July 2009

4 Birding Sink Hollow Meet at 8:00 am in the parking lot between Caffe Ibis and the Logan Fire Station (50 East 150 North) and plan on carpooling. We will be hiking up to Sink Hollow and Gibson Basin, botanizing along the creek. It is an easy to moderate 4.5 mile hike. Bring water and a snack. We will be back in the late afternoon.

11 Birding Tony Grove Lake Meet at 8:00 am in the parking lot between Caffe Ibis and the Logan Fire Station (50 East 150 North) and plan on carpooling. We will be hiking around Tony Grove Lake, botanizing and birding. Bring water and a lunch as we will have a picnic afterward. We will be back around 3:00 pm.

14 Riverside Trail Adopt-a-Trail work day Meet at the logan Ranger District Office (1150 W Hwy 89 (4th N)) to car pool or join us on the Guinavah-Malibu side of the trail at 7:00 pm. Plan to wear long pants, a long-sleeved shirt, boots, and work gloves. The fun will end around 9:00 pm.

August 2009

1 Ride in the Mountains Meet at 8:00 am in the parking lot between Caffe Ibis and the Logan Fire Station (50 East 150 North) to Carpool. We will be hiking up to Beaver Creek, Logan Basin, and Franklin Basin on this adventure. Birding and botanizing will occur as well. Bring plenty of fluids and a snack or lunch. We will be back in the late afternoon.

11 Riverside Trail Adopt-a-Trail work day Meet at the logan Ranger District Office (1150 W Hwy 89 (4th N)) to car pool or join us on the Guinavah-Malibu side of the trail at 7:00 pm. Plan to wear long pants, a long-sleeved shirt, boots, and work gloves. The fun will end around 9:00 pm.

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June 2009

6 Birding Green Canyon Meet at 6:00 pm in the parking lot between Caffe Ibis and the Logan Fire Station (50 East 150 North) and return into the night. Bring a flashlight and a drink. We will spend the evening listening and watching for our summer canyon residents. We will also be birding into the night in search of owls.

13 Riverside Trail Adopt-a-Trail work day Meet at the logan Ranger District Office (1150 W Hwy 89 (4th N)) to car pool or join us on the Guinavah-Malibu side of the trail at 1:00 pm. Plan to wear long pants, a long-sleeved shirt, boots, and work gloves. The fun will end around 4:00 pm.

May 2009

14-18 Great Salt Lake Bird Festival. Call Val Grant 752-7572 or visit www.greatsaltlakebirdfest.com for more information.

30 Songbirds North of Clarkston - Steele Canyon. Leave at 7:30 am from the Caffe Ibis parking lot. Prepare for a long day as we will return mid afternoon. Bring water, lunch, insect repellant, sunscreen and possibly a light jacket. This is one of the best sites for seeing a great variety of songbirds in one place because of the mixing of several habitats. We will surely hear and see the special bird for this area, which is the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.

9 Birding Logan Canyon. Leave at 8:00 am from the parking lot between Caffe Ibis and the Logan Fire Station and return early afternoon. Bring something to eat, drink and perhaps a light jacket. We will visit various sites in Logan Canyon including 1st, 2nd and 3rd dams, Woodcamp Hollow and Tony Grove turnoff to find resident birds and newly arriving migrants. We will see several warblers, grouse, woodpeckers, Mountain Bluebirds, etc.

16 Riverside Trail: Adopt-a-Trail Workday Meet at the Logan Ranger Station (1550 E. Hwy. 89) to car pool or join us on the Guinavah-Malibu side of the trail at 9 am. We will primarily be removing noxious weeds and trash along the trail. Plan to wear long pants, a long-sleeved shirt, boots, and work gloves. Watch hummingbirds, yellow warblers, song sparrows, etc. while you work! The fun will end around noon.

April 2009

25 South-County Sharptailed Grouse. Meet at 5:00 am at the McDonalds in Hyrum. We will park our cars at the grocery store across the street and carpool to the site on the Selman ranch. We had about 90 people and as many Sharptailed Grouse last year. We hope for as good a response. This requires about a 3/4 mile walk up a hill.

11 Blacksmiths Fork Sage Grouse. Camp out the night of the 10th, or join us at 6:00 am at the Cafe Ibis parking lot. We will hike about 2 miles up a local foothill near Hardware Ranch WMA in persuit of the Sage Grouse. Wear layers and bring a lunch.

March 2009

7 Signs of Spring II Benson-Amalga area, Birch Canyon east of Smithfield. We will be searching for early spring flowers and the very rare Say’s Phoebe.

21 Birds of Hyrum Dam, Wellsville Pond, and the Old Mendon Road. We may find newly arriving birds such as Osprey, loons, Red-breasted Merganser, and other ducks as we look at some valley hotspots. We may also find songbirds such as Tree Swallows, Mountain Bluebirds, and herons at the rookery. Meet at 8 a.m. at the parking lot between Caffe Ibis and the Logan Fire Station (50 East 150 North). Dress warmly and bring something warm to drink and something to snack on. The trip will most likely be finished by 2 p.m.