101 Main St / P.O. Box 118
Bluff, Utah 84512-0118 Fax (435) 672-2365 Toll Free (800) 422-7654 
Sally Cole is an adjunct faculty member of the Department of Anthropology, Fort Lewis College, Research Associate at the Utah Museum of Natural History, and a consulting archaeologist working on the Colorado Plateau for thirty years. Sally is the author of several books on rock art in the Southwest including Legacy on Stone: Rock Art of the Colorado Plateau and Four Corners Region. Ornithologist Bryan Brown has studied the birds of the Colorado Plateau for over 30 years. He has authored and co-authored several books on the birds found in Grand Canyon National Park. Bryan has served as an ecologist with the National Park Service since 1976. Trip size is limited and spaces are sure to fly away fast. Give us a call today to make a reservation! |
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 Feather: Natural and Cultural History of Birds on the San Juan
Location: San Juan River, Bluff to Mexican Hat, 26 Miles 
 OverviewJoin us for this remarkable opportunity to explore the birds of the San Juan River with Ornithologist Bryan Brown, and consider their presence in the rock art and cultural systems of local peoples with expert Sally Cole. Trip participants will likely see and hear over 50 species of migrant and resident birds such as Peregrine Falcon, White-faced Ibis, and Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.ItineraryThe 44 bird species seen and/or heard along the San Juan River from Sand Island to Mexican Hat, Utah. Wild Rivers Expeditions, May 5-8, 2012, raft trip:1. Non-passerines Waterbirds/Ducks/Shorebirds (6) Great Blue Heron White-faced Ibis Canada Goose Cinnamon Teal Mallard Spotted Sandpiper Birds of Prey (8) Turkey Vulture Golden Eagle Red-tailed Hawk Ferruginous Hawk Cooper’s Hawk Peregrine Falcon Great Horned Owl Western Screech-Owl Game Birds, Turkey, and Doves (4) Ring-necked Pheasant Wild Turkey Mourning Dove Collared Dove (NO Chukars!) Woodpeckers and Hummingbirds (3) Northern (Common; Red-shafted) Flicker Rufous Hummingbird Broad-tailed Hummingbird 2. Passerines Flycatchers (3) Ash-throated Flycatcher Say’s Phoebe Black Phoebe Swallows (2) Violet-green Swallow Cliff Swallow (many unknown swallows) Wrens (1) Rock Wren (NO Canyon Wrens or Bewick’s Wrens! Yet?) Corvids (2) Black-billed Magpie Common Raven Vireos and Gnatcatchers (2) Bell’s Vireo Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Warblers (6) Yellow Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat Common Yellowthroat Yellow-rumped Warbler Virginia’s Warbler Black-throated Gray Warbler Towhees, Grosbeaks, Orioles, Finches, Cowbirds, and Tanagers (7) Spotted Towhee Blue Grosbeak Black-headed Grosbeak Bullock’s (Northern) Oriole House Finch Brown-headed Cowbird Summer Tanager Suggested ReadingSuggested ReadingHUMAN PREHISTORY Ice Age Peoples Of North America: Environments, Origins, and Adaptations Robson Bonnickson, ed. Humans at the End of the Ice Age : The Archaeology of the Pleistocene-Holocene Transition Lawrence Strauss Ed. The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization Brian Fagan Those Who Came Before Robert and Florence Lister Enemy Ancestors Gary Matlock Ancient Ruins of the Southwest David Noble Indian Rock Art of the Southwest Polly Schaafsma Richard Witherill: Anasazi Frank McNitt The Book of Navajo Raymond Locke The Book of Hopi Frank Waters Collapse Jared Diamond HISTORY Traders of the Navajo Frances Gillmore and Louise Wetherill Explorations of the Colorado River and its Canyons John Wesley Powell Hole in the Rock Expedition David Miller San Juan County, Utah Allan Kent Powel Anchored Lariats on the San Juan Frontier Norma Perkins Young Encounters With the Archdruid John McPhee River Runners of the Grand Canyon David Lavender Crossing the Next Meridian Charles Wilkinson Fire on the Plateau Charles Wilkinson Mormon Country Wallace Stegner The Gathering of Zion Wallace Stegner Conversations on History and Literature Wallace Stegner Reopening the Western Frontier People's History of Wilderness Water in the West High Country News Books (various authors and editors, see: www.hcn.org) Reclaiming the Native Home of Hope Robert Keiter New Genesis : M ormon Reader on Land and Community Terry Tempest Williams, Ed. Cadillac Desert: The American West and its Disappearing Water Mark Reisner Glen Canyon Before Lake Powell Eleanor Inskip GEOLOGY The Colorado Plateau Don Baars Geology of the Canyons of the San Juan Don Baars San Juan Canyons (River Guide) Don Baars and Gene Stevenson Life in Stone: Fossils of the Colorado Plateau Christa Saddler NATURAL HISTORY The Ice-Age History of Southwestern National Parks Scott A. Elias Packrat middens: The last 40,000 years of biotic change Julio Betancourt & Tom Van Devender A Naturalist's Guide to Canyon Country David Williams Eating Stone Ellen Meloy Wind in the Rock Ann Zwinger Run River Run Ann Zwinger Desert Plants of Utah Berniece A. Andersen Grasses of the Southwestern United States Frank W. Gould Sibley Field Guide to North American Birds David Allan Sibley Singing Stone Thomas Lowe Fleischner A Field Guide to Mammals A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians A First Guide to Insects of North America A First Guide to Butterflies and Moths These are all Peterson Guide Books OTHER FICTION AND NON-FICTION Desert Solitaire Abbey The Monkey Wrench Gang Abbey The Sound of Mountain Water Wallace Stegner A Thief of Time Tony Hillerman Listening Woman Tony Hillerman The Dark Wind Tony Hillerman Coyote Waits Tony Hillerman Coyote's Canyon Terry Tempest Williams Pieces of White Shell Terry Tempest Williams Red Terry Tempest Williams Refuge Terry Tempest Williams Ceremony Leslie Mormon Silko Waterlines Ann Weiler Walka TestimonialsSubmit a Testimonial »No testimonials have been submitted for this trip yet. Click here to submit a testimonial. |
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