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The Great Salt Lake is D(r)ying and Utah’s Water Crisis

By |April 26th, 2015|Categories: American White Pelicans, Antelope Island State Park, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Black-necked Stilts, Box Elder County, Brine Flies, Conservation, Davis County, Eared Grebes, Environment, Franklin's Gulls, Northern Shovelers, Utah, Wilson's Phalaropes|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

One thing I know for certain is that we can't drink dust.

European Starling eating Brine flies on the shoreline of the Great Salt Lake

By |June 21st, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Brine Flies, Davis County, European Starlings, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Last week I was photographing shorebirds and a Chukar eating Brine flies on the shore of the Great Salt Lake when this European Starling flew in and started to eat them too.

Too many Eared Grebes to Count

By |May 9th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Brine Flies, Eared Grebes, Great Salt Lake, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

During spring and fall migration there can be so many Eared Grebes (Podiceps nigricollis) on the Great Salt Lake that they are impossible to count.

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