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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.
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.
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