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U S A – U TA H & W YO M I N G
USA – Utah & Wyoming
Yellowstone & Grand Teton in the Fall
Thursday 11 September – Saturday 27 September 2014
Principal Leader: Paul Rogers
2014 Cost £4,199 single room supplement £480
e have already made 14 tours to these great North American National Parks, four during the summer and
Wten in the autumn. The area is a Mecca for photographers at the latter time of the year, offering the rich
colours of the Fall, the first snows on the jagged peaks of the Tetons, the steaming geysers and alpine meadows of Yellowstone and of course the
mighty Bison, Moose and Elk, which should all be rutting. The tour starts with the wetlands of the Great Salt Lake, where numbers of wintering wildfowl
and migrating shorebirds should satisfy both birders and photographers alike. Then we head north into the dramatic scenery of Grand Teton National
Park for five nights before moving into Yellowstone National Park for a further five nights, staying close to the world-famous geyser itself. Many species
of bird will be migrating through the area at this time, and we can expect to see good numbers of ducks, geese and perhaps shorebirds. This tour will
be full of opportunities for some great photographs.
Ogden
Salt Lake City
UTAH
Yellowstone National Park
Grand Teton National Park
Montpelier
WYOMING
ITINERARY
Days 1 & 2
We depart from London on flights to Salt Lake
City, Utah. On arrival we transfer to Ogden for a
stay of two nights. The next day we visit the
nearby Bear River Refuge, home to thousands of
water birds. American White Pelican, Whitefaced
Ibis, geese, ducks, rails, shorebirds, gulls
and terns could all be found. Some, such as
American Avocet and Black-necked Stilt, will
have bred locally, but others such as ‘peeps’,
dowitchers, yellowlegs and phalaropes are
migrants on their way south.
Days 3 to 7
This morning we drive north, passing through the
beautiful wooded Logan Canyon, where we might
find our first American Dipper, before heading up
into Wyoming and the grandeur of the Teton
Mountains. Our base for the next five nights will be
near to Jackson Lake and the Grand Teton
Mountains beyond. We have four full days to
explore the lakes, rivers, canyons and forests of this
magnificent park, through which flows the Snake
River lined with cottonwood trees. There will be
plenty of opportunities to birdwatch and
photograph at a relaxed pace as we discover such
areas as Jenny Lake, Schwabacher Landing and
Cattleman’s Bridge. The habitats vary from
cascading streams to slow-moving rivers and still
lakes; from willow flatlands through a whole range
of deciduous woodlands to coniferous forests, and
from sagebrush to meadows. Birds in the area
include Trumpeter Swan, Bald Eagle, Blue and
Ruffed Grouse, Great Horned Owl, Mountain
Bison and Old Faithful
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For a previous tour report or further information please call: 01794 519445