This is one of the many bison statues that are placed around the park. The Bison were not native to this island but were imported back in the 1800s. A couple of the other statues are shown below.
It's hard to get a decent picture of a bison since they always have their head to the ground eating. I did catch this one being a little bit lazy. If annoyed they can run over 30 miles an hour, so I wasn't getting too close. They can weigh up to 2,000 pounds
This next photo shows the causeway coming to the island, which is 7 miles long. The island itself is 15 miles long and 5 miles wide.
There is the marina when you first come onto the island but since there's not much boat traffic, it was a little bit empty. People say there's not much boating on the lake anyway, possibly because there's no fish because of the salt content.
I was surprised to find seagulls here, and then I saw white pelicans. There are a lot of migratory birds that stop off here at the Great Salt Lake.
One day while I was touring the island I saw something in the road ahead so I started to slow down. I let the truck idle forward so I wouldn't scare these two. They just stood and stared back at me for a while and then they decided to go off into the meadow.
On another day I saw these two antelope in the middle of the field so I stopped the truck and got out to take a photo. I was surprised when they started to walk toward the road where I was standing and they crossed right in front of me.
There is always great scenery around this island as well as multiple hiking trails.
This is a pronghorn antelope that was nice enough to pose for me for a couple minutes.
Jack rabbits are all over the place but they're hard to catch. I sneaked up on this guy just about sunset.
I found another wildflower that I had not seen before.
They have fantastic sunsets here every night - with or without clouds.
Beautiful place, you saw lots of wild life for sure. Love the bison! :)
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