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Show Baseball By Beky Beaton The American Fork baseball base-ball team came from behind in the final two innings to pull out a 5-3 region victory over Timpview April 6 in last week's only game. A scheduled contest with Spanish Fork on Wednesday Wednes-day was rained out and postponed for a week. The Cavemen took the first lead with a pair of runs in the second. Shay Conder and Hap Holmstead hit back-to-back singles, and a double by Brady Palmer scored one. Holmstead later came in on a wild pitch to w . 4 - - . Caveman Hap Holmstead reaches base safely in a game Now is the time to view Whether participating in unique migratory birds as guided excursions or head-many head-many pass through Utah, ing out on their own, bird The semipalmated plover is generally only seen during migration in spring and fall. It is easiest to find on the shores of larger bodies of water. The black-necked stilt favors shallow ponds and mudflats, mud-flats, but can also sometimes be found in flooded fields and runoff areas near highway exits. I .Hljlt 1 1 111' pi-n W?t;: if? j ' - Up to 60 i in 3 r t 1 Storewide! gels region victory give American Fork the early advantage. However, the Thunder-birds Thunder-birds got three runs in the third, and neither team scored again until the bottom bot-tom of the fifth. Josh Jones doubled, then crossed home plate on a base hit by Daniel Mangum to tie up the game at three apiece. In the bottom of the sixth, Conder singled aboard, then moved to second sec-ond on a sacrifice bunt by Holmstead. Palmer drove Conder in with a single. Mark Brown then got a base hit, and an Migratory birds are ,4 "' ' hit tJ-rTlUl mm r1 ttm4 f top N . , Jk I mm tm V OFF 241 H. 100 UVxl . Sj.rinrvilU' fnHMiu..iMl 480-4212 error in the outfield allowed Palmer to score an insurance insur-ance run before the inning ended. Pitcher Brown held off Timpview in the top of the seventh to secure the victory. victo-ry. He threw a complete game with seven strikeouts and just two walks on the night. Conder, Palmer and Holmstead all went 2-for-3 at the plate. The Cavemen have just one scheduled game next week, the return trip to Timpview on Tuesday. Varsity Var-sity game time is 4 p.m. Photos by Kent Davis against Payson March 30. watching enthusiasts are becoming very excited with the opportunities that await. Frank Howe, coordinator for Partners in Flight, discussed dis-cussed their patterns, "These birds fly, or migrate, from their wintering areas in Mexico and other warmer places to Utah. Some of these species of migrants may also be year-round residents. res-idents. "It's not uncommon to see American robins and black-capped black-capped chickadees during the late winter months and then hear and see more of them during springtime," he said. Cecile LeBlanc, wetlands specialist from the Division of Wildlife Resources, continued, con-tinued, "The international migration of hundreds of bird species connects Utah with Central and South America. For instance, the same oriole seen nesting in Utah this summer may have spent the winter in Costa Rica. These migratory birds travel thousands of miles to winter in the south, then return to Utah's wetlands to breed and raise their young. All types of wetlands are important to birds," she said. "Riparian wetlands, or - tiffin Iriifi mmmrn 1. U I T An Mark Brown delivers against the Uons in an earlier game. He got the win over Timpview Tim-pview In last week's region contest. New nature viewing area open Ponds filled with great blue herons, Canada geese, ducks and other birds just became easier to view since the opening of the Lee Kay Ponds Auto Loop Road. Located on Division of Wildlife Resources' property proper-ty south of the Salt Lake Valley Solid Waste Facility at 6030 W. California Ave., the Lee Kay Ponds provide visitors a place to relax and enjoy wildlife viewing. The auto loop road provides pro-vides excellent viewing of the ponds. Bob Walters, Watchable Wildlife Program easy to end streamside woods, are particularly par-ticularly important for willow wil-low flycatchers, yellow-billed cuckoos, and common yel-lowthroats yel-lowthroats which, because of declining populations andor ranges, are listed as species of special concern. "Several other species, like the northern (Bullock's) oriole, broad-tailed hummingbird hum-mingbird and the lazuli bunting are still abundant, but at risk because of the loss of wetland habitats in North America and the tropics," LeBlanc said. Howe noted that migratory migra-tory bird viewing is typically typical-ly only minutes away from our homes. "Riparian areas with a stream and its associated asso-ciated foliage of willows, cattails, trees and grasses are ideal for birdwatching statewide." Backyard feeders can attract some surprising visitors vis-itors this time of year. For the more venturesome, particularly par-ticularly good viewing areas include wetlands surrounding surround-ing Utah Lake State Park, Rock Cliff Nature Center at Jordanelle State Park, various vari-ous areas along the Jordan River, and the marshlands near the Great Salt Lake. Loyal Clark, from the US Forest Service, suggested, "To enhance your experience, experi-ence, dress appropriately Great wf 1 1 - 1 1 yityto7' n iPlivprffrKnr American Fork Citizen New Utah .. . a Coordinator for the Division of Wildlife Resources, reported, "This is a great wildlife viewing area that isn't far from the heart of the Salt Lake Valley. "We're surrounded by urban sprawl in the valley and need open space. These ponds help provide that." The Lee Kay Ponds Auto Loop Road was built near the ponds by the Salt Lake Valley Solid Waste Facility. The road includes four wildlife viewing pullouts and a gazebo, complete with binocular viewers. and view team,. Km. - - fiff The greater yellowlegs is a around marshes in northern and bring binoculars, a lunch and a bird identification identifica-tion book if you have one." Houghton Mifflin offers easy-to-use bird identification identifica-tion "Flash Cards," by Roger Tory Peterson. These laminated cards simplify bird viewing by placing color illustrations on one foldable page, allowing faster identification than can be obtained with many bird identification books. These cards overcome the frustration that amateur ama-teur bird viewers have as they scan several ' pages Customer Service - Thursday, April 15, 2004 Page 7 i hi ii i mi i aiii ii m iiiiiftini V ' k it Si u Walters concluded, "The facilities the solid waste facility has built are very, very nice and provide people peo-ple a comfortable way to relax and watch the myriad of birds that use the area." The auto loop road is open year-round, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, excluding exclud-ing Thanksgiving, Christmas Christ-mas and New Year's Day. For more information, call Walters at (801) 538-4771 538-4771 or the Salt Lake Valley Solid Waste Facility at (801) 974-6902. - 2 ' ? -f Photos by Giff Beaton common summer resident Utah. while the bird flies away. Over 100 birds are identified identi-fied on each of the available flash cards, including Western West-ern Trailside Birds, Hawks, and Backyard Birds. Brief descriptions identify identi-fy striking characteristics or habits of the birds including includ-ing viewing seasons and feeding habits to identify which bird feeders attract which species. For more information about migratory birds, contact con-tact Frank Howe at (801)538-4764 or Scott Root (801)491-5678. mi " ft |