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Show BIRD ISLANDS ejJ-UTAH (fafftiM HAT ISLAND. ON GRf AT SALT IAKE, IN THE j-3tJ I S001HWIST PAM OF IHE IAKE COVERS ONIY I Plw 74 ACRIS, BUT IS THE HOME Of ONE OF THE. 1 I fl I LARGEST COLONIES OF THE GREAT WHITE tVP PfllCAN, A DIMINISHING SPECKS. THESE BlROS . . .. -, , , SOMETIMES FLY AS MUCH AS IOO MILES BJk Pti T T FOR FOOCX THERE !S NONE ON THE ISLAND- ,f fl I I lT BIRD ISLAND ON UTAH LAKE IS A 10W FLAT ISLAND WHOSE SIZE VARUS WITH THE LEVEL OF THE LAKE. THIS ROCKY ROOKERY IS THE GOAL OF ORNITHOLOGICAL FIELD TRIPS FROM THE o.Y UNIVERSITY. STUDENTS. AND TEACHERS VISIT THE ISLAND TO STUOY THE NESTING HABITS OF THE GULLS TERNS, AND OTHER WATER FOWL WHICH INCUBATI ON THIS ROCKY STRIP OF LAND. MANY A STAID PROFESSOR AND IA0Y HAVE LOST THClR OlGNITY AND CRACE BECAUSE OF THE INDISCRIMINATE BOMBARDMENT OF THE EXCITED BIRDS, AND HAVE UNCEREMONIOUSLY SOUOHT REFUSE UNDER A NEWSPAPER. OR. INVERTED PAPER. BAG. Tittle f. M.Hf ft-.ltft" , t , I I M ! m 1 I I . ' |