Monthly Archive: September 2024

Great Blue Heron Rookery – Great Salt Lakey – Utah

Great Blue Heron Rookery - Great Salt Lakey - Utah

An artificial Great Blue Heron Rookery located at the Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, on the the edge of the Great Salt Lake. North of Salt Lake City, Utah

The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North and Central America, as well as far northwestern South America, the Caribbean and the Galápagos Islands.

Every year from February to June, great blue herons nest in a rookery near the DWR’s George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Wildlife Education Center.

Historic Building Nine Mile Canyon – Utah

Historic Building Nine Mile Canyon - Utah

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Historic Building Nine Mile Canyon – Price, Utah

Nine Mill Canyon, near Price, is known for its diverse history, from the ruins of pioneer homes, and the petroglyphs/pictographs of the Fremont Indians, to the inscriptions on rock left by the Expedition of John Wesley Powell to explore the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon in 1869.

American and POW-MIA Flags – Washington Monument – Washington, DC

American and POW-MIA Flags - Washington Monument - Washington, DC

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Two flags wave in the wind against a clear blue sky, one being the American flag and the other a POW-MIA flag. The Washington Monument stands tall in the background.

The 50 stars and 13 stripes of the American Flag represent the current 50 states in the Union and the original thirteen colonies prior to the founding of the United States of America. A symbol of the United States is a national symbol often identified with unity, patriotism, sacrifice, courage, liberty and freedom.

The 555-foot Washington Monument Obelisk, named in honor of America’s First President George Washington, was constructed between 1848 and 1884.

The POW-MIA Flag is the official symbols of the National League of POW/MIA Families, which was created in 1970 to bring awareness to prisoners of war (POW) and those missing in action (MIA), from the Vietnam War. The flag, adopted in 1972, has since become a widely adopted symbol, visible at most military installations, US Post Offices, as well as federal and local government agencies, and veteran group posts and celebrations. Two slogans are visible in the image, “You are not forgotten” was officially adopted by the National League of POW/MIA Families as their motto.