Category Archives: Field Trips

Jun 18, 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Denzil Stewart Nature Park Deed

Denzil Stewart Nature Park, Logan, UT Courtesy & © Hilary Shughart, Photographer

Denzil Stewart Nature Park, Logan, UT
Courtesy & © Hilary Shughart, Photographer

Jun 18 – 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Denzil Stewart Nature Park Deed: History, Culture, and Ethnobotanical Habitat Tour

Celebration timing will be posted shortly
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Background:
The Park Deed June 23, 1975
“The…property is conveyed to Logan City and its successors based upon the expressed condition, that the land will be developed and used only as a Nature Park, depicting the natural plants, trees, shrubs, animals, birds etc., historically natural and native to the Cache Valley area…. The Nature Park will be entitled DENZIL STEWART NATURE PARK.” …read more from the original deed…

Denzil Stewart Nature Park
Denzil Stewart Nature Park History

May 17, Birding with Bridgerland Audubon at Third Dam/Spring Hollow-8:00 am

Birding with Bridgerland Audubon at Third Dam/Spring Hollow:

Pine Siskin
Courtesy & Copyright Molly Orton
Cache Valley Wild Bird Photo Contest 2021, 13-17 Category
One of the species that may be seen
Saturday May 17, 2025
Birding with Bridgerland Audubon at Logan Canyon
Third Dam and Spring Hollow.

Spring Hollow Campground Birding with Bridgerland Audubon May 17, 8 am Meet at 750 N Smith's Marketplace, (750 North Main Street, Logan), SW Corner to Carpool Art per Meg Kast

Spring Hollow Campground
Birding with Bridgerland Audubon
May 17, 8 am Meet at 750 N Smith’s Marketplace, SW Corner to Carpool
Art per Meg Kast

Meet at the southwest corner of the Smith’s Marketplace parking lot (750 North Main Street, Logan) at 8 AM for carpooling to our destination. Spring Hollow campground is about 6 miles east of Logan on route 89. Participants are welcome to meet us there around 8:15 if driving themselves. You may be able to park across the wooden bridge at the campground entrance. If that lot is full there is additional parking just across the highway to the north. If crossing the road on foot use extreme caution! We will follow a paved road about ¼ mile up a moderate incline along a wooded stream. There is a good dirt road we will also follow along level terrain for about ¼ mile along the river to see more open riparian habitat. We should be able to see American Dippers and swallows under the bridge. Hopefully warblers will be present in the trees and brush including Yellow Warbler, Orange- crowned and Black-throated Gray. There are usually some Spotted Sandpipers along the river too. We will likely hear Fox Sparrows and see colorful Lazuli Buntings and Black-headed Grosbeaks.

Trip leader Dawn Holzer (dawnholzer80@gmail.com, 435-799-1991)

***** Future Events & Trip Reports *****

January 25 – First Dam and USU Water Lab
February 22 – Trapper Park and Logan River Icon Trail
March 22 – Wellsville Reservoir
April 12 – Sue’s Pond – Logan River Wetlands and Shorebird Playa
May 17 – Third Dam/Spring Hollow
June 21 – Bud Phelps Wildlife Management Area
July 19 – Tony Grove
August 23 – Amalga Barrens
September 27 – Benson Marina and Railroad Trail
October 25 – King Nature Park and Green Canyon
November 22 – Hyrum Reservoir and State Park
December 6 – Lundstrom Park Trail

***** Background, Third Dam/Spring Hollow *****

eBird:
Birdlist for Third Dam/Spring Hollow: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L794452/bird-list
Recent Checklists for Third Dam/Spring Hollow: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L794452/recent-checklists
Media Images for Third Dam/Spring Hollow: https://media.ebird.org/catalog?regionCode=L794452

Signed waivers required for all participants. Complete form, print results and bring printed waiver to meeting point.

May 17, Bird Super Powers, Smithfield Public Library, 8:00 am

May 17, Bird Super Powers, Smithfield Public Library, 8:00 am followed by a birding walk with Eric Bingham Flyer Courtesy Smithfield Public Library

May 17, Bird Super Powers, Smithfield Public Library, 8:00 am followed by a birding walk with Eric Bingham
Flyer Courtesy Smithfield Public Library

May 17, Bird Super Powers with Eric Bingham
8:00 am followed by a birding walk

Smithfield Public Library
25 Main St
Smithfield, UT 84335

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Background:

  • Smithfield Public Library, https://smithfieldutah.gov/library
  • Common Cache Valley Feeder Birds (Downloadable Photo Checklist)
  • ebird: Smithfield Cemetery/Mack Park, Printable Checklist, https://ebird.org/printableList?regionCode=L605623
  • ebird: Heritage Park, Printable Checklist, https://ebird.org/printableList?regionCode=L11185824
  • May 3, BRLC Remove Dyers Woad from the Bear River Bottoms

    BRLC dig Dyer's Woad from Bear River Bottoms, 9-Noon,
May 3, 2025
    BRLC dig Dyer’s Woad from Bear River Bottoms, 9-Noon,
    May 3, 2025
    Bear River Land Conservancy (https://www.bearriverlandconservancy.org/) is seeking community volunteers to pull Dyer’s Woad at Bear River Bottoms Conservation Easement this Saturday, May 3, 2025. Bring solid shoes, work gloves, a shovel (if available but not necessary), and water. We will have extra tools and garbage bags to fill! Spring is a beautiful time of year to visit this protected open space and critical habitat adjacent to the Bear River!

    Time: from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
    Location: 1194 N Center St. Trenton, UT 84338

    Bear River Land Conservancy, https://www.bearriverlandconservancy.org/