I arrive on the causeway and the number of shorebirds have once again dropped as one would expect coming into mid-October and with an extremely cold week. There's even ice on the Farmington Bay side.
As I reach the island I notice that there's a special event occurring today; it look like a running event. This might not be a good day for me to be on the island. :(
I head south towards the Ranch as normal.
I see one bison near where I saw the bison (on the rocks) last Saturday.
Soon I start seeing solo runners coming at me in my lane.
As I'm coming down from the viewpoint, I notice a couple of bison to the east
and another lone bison on top of a ridge.
And herds of runners coming right at me. I have to drive in the opposite lane of traffic as the runners are hoarding the entire lane. Some are even running on the center line.
Makes it really hard to look for animals; though they have probably been already scare away from all the people. So after Frary Peak, I turn my car around and head directly to the White Rock trail.
I drive back to the north end of the island crossing over to the west side; shoot, there are runners here too! But once I pass the road to Bison Point, the roads are runner free!!!
Before reaching the road to Bison Point, I pass a small herd of bison.
I head down the road to the White Rock campground noticing a small herd of deer on the side of Bison Point. Cool!
There are only a couple of cars at the trail head. It's still only in the low 30s as I head up the trail.
Along the way, I see plenty of dragonflies and white moths - lots of white moths.
The couple of days of frost have pretty much killed the sun flowers. The only blooming flowers appear to be Rabbitbush.
I see no animals along the way to the overlook of White Rock meadow.
I head down along the ridge and continue along the inside of the the White Rock trail.
On this stretch I do find a few still blooming flowers
a Common Checkered Skippers
some beetles
and a lizard.
Down on the far side of this stretch, I see some "Micky Mouse" ears looking at me; its a deer and there is another behind!!!
Good day!
