It was supposed to be bald eagle viewing day at Farmington Bay, Bear River and Salt Creek. Several hundred spectators hoped to see the majestic birds.
But this year’s strange northern Utah weather threw the annual event for a loop. And it’s not the first one in recent days.
In the past two weeks, warmer than average weather has forced several cancellations and early closures, including the state’s annual ice fishing tournament at Fish Lake and its elk-viewing wagon rides in Hyrum, Midway Ice Castles tours and Soldier Hollow‘s Nordic skiing events.
On the bad ledger, about the only eagle many saw was the 18-year-old captive bird the Ogden Nature Center brought to the James V.