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Show BIRD ISLANDS eftUTAH fjfffmfmk NAT ISLAND. ON GREAT SALT LAKE, IN THE WTmjd SOUrHWtST PART Of THf IAKF COVfP, ON1Y IS W L. F A W ?4ACRtS. BUT IS THf HOMf OF ONI Of IHt 1 I I gJEP lAftOf ST COLONICS OF THf OW AT WHIM PI I KAN, A DIMINISHING '.PlOf'- TlUMblM)', lTsV SOMETIMES FLY AS MUCH AS IOO MILES V 4M I 1 I T T J IBhHp' flLflLLLH tl MBteefca BIRD ISLAND, ON UTAH LAKE IS A LOW FLAT ISLAND WHOSE SIZE VARIES WITH THE LEVEL Of THE LAKE. THIS ROCKY ROOKERV IS THE GOAL OF ORNITHOLOGICAL FIELD TRIPS FROM THE B.Y. UNIVERSITY. STUDENTS AND TEACHERS VISIT THE ISLAND TO STUOY THE NESTING HABITS OF THE GULLS, TERNS. AND OTHER WATER FOWL WHICH INCUBATE ON THIS ROCKY STRIP OF LAND. MANY A STAID PROFESSOR AND LADY HAVE LOST THElR. OiQNiTY AND GRACE BECAUSE OF THE INDISCRIMINATE BOMBARDMENT OF THE fxciTEO birds, and have unceremoniously souoht refuge under A NEWSPAPER, OR, ItYERTED PAPER, BAG. |