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Bird watchers look through their binoculars at a bird during a birds and geology field trip to Antelope Island Friday, May 18, 2007. The field trip is part of the annual Great Salt Lake Bird Festival.--PHOTO BY MATTHEW HATFIELD

Great Salt Lake Bird Festival a big success

Last updated Thursday, May 24, 2012 - 9:21pm

FARMINGTON -- Visitors from Australia to New York state attended the 14th annual Great Salt Lake Bird Festival, with 48 of the 53 bird watching field trips selling out.

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Great Salt Lake Bird Festival starting today

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 10:33pm

FARMINGTON — The 14th annual Davis County Great Salt Lake Bird Festival begins this morning with a number of bird-watching field trips.

The five-day festival runs through Monday, with activities, vendors and exhibits scheduled from noon to 7 p.m. Friday, and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, at the Davis County Legacy Events Center, 151 S. 1100 West, Farmington.

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'The Big Year' birder to speak at Great Salt Lake Bird Festival

Contributed Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 11:41am

FARMINGTON -- The Great Salt Lake Bird Festival has announced the keynote speaker May 19 will be "The Big Year" birder, Greg Miller.

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GSL Bird Festival registration to begin

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 24, 2012 - 10:35pm

FARMINGTON — Registration for the 14th annual Great Salt Lake Bird Festival field trips will begin at 9 a.m. March 1. This year’s festival theme is “Birding as Families.”

In conjunction with this year’s theme, the festival will feature many youth activities, said festival coordinator Neka Roundy.

To register for a field trip, go to www.GreatSaltLakeBirdFest.com beginning March 1.

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Students invited to create art for 2012 bird fest exhibit, 2013 promos

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, January 8, 2012 - 12:22am

FARMINGTON — The black-crowned night heron will be the spotlight bird for the 2013 Great Salt Lake Bird Festival, and students from grades K-12 are invited to create a picture of the bird as part of Davis County’s annual student art contest.

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Bird festival student art contest seeking entries

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Last updated Friday, January 6, 2012 - 5:01pm

FARMINGTON -- The 14th annual Great Salt Lake Bird Festival announces its 2012 Student Art Contest, sponsored in part by a grant from the Davis County Commissioners' Cup Golf Tournament and Rio Tinto Kennecott Utah Copper.

All Utah students from kindergarten to 12th grade are invited to submit an original drawing or painting in color of a Black-crowned Night Heron using personal observation, field guides, or Internet resources to research their artwork.

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Davis commission awards grants from golf tourney to youth groups

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, November 23, 2011 - 12:28am

FARMINGTON -- More than 28,000 Davis County youths from 16 organizations received a happy Thanksgiving Day gift Tuesday when the Davis County Commission awarded the groups $17,500 in grants.

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Island owls: A successful foray involving sticks and cow dung

Charles F. Trentelman

Last updated Monday, May 16, 2011 - 11:17pm

Katie McVey about jumped out of her skin when she spotted that long-eared owl cleverly disguised as a stick.

Long-eared owls try to look like sticks to deceive bird watchers and other predators.

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Bats' usefulness touted at bird festival workshop

Dana Rimington, Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Sunday, May 15, 2011 - 10:14pm

FARMINGTON -- There is a very important creature keeping many of the pesky insects at bay in Utah, though it doesn't get much credit for its efforts.

Millions of bats live in Northern Utah, and historically, bats have had a bad reputation.

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Les Talbot sets his scope on a bird while leading a group of bird enthusiasts at Kaysville East Mountain Wilderness Park on Thursday.

They watch the early birdies

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Thursday, May 12, 2011 - 11:01pm

KAYSVILLE — The cover bird for Davis County’s 13th annual Great Salt Lake Bird Festival, a Western tanager, was a no-show Thursday during the field trip through Kaysville East Mountain Wilderness Park.

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