Commission Report

June 2019

21st Annual

Great Salt Lake

Bird Festival

May 16-19, 2019

We offer sincere thanks

and appreciation to all of

our sponsors for their

continued support of

Great Salt Lake Bird

Festival and our mission:

“To increase awareness

and conservation of the

Great Salt Lake ecosystem

through education and

nature tourism”.

NEW for 2019!

Hosted by Utah Department of Wildlife

Resources at the new George S. and

Dolores Dore’ Eccles Wildlife Education

Center at Farmington Bay WMA

1157 S. Waterfowl Way (1700 W. Glovers Lane)

Farmington, UT 84025

Keynote Speaker:

Rosemary Mosco

Bird Cartoons 101

Fantastic Field Trips

Workshops

Great Salt Lake Bird Festival

Student Art and Photo Contests

sponsored by Davis County

Youth Charities Cup Golf Tournament

Best of Show by Eleanor Smith 1st Place 7-9 Elyse Harris

1st Place 10-12 Katie Willard

Northern Harrier

Student Art/Photo Contests

222 Art & Photo Entries

2019 Best of Show: Eleanor Smith, Timpview High School, Provo UT Grade 10-12 Art Grades 10-12

1st Place Katie Willard, Syracuse UT

2nd Place Xinyue Zou, Salt Lake City UT

3rd Place Lila Shill, Farmington High School,

Farmington UT

Art Grades 7-9

1st Place Elyse Harris, Highland UT

2nd Place Leticia Torreao, North Davis Preparatory

Academy, Layton UT

3rd Place Hadley Platt, Winter Sports School, Park City

UT

Art Grades 4-6

1st Place Terica Ericksen, Salt Lake City UT

2nd Place Lily Ortega, Sandy UT

3rd Place Olivia Jiang, Salt Lake City UT

Art Grades K-3

1st Place Aadi Jaikumar, Draper UT

2nd Place Ella Sauer, Salt Lake City UT

3rd Place Lucas Wu, Holladay UT

Art Pre-School

1st Place Leandra Navarro, American Fork UT

2nd Place Athan Cutrera, Layton UT

3rd Place Andy Jauchler, Clearfield UT

Photography 10-12

1st Place Autumn Johnson, Farmington High School,

Farmington UT

2nd Place Noah Walker, Brighton High School, Sandy

UT

3rd Place Katie Willard, Syracuse UT

Photography 7-9

1st Place Gabriela Loera, North Davis Preparatory

Academy, Layton UT

2nd Place Sarah Willard, Syracuse UT

Photography Grades 4-6

1st Place Ayden Fullmer, Park Elementary, Spanish

Fork UT

2nd Place Rebecca Willard, Syracuse UT

Congratulations to all entrants!

2019 Winners

New Hanging Art Display

Youth Programming Student Art/Photo

Contests

Art Display

Awards Presentation

Keynote Speaker-

Family Presentation

after awards

Live Birds

Workshops

This is the first year we have had to rent transportation for every trip.

Made for a busy parking lot!

NEW this year---

Also new- no booth sales

Due to rain- all

booths were in

the display bldg.

Festival Summary 21st annual Great Salt Lake Bird Festival May 16-19, 2019

67 Events (Field Trips, workshops, Keynote address, Student Art Contest, booths) were available to attendees

Transportation included vans, buses, boats, and kayaks/canoes

1180 event tickets sold

Over 1,000 persons attended the free events on Fri. and Sat. at the Eccles Wildlife Education Center, during the four days and participated in some aspect of the Festival. It rained every day.

Economic impact to area –estimated at $150,000

125 persons attended the Dutch oven dinner with Keynote speaker Rosemary Mosco

76 Field Trip leaders and speakers provided their time, talent and effort to bring a quality experience to each event participant

222 student artists/photographers were spotlighted at the Festival

13 Booths filled the exhibit hall – due to rain

20 committee members and volunteers assisted with the program planning and at the information booth

Marathon Birding trip saw 151 species

Bird species seen during the Festival – 176

Tickets Sold-

Out of State Arizona-5 California-2 Colorado – 5 Florida-17 Idaho-5 Maryland- 11 Michigan – 2 New York - 15 Ohio – 8 Oklahoma – 10 Oregon - 2 Pennsylvania- 12 Tennessee - 16 Texas-18 Utah -744 Virginia- 8 Washington-4 Wisconsin - 10 Wyoming- 10 *Switzerland - 2

Utah Cities No city listed - 136

Bluff - 3

Bountiful-13

Brigham City -1

Cedar City -6 Centerville-13

Clearfield -7 Clinton-2 Cottonwood Heights-10

Draper – 2

Eagle Mtn- 2

Eden- 6

Farmington -22

Fruit Heights -3

Helper - 1

Herriman-12

Highland -14

Holladay-12

Hooper - 3

Huntsville -2

Hurricane- 2

Hyde Park-7

Kaysville -47 Kearns-1 Layton -35

Lehi – 13

Lindon - 3 Mendon – 1

Midvale -7

Midway - 4

Millcreek - 6

Morgan-4

Mountain Green - 3

Murray-7

North Ogden -4 North Salt Lake-10 Ogden-55

Orem -13 Park City-6

Perry - 8

Provo-2

Roy-2

Salt Lake City-185

Sandy -32

South Jordan-10

South Weber-7

St. George - 1 Stansbury Park 8 Syracuse-4

Taylorsville - 4 Tooele -8

Washington -2

West Haven-3

West Jordan-5

West Point - 4 Woods Cross -2

14% out of state

14% from Davis County

Great showing from out of state!

Thanks to our Sponsors! Davis County Chevron Rocky Mountain Power

Tracy Aviary Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Catalyst Magazine National Audubon JEPS Foundation The Nature Conservancy in Utah

Antelope Island State Park Bear River MRB- U.S. Fish & Wildlife

Service Bridgerland Audubon Hyatt Place Farmington/Station

Park HOST PROPERTY

Davis Chamber of Commerce Davis County Youth Charities

Cup Golf Tournament

Davis School District

Farmington Bay WMA

Friends of Antelope Island

Friends of Great Salt Lake

Great Salt Lake Audubon

HawkWatch International, Utah

Linking Communities, Wetlands and Migratory Birds

Rockport State Park

Utah County Birders

Wasatch Audubon

Westminster College’s Great Salt Lake Institute

Wild About Birds Nature Center, Layton

Our Great Partnerships!

Save the Dates: May 14-17, 2020