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Show " "SlWfi UTAH- LArE Professor Wnltor Cottam of Young Unlvorslty-nnd twonty-ono members of his flold biology class returned from tholr visit to the rookory on the wost side of Utah Lake sun-burned but happy; sun-burned becauso thoy made a sea voyage of about forty mllo in the bolting sun a voyage by tho way equal to many present In Interest to the famous Voyage of tho Deaglo and happy because they found eoveral colonies of birds nesting In the famous fam-ous homo of tho water fowl. The party found the common torn nesting (n tho rushes by thousands. Their nests wero built upon floating piles of rushes and wero carefully camoDauged In ordor that tho sharp eyes of the enemy might not detect tholr whereabouts. where-abouts. Tho torna this ear, duo to tho unusual high water, are occupying tho flats mado vacant--bjr the squaks who nested In tho same vlclnlta by thousands. Tho squaks this yoar, haw-aver, haw-aver, have moved houso to parts Un known as a result of tho encroachment encroach-ment of tho rising waters. Wbllo on the west sldo of tho lako the party visited tho homos of ono of tho largost colonies of blue heron in tho west. Theso long-necked flsh eaters occupied tho different storios in tho gigantic cotton-wood trees that stood along tho lake shore. Prof. Cottam declared that ono'treb held at least fifty nests or tho long logged aontlnols of tho streams. As tho party approached the air suddonly becamo literally alivo with the Jong swoop or blue wings, and tho hoarse cries of borons. In tho nests wore found eggs and young birds in all stages or development de-velopment from the newly laid egg, Iargor than a hen's egg and a delightful delight-ful bluo, to tho young heron almost ready to fly. Tho party roports that somo oarllor party had wrocked many of tho nests and had klltod dozons of tho young birds. Whllo the iblologlstB woro vlowing tho now city of nosts, a largo party or pelicans from Great Salt Lako wheeled wheel-ed Into vlow in perfect ordor, tholr easy flight dlroctqd with military precision pre-cision by a-hoary old lertdor who was leading his followers to tho gamo fields. It Is roportod that cortaln Individuals, Individ-uals, believing that tho water fowl aro a dotrlmont to tho flsh of tho county, aro planning to raid tho Interesting In-teresting city. It is to bo hoped that thoy will change tholr minds. |
