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Great Salt Lake

Before Jean_Luc left to fly back to San Fransico, I suggested to bring him see the Great Salt Lake, a place where I saw a lot of birds during my last trip there.
 
 
1. Arrival to that so large and quite lake.
 
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2. In the morning on Antelope Island, an inhabitant. Bisons were reintroduced at the end of 19th century and are several hundreds on the island now.
 
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3. The weather is going bad…
 
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4. It’s his cry which betrayed him!
 
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5. A big thunderstorm passed not far away…
 
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6. … then the sky clears.
 
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7. American Avocettes.
 
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8. Strange llight…
 
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9. Watercolor on clouds…
 
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10. Stop on the jetty which leads to Antelope Island.
 
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11. (Very) long-beaked curlew.
 
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12. Absolut quietness…
 
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13. Pronghorn antelope.
 
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14. This is the second time during our journey we saw burrowing owls.
 
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15. This yellow throat meadowlark had a powerful song.
 
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16. Euhhh… we’re only passing, ok?! 😉
 
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17. The lighting effects are quite unlikely, it looks like the picture of a painter…
 
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18. … Under the showers.
 
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19. Grandiose sky!
 
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20. Burning sunset…
 
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21. Lastcamp for Jean-Luc in a dreamfull decor…
 
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That’s the end of the period Jean-Luc travelled with me. I’m now continuing my journey alone, first trying to solve some heat issue of VivaLaVida… :-/
 
To be continued soon…