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Show BIRD ISLANDS efl-UTAH (fffifffl "AT 1SUND. ON GREAT SAIT LAKE, N THE IT fr f -f i '' SOUTHWEST PART OF THE LAKE COVERS ONLY V.f-T f"V I 24 ACRES. BUT IS THE HOME OF ONE OF THE A E f 7 1 URGEST COLONIES OF THE GREAT WHITE- tJf L 1 PELICAN, A DIMINISHING SPECIES. THESE BIRDS UinLZr;ZZi!L 3 SOMETIMES FLY AS MUCH AS IOO MILES 'jO kTVTYTftTS FOR FOOD. THERE IS NONE ON THE ISLAND. CI ft I I I M iisM BIRO ISLAND, ON UTAH LUKE IS A LOW FLUT ISLAND WHOSC SIZE VARIES WITH THE LEVEL OF THE LAKE. THIS ROCKY ROOKERV IS THE COAL OF ORNITHOLOGICAL FIELD TRIPS FROM THE B.Y. UN IVERS ITY. STUDENTS ANO TEACHERS VISIT THE ISLAND TO STUDY THE NESTING HABITS OF THE GULLS TERNS, AND OTHER WATERFOWL WHICH INCUBATE ON THIS ROCKY STRIP OF LAND. MANY A STAID PROFESSOR AND LADY HAVE LOST THEIR DIGNITY AND GRACE BECAUSE OF THE INDISCRIMINATE BOMBARDMENT OF THE EXCITED BIRDS, AND HAVE UNCEREMONIOUSLY SOUGHT REFUGE UNDER A NEWSPAPER. OR. lEATEi) PAFE, cAu. |
