EAGLES & TUNDRA SWANS AT FARMINGTON BAY

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Subject: EAGLES & TUNDRA SWANS AT FARMINGTON BAY
From: "james.d.mcintyre" <james dot d dot mcintyre at worldnet dot att dot net>
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 13:05:24 -0700
Cc: "Rich Hansen" <richhansen at utah dot gov>, "Phil Douglass" <phildouglass at utah dot gov>
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There are still approximately 200 Bald Eagles at Farmington Bay WMA. I counted 168 this morning and I'm sure I missed a few. The vast majority (165) were on a carp kill in the Turpin Unit, 3 miles south of the Turpin entrance gate. (This area is only accessible to the public by foot or bicycle.) The other 3 were roosting in a willow tree near Goose Egg Island.

There are 2000-3000 Tundra Swans currently on the large pond east of the Unit 1 dike. SWAN DAY will be Sat Mar 12, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

REMINDERS:

The Turpin unit will be completely closed to public access Mar 1 - July 31. The Unit 1 dike will be closed to access by motor vehicles Mar 1 - July 31, but will still be accessible by foot or bicycle.

Jim McIntyre

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