I have the entire weekend off this week, and what to do??? Temps are supposed to be in the 50s , cloudy
to partly sunny on Saturday and sunny on Sunday with no rain in the forecast! I’m itching for a road trip!!
Tomorrow morning I have a photo shoot at the Equestrian Park, and there is a powwow tomorrow evening.
But Sunday...
There are Whitetail and Mule Deer fawns, and Bison and Elk calves at the Bison range. Ducks, geese and other water birds are putting on quite a display of mating rituals at Ninepipe Wildlife Refuge, and the cranes are beginning to dance at Lee Metcalf. But yesterday someone told me of a spot just southeast of here, where there are Burrowing Owls!!
These birds are typically only found east of the Rockies, in open prairie where they utilize the underground burrows of Black-footed Ferrets. But this pair arrived in the western part of the state last year and moved into a ground squirrel burrow. There were questions about whether or not they would return this year, and apparently they have. I'm told it's the first time Burrowing Owls have been recorded west of the divide!
So many options! Which one do I take???
