Crossing the causeway, the sun is rising over the mountains to the east but raining on me and to the west.
There's a pretty rainbow touching down somewhere in the middle of Farmington Bay.
It little farther down the causeway, I see the other end in the Salt Lake.
Still many Shovelers,
Gulls, Avocets, Grebes, and lots of Coots.
I reach the island and head south in the rain. (But there's snow in the mountains.)
An extremely quiet drive down to the rain with only 1 bison sighting - a pair of them moving south.
But it's sunny at the Ranch with a south wind hopefully blowing in the blue skies soon.
I look towards Sentry Peak and see some bison where the trail heads uphill. Between the weather and the bison, my hike might not happen.
To kill some time, I head over to check on the Owl. I haven't seen him since Fall. On the way over, I see my favorite DNR volunteer. It's been Fall since I've seen him as well. He tells me he didn't see the Great Horned Owl this morning but I'll have a peek anyway. (Sadly, there's no mated pair this year.)
I head over and quickly (and happily) find the Owl high in a Popular tree. Yea!
As I head back to my car, Sentry Peak is visible (and sunny) though the north side of the island looks nasty.
So I gear up and start up the muddy road.
Lots of Western Meadowlarks
and Horned Larks singing this morning.
I'm watching those bison and I do think I won't make it around the corner but I have hope.
I make it past Mushroom Springs and arrive at the corner. Hmmm, no bison. Could I have mistaken rocks for bison -- I've done that before.
I don't make it far up the hill when yep, there's bison over to the left. And they see me
and they start to run across the trail to the right. I look to my right and I see the tops of the heads of more bison.
Oops, they're standing, tails up. They don't like me.
I try to see if there are babies but never get far enough up the hill to get a good look because wisdom prevails. Time to I head back down the hill leaving them in peace.
There's more black clouds now over the Ranch; hoping, I don't get rained on.
Thankfully, I make it back safely and dry.
I head back north (hitting some rain) before heading over to the west side of the island.
Not much over here other than a couple of bison on the upside of Bison Point.
Quick day but I had a bison encounter and got to see the Owl again. Good day!
