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Behle
1934
Great Salt Lake, Egg Island, Utah
June 25
coming across the lake. They
were flying in a south easterly
direction from Hat Island &
Imagine. They flew to the shore
of the island and turned south
along the shore line. Never before
have I seen so many stretched
out in one long string. As
they swung south along Antelope
Island I counted the number as
best I could as they passed by
a certain rocky point and
judged there to be about three
hundred. They were stretched
out in a long swaying line
and exhibited the "follow - the-
leader" effect of going over imaginary
hurdles or they would dip
down as each past a certain
point. Could air currents be
the explanation of this? Shortly
following the main flock &
small one of about twenty
came along flying in V a
single like in V the same
direction. With the exception of
two birds in the middle who
kept beating their wings continuously