February 2, 2019 Nature Experienceship: Birding with Merrill Webb

“The early bird gets the worm!” This saying certainly applies to Bald Eagles. On Saturday, February 2, 2019 at about 7AM, we went in search of these majestic birds as part of the Bean Museum’s Nature Experienceship with Mr. Merrill Webb. At the first nesting areas we checked, the eagles had already set off in search of the day’s meal. Not giving up, we headed to Utah Lake and found a Bald Eagle perched on the ice not too far from the shore! We saw about five other Bald Eagles throughout the day. But we didn’t just see bald eagles. Try to identify more of the birds we saw in the pictures below!

These are the species of birds we saw that morning:

Bald Eagles
Canada Goose
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Belted Kingfisher
American Wigeon
Common Goldeneye
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
American Pipit
Red-winged Blackbird
Ring-billed Gull
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Northern Flicker
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
American Robin
European Starling

Thanks to everyone who attended this birding trip! Check our website for future events and nature experienceships like this one.