600 Waxwings in Bountiful

I was doing a little scouting this morning for the North Salt Lake Bountiful quad of the Salt Lake CBC. There wasn't much out and about... except for WAXWINGS! Several blocks from where Jeff Bilsky reported them last week, I found a flock that I estimated had around 400 birds in it. However, being curious I decided to count the birds in a flight shot I took and came up wit at least 553 individuals in the flock, with a 10:1 ratio for Bohemian to Cedars, not a bad little flock.

Bohemian Waxwings in Bountiful, Utah December 14, 2007

This area was between Davis Boulevard and 400 East, from 2450 South to 2600 South. The birds were moving between several yards, and trees, and often worked in smaller flocks. Several blocks away I had another flock of about 50 Bohemian Waxwing feeding in a crab apple tree. And out of the Cont Circle on Mills Drive/Lane 13 Bohemian Waxwing were in an ornamental Juniper.

Other birds of note included 25 RED CROSSBILL at the Bountiful Cemetery, several STELLER'S JAYS around the bountiful bench, at least 20 WESTERN SCRUB-JAY, and a couple small coveys of CALIFORNIA QUAIL...

Red Crossbill at the Bountiful Cemetery, Bountiful, Utah, December 14, 2007