Tag Archive: waterfowl

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.

Observation Tower – Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve – Utah

Observation Tower - Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve - Utah

An observation tower at the Great Salt Lake Shoreline Preserve for birders to observe water fowl, and raptors. The Great Salt Lake Shoreline Preserve covers 4,400 acress of wetlands, and upland habitat along the eastern side of the Great Salt Lake. It helps support waterfowl, raptors, and migratory shorebirds. During the spring and fall more than 4-6 million migratory birds visit the Great Salt Lake on their way to their summer and winter habitat. Some travel as far as the Arctic in the summer, while others venture to Central and South America during the winter months. The Preserve is owned and managed by the Nature Conservancy, and is north of Salt Lake City off of I-80.

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