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Cedar Breaks' high meadows offer a mountain example of summer flowering; NPS places the peak broadly in midsummer.
Cedar Breaks' high meadows offer a mountain example of summer flowering; NPS places the peak broadly in midsummer. Its conifer woods and wet meadows are part of the same landscape. At Bear River, the refuge describes avocet and stilt young in June and July. Neither statement guarantees current flowers, wildlife presence or accessible trails.
Before a summer visit, learn one plant and one animal tied to the habitat, then watch from a distance so young animals are left alone. Neither a bloom window nor a nesting season promises what is there on a given day. Festival dates and operating schedules belong in the events calendar, not here.
An upturned bill, blue-gray legs and a sweeping feeding motion make this wetland shorebird especially distinctive.
Pink legs and a straight, needlelike bill distinguish this black-and-white wader from its avocet neighbors.