September 6, 2009 Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

MMG, also know as the PelicanLady, is smiling to night! We drove about 60 miles north of Salt lake City today, then 15 miles west on a mostly washboard dirt road to reach the 12 mile circular dirt road that wanders through the wetlands that compose the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.

Among the hundreds of birds that migrate through the refuge we saw these -- White Pelicans, of course, the PelicanLady's favorite:






Of course we also saw many other birds, among them:

White Faced Ibis

Great White Egret

Grebe

Cormorant

After spending much of the day at the Refuge, we drove through Logan, UT, home of Utah State University, on the way back to the moho. Utah is proud of its great trout fishing as can be seen by this "medium" fly on display in Logan.

I was going to send you one, but export from Utah is prohibited as these flies are too big for the trout in other states!

One more day in Salt Lake City, then on to the Tetons!

Stay Well.

MMG and DDG