Bird walk Saturday in Layton

LAYTON — A free sandhill crane bird walk will be held Saturday by the Wild Bird Center, Division of Wildlife Resources and the Nature Conservancy.

Participants will have an opportunity to see sandhill cranes as they migrate to Utah for the spring nesting season. Sandhill cranes make a spectacular display, as males court females in an elaborate dance with ballet-like jumps and pirouettes, all with great trumpeting as they vocalize their excitement for the spring mating season.

The walk will leave in a car caravan from the Wild Bird Center on Saturday at 10 a.m. Bill Fenimore, expert field birder and author of the Backyard Birds of Utah, will lead the bird walk with Phil Douglass, the Division of Wildlife Resources' outreach manager.

For information, log on to www.wildbird.com/layton or call 801-525-8400.