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Davis County

Farmington Bay by Jack Binch ©Jack Binch (7 Oct 2005)

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Directions: Take the Syracuse exit of I-15 (Exit 332) and go west 7 miles on UT 108 to the Antelope Island State Park fee booth (at the beginning of the causeway). The six-mile-long causeway leads to the island with the park visitor center on the north end and Garr Ranch 13 miles south on the east shore. - see Antelope Island Causeway - see Garr Ranch

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Antelope Island Causeway

Directions: Take the Syracuse exit of I-15 (Exit 332) and go west 7 miles on UT 108.

Description: Merrill Webb's Description

Specialties: Eared Grebe, Black-bellied Plover, Sanderling, Dunlin, Wilson's Phalarope, Chukar; (winter) Long-tailed Duck (Oldsquaw), Harlequin Duck, Ruddy Turnstone, Hudsonian Godwit, Sabine's Gull, Mew Gull, Red Phalarope, Snow Bunting, all three scoters

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Bountiful Landfill

Directions: Go north on 1100 West from 500 South (there's an exit off I-15 at 500 South - 1100 West is west of the freeway) to the stop sign at 1600 North. Turn left on 1600 North and follow the road around to the landfill entrance. ~ Mark Stackhouse

Access: The management of the Bountiful Landfill has agreed to allow birders to have access to the landfill under the following conditions:

Rules for Access to the Bountiful Landfill: ~ Negotiated by Glenn Barlow - January 2004

We need to come within hours of operation and check in at the office at the entrance.
Do NOT go up on top where they are using the heavy equipment and where we might interfere with their operation.
Do NOT block any of the roads so that the heavy vehicles and equipment are impeded in their entering and leaving the landfill
Follow any instructions that might be given (even if it means not seeing that rare gull).
Stay on designated roads. But, when there is a thaw and the roads are muddy, stay out of areas where you can get stuck. If you get stuck it is up to you to get yourself out. They do NOT want to take time away from their working employees.
We must leave the landfill by 4:00 p.m. (1600 hours for us military folks), so we won't be locked in. (This was especially one of
the conditions emphasized!)

Specialties: Winter gulls ("Probably the most consistently great winter-gull location in northern Utah, and perhaps in the entire state." ~ Mark Stackhouse)

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Farmington Bay Wildlife Management Area

Directions: Take Exit 319 in Centerville going east and turn left onto the frontage road (Market Place Drive). Go 3 miles and turn left on Glover's Lane (925 South). Go 1.4 miles and turn left onto 1325 West Street which leads to the the management area.
Alternate approach: Get off of I-15 at the Lagoon exit (#322) and then immediately turning right onto the frontage road, and then turning right onto Glover's Lane. From freeway to Glover's Lane is a very short distance, like probably 1/4 mile at most. Glover's Lane is the bridge that I-15 travels under just before the Lagoon exit. This way avoids the 3 miles of frontage road that one must travel getting off at exit 319. It is a straight forward route. ~ Matthew Wallace

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Garr Ranch (Fielding Garr Ranch)

Directions: Take the Syracuse exit of I-15 (Exit 332) and go west 7 miles on UT 108 to the Antelope Island State Park fee booth (at the beginning of the causeway). Continue along the causeway 6 miles to the island and take the left fork of the road. In less than a half mile turn left and travel along this road about 13 miles to the ranch.

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Glover's Lane Ponds (at west end of Glovers's Lane)

Directions: Take Exit 319 in Centerville going east and turn left onto the frontage road (Market Place Drive). Go 3 miles and turn left on Glover's Lane. Go several miles west until the road ends near the ponds and radar tower.

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Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve (Layton Marsh Wetlands Preserve)

Directions: (by Elaine York - The Nature Conservancy)

From Interstate 15, traveling north:: a.. Take Layton exit # 330 and follow the frontage road to the
intersection of Main Street and Gentile Street.
b.. Take a left (west) on Gentile Street.
c.. Take a left on 3200 West.
d.. Drive to the end of 3200 West, which turns into a dirt road.
e.. The visitor center is located at the end of the dirt road.
From Interstate 15, traveling south:: a.. Take exit # 331.
b.. Take Hillfield Road west to Main Street.
c.. Turn left on Main and follow it south to Gentile Street.
d.. Make a right on Gentile Street and drive to 3200 West.
e.. Take a left on 3200 West.
f.. Drive to the end of 3200 West, which turns into a dirt road.
g.. The visitor center is located at the end of the dirt road.
You can read more about this preserve at our website - www.nature/utah

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Howard Slough WMA

Directions: Take Exit 335 in Layton and go west on UT 107 (300 North). Go through West Point and continue to 4500 West (UT 110). Turn left (south) and go about 1/2 mile and turn right (west) on the road that goes around Howard Slough.

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Kayscreek Parkway ~ submitted by Kristin Purdy

Description: Kayscreek Parkway is located in a finger canyon in East Layton. The parkway offers a delightful walk on a smooth, paved path (great for physically challenged birders) in a hidden suburban location. The habitat includes scrub oak slopes, a reservoir, brush and Russian Olives along Kayscreek, and mature and dead cottonwoods along the reservoir and creek.

Directions: From US-89 in Layton, take exit 404 for SR-193, Hill AFB/Clearfield. Drive west approximately 1 mile and turn left (south) on 2000E. At the yield sign, turn left (east) on Deere View Drive. Drive two blocks and turn right (south) on 2125E. 2125E winds down into the Kays Creek drainage and dead ends at the trailhead. From I-15, take exit 334 for SR-193 Clearfield/Westpoint. Turn east and drive 4 miles. Turn right on 2000E and follow the directions above.

Birds: Red-tailed Hawk, Downy Woodpecker, Brown Creeper, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Western Scrub-jay, Black-chinned Hummingbirds, Black-headed Grosbeak, Lazuli Bunting, Lesser Goldfinch, Spotted Towhee, White-crowned Sparrow (winter)

Other: Best route is to turn left (east) at the trailhead and then bear left up the hill when the trail forks. The trail winds above and around Hobbs Reservoir, which is fenced because it's part of the Layton
municipal water supply. The trail dead ends about 1/4 mile after you cross the bridge over Kays Creek to the east of Hobbs Reservoir. Your only choice is to return the same way you came, but it's a nice walk both ways. You could also bear right at the fork mentioned above and turn around when the trail ends at a subdivision. Your third choice is to turn right at the trail head and then return the same way back to the parking lot.

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Kaysville Ponds

Directions: 1. From I-15 take Exit #328 Kaysville. Go East (200 North) to Main Street (5 blocks). Turn right on Main Street (South) and go 3 blocks to 50 West. Turn right onto 50 West and go 8 blocks (South) to 550 South. The ponds are on the right (West of 50 West). ~ (directions from Bill Fenimore)
2. The ponds can also be accessed by taking U.S. 89 at Farmington, turning west on Shepard Lane and following it until it joins the frontage road, which turns into 50 West. ~ (information from Carol Gwynn)

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Layton Marsh Wetlands Preserve (Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve)

Directions: Take Exit 330 in Layton going east. Turn on Gentile Street and go west about 6 miles. Before you get to three radio towers, bear right following the pavement which becomes Bluff Road. Continue west to about 0.1 miles past the last tower where the entrance to the preserve is on the left.

Specialties: American White Pelican, Peregrine Falcon, Sandhill Crane, Long-billed Curlew, Marbled Godwit, Snowy Plover, Franklin's Gull, Common Yellowthroat; (in migration) Black-bellied Plover, Long-billed Dowitcher; (winter) American Pipit

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Mueller Park

Directions: Take Exit 315 of I-15 (Bountiful Woods Cross Exit) going east. After a couple of blocks turn left going north on UT 89 (the main road) and go 8 blocks to 1800 South and turn right (going east). after a couple of miles the road will bend to the southeast and will become Mueller Park Road. The park is about 1 ½ miles past that bend.

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Woodland Park

Directions: Located at 200 East and 300 South in Farmington.

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