some eastern vagrant. Sparrows, vireos, flycatchers and other common breeders often cause confusion this time of year with goofy looking young birds out foraging.

With that I say hit the field! Find some rare birds, and enjoy the remaining time we have with those montane breeding species! Pretty soon shorebirds and fall passerines will be heavily on the move, and before we know it fall will be dwindling into winter, and the whole process will start again!

Good Birding and have a great July!
Tim

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