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Bird Watching
Festivals
The Great Salt Lake Bird Watching Festival in Utah
By: Nomad Rick
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Coming up on its eighth year, the Great Salt Lake Bird Watching Festival is good
get away for birders. Of course, a chance to visit Salt Lake City isn’t so bad
either.
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Great Salt Lake Bird Watching Festival
The Great Salt Lake Bird Watching Festival is both a mouthful and a great event.
Close to Salt Lake City, but actually centered in Farmington, Utah, the festival
is put on by the Davis County Tourism agency and typically runs for five days in
the last two weeks of May each year.
As with many birding festivals, the Great Salt Lake Bird Watching Festival
offers workshops for kids and adults. Workshops include everything from building
bird houses, birding for kids, and lectures on a variety of bird species with
physical birds present.
Of course, field trips are the key to any bird watching festival and Great Salt
Lake Bird Watching Festival doesn’t disappoint. Traditional sighting trips can
be taken on land. The added bonus, however, is the fact birders can rent kayaks
to float about the lake looking for new life birds.
Common Sightings
While each year will present variations, a birder can expect to see a variety of
bird species at Great Salt Lake Bird Watching Festival. A variety of Heron,
Pelican, Grebe and Cormorant species are plentiful. White-faced Ibis and Snowy
Egrets are also often seen as are a variety of geese and ducks. A variety of
falcons and hawks are surprisingly plentiful, but there is one prize sure to
make it on you life list.
The rare American Bald Eagle lives in the area. Due to low population numbers,
there is no guarantee you’ll see one, but at least four sightings occurred at
the 2004 festival.
Whether you attend for the chance to see a bald eagle or the chance to meet
other enthusiasts, the Great Salt Lake Bird Watching Festival is a good time.
Article Source: http://www.articledashboard.com
Rick Chapo is with www.nomadjournals.com/bird_watchers.cfm - makers of writing
journals. Bird watching journals are great bird watching gifts for bird watching
tours and vacations. Visit www.nomadjournaltrips.com for more bird watching
articles.
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