May 2008

3 Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. Lyle Bingham, Dorothy Egan and Dick Hurren have been serving as tour guides at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge west of Brigham City, and would like to host a BAS tour there. Join us to see large numbers of different kinds of birds, particularly shore birds. We will meet at 8 a.m. at the parking lot between Caffe Ibis and the Logan Fire Station. We can carpool to the Refuge and back. We will plan to return to Logan by early to mid-afternoon. Bring binoculars and a snack, or you may wish to have lunch at a cute, new, very moderately priced café in Corinne.

8-11 Southwestern Utah with Jack Greene. Long-time BAS member and skilled naturalist, Jack will lead a trip to important spots in southwestern Utah including the Lytle Ranch Preserve and Zion National Park. Jack has led this trip before, which has received very good reviews. Participants can either plan to camp at one of the campgrounds near St. George or arrange to stay in one of the many St. George motels. Meet at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 8th to receive any final instructions from Jack and to carpool down to St. George from the parking lot between Caffe Ibis and the Logan Fire Station. Return will be on Sunday, May 11th. For more information, call Jack at 563-6816.

15-19 Great Salt Lake Bird Festival. Although not an official BAS event, BAS has strongly supported GSLBF since its inception a number of years ago. In fact, several BAS members lead some of the tours/events at the Festival. Therefore, we are strongly encouraging BAS members and friends to take part in GSLBF events. Please do so — we know you will have much fun.

22 Listening for and Seeing Songbirds and Owls in Green Canyon. Listening for and Seeing Songbirds and Owls in Green Canyon Join us this evening to have Reinhard Jockel and other experts show us the songbirds in Green Canyon and to learn some of their songs. As dark approaches, we’ll travel farther up the canyon to try to “hoot in” some owl species and see them up close. Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the parking lot between Caffe Ibis and the Logan Fire Station. Bring a good flashlight and binoculars. We’ll carpool to our sight, and not return until well after dark. Call Dick Hurren (435-744-2017) for more information.

 

June 2008

7 Bear Lake Wildlife Refuge. Many of us regularly go to the Bear River Refuge west of Brigham City, but very few of us go up to the Bear Lake Refuge at the north end of Bear Lake. Join us for a day trip there to see the birds and other animals. They are quite different from those seen in Cache Valley or at the Bear River Refuge. We’ll leave at 7:30 a.m. from the parking lot between Caffe Ibis and the Logan Fire Station (50 E. 150 North). Please bring binoculars and a lunch (we’ll also make a stop for raspberry milkshakes in Garden City). We will not be back before mid-afternoon. For more information, call Dick Hurren at (435) 744-2017.