Great Salt Lake
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The Great Salt Lake is the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere and the eighth-largest terminal lake in the world. It lies in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah and has a substant
Great Salt Lake from airspace over Salt Lake City
Sunset viewed from White Rock Bay, on the western shore of Antelope Island. Carrington Island is visible in the distance.
American avocets at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
Mountains of the Great Salt Lake in winter.
Wilson's phalarope
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Wilson's phalarope is a small wader. This bird, the largest of the phalaropes, breeds in the prairies of North America in western Canada and the western United States. It is migratory, wintering in in
Great Salt Lake
…and provides a habitat for millions of native birds, brine shrimp, nematodes, shorebirds, and waterfowl, including the largest staging population of Wilson's phalarope in the world. The Great Salt Lake is a remnant of a much larger prehistoric lake called Lake Bonneville. At its greatest extent, Lake Bonneville spanned…
Wilson's Phalarope, Oregon 03
Phalaropus tricolor nonbreeding
Wilson's phalaropes wading near cattails
Juvenile moulting into first winter plumage. The remaining juvenile feathers are brownish with broad yellow fringes, the winter feathers grey.