[Birdtalk] These Two Missed the Feast

[Kristin Purdy]

I'm sure that two birds I saw today at dusk at Willard Bay State Park, Box 
Elder County, didn't mind missing the Thanksgiving feast this week--Wild 
Turkeys. I've never seen turkeys at Willard Bay and in fact, the species is 
not on the park list that Wasatch Audubon created a couple years ago.

The birds ran through a campground as only they could--doing a turkey 
trot--and later, I saw their silhouettes against the sunset in a tall group 
of cottonwoods at the edge of one of the dry ponds west of Cottonwood 
Campground. They've also been roosting in a tall cottonwood between Willow 
Creek campsites 31 and 33 as evidenced by the droppings on the pavement 
under the tree.

I also saw three black bunnies.

Kris