(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) American white pelicans fly alongside black-necked stilts at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, a 77,000-acre nature reserve in the northern Great Salt Lake on Wednesday, June 23, 2021. Pelicans at the refuge have flown thousands of miles to get to the Great Salt Lake, where thousands of them will hatch chicks on Gunnison Island, one of the species’ largest breeding colonies.