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June 24, Green Canyon

Field Trips

June 24, Green Canyon

>>>>> Cancelled due to Illness <<<<<

The Bridgerland Audubon Society invites you to join Matt Kugel and our birding mentors to visit Green Canyon. Close to North Logan, this canyon contains several habitats as you rise from sage and grasslands to mid-level scrub to mid and high alpine forests. Find birds not seen in-town or at your feeder. Bring a lunch and water.

Meet at the Green Canyon – Trailhead at upper end of parking lot near the restrooms (inside the forest service boundary)
Link to Google Maps
Participants should gather at the parking area of the Green Canyon trailhead. To access the site, follow 1900 North (also known as Green Canyon Drive) east through North Logan. Take the left fork and proceed to the parking area with restroom facilities.

eBird Printable Checklist for Green Canyon
Green Canyon, Recent Sightings, eBird.org
Utah Birds for Green Canyon

Participants agree to the terms of the Bridgerland Audubon Society Sign-up Sheet and Liability Waiver

May 18, Logan River Icon Trail

Field Trips,

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Join Bridgerland Audubon and Common Ground along the Logan River Icon Trail.

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Notice of a new activity in collaboration with Common Ground Outdoor Adventures!

UPDATE: Due to high water, Trapper Park has been closed until further notice. Please meet at Rendezvous Park Our backup can be the paved nature trail that cuts into the golf course.

We will have a birding event at the Logan River Icon Trail departing from Trapper Park on Thursday, May 18th at 5 PM! Folks from Common Ground Outdoor Adventures will be along for this educational and pleasurable walk. The Icon Trail offers some of the best birding (species diversity) in the valley and I am confident we will yield a 50-species list and possibly more! We will depart from Trapper Park at 5 PM and walk along the paved Icon trail to the IFIT building and back (~2 miles). Upon returning to Trapper Park, the Common Ground folks will depart and whoever is still interested will continue birding until twilight passes.

This is an as-you-please event so feel free to leave as you please and track down our group and join in when you get time.
It is spring time so who knows what species will be about, but I am predicting we should get all of our spring migrants and who knows what else!
Please sign up on our Google doc so I can have an idea of what to expect for participation! Drop your email in the google doc for updates on field trips!
Have a birdie day!

Sign Up on Google Docs

Parking is available at Rendezvous Park along HWY 89.
See Google Maps for South Rendezvous Park

Logan River Golf Course eBird Hotspot: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L353701
Logan River Icon Trail eBird Hotspot: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L2107185

Apr 14, USU Wildlife Society St. George Herp Trip

Event/Trip Reports

Texas Horned Lizard, Courtesy FWS, Steve Hillebrand, Photographer

Texas Horned Lizard
Courtesy FWS
Steve Hillebrand, Photographer

Good Morning all!

This post is to serve as a sign-up for our joint field trip with the USU Wildlife Society. The trip will go from Friday, April 14 at 830 AM until Sunday 6 PM. This is different than what is on the activities calendar, apologies for the late pivot. This trip plans to do herpetology events during the daytime and birding in the mornings and evenings. We will be camping at the biodiversity hotspot, Lytle Ranch Preserve near St. George, Utah, and trek to nearby places from there. Please review the itinerary that has been put together via the url below before making a decision on attending this trip.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iyy4tKawJZGn9JYIGKuY8djUP1vUiSlLdcBECn_k53U/edit?fbclid=IwAR3IUn9F4jm5AGyJKvL56O54ACdL3ATLh4BI5Gr2NcsIevgya8MRuYci6WI
There are four spots available for us to fill here with BAS. A $20 fee will cover camping fees and meals specified in the itinerary in this post. This is a high-activity and impact trip so we ask that those who sign up are interested in participating in the whole weekend, can do the hikes, enjoy camping, and are excited about not only birds but herps as well! We can carpool to share the cost of gas as well. Please email me at m.kugel@outlook.com to sign up. First come first serve. Please review the itinerary completely. Please email me by this Friday, the 24th for consideration.

Important requirement for anyone staying at the campground – We need everyone to sign this liability waiver to stay at Lytle Ranch Preserve-> https://lytle.byu.edu/visiting/liability-waiver

From UtahBirds.org: http://www.utahbirds.org/counties/washington/LytleRanch.htm

As a side note, mark your calendars for April 30th for our Bear River Auto Tour field trip! This will be an all-day trip. More details to follow!