Kitten Manager

Survey north of Forsyth, Montana.

The manager wasn’t there, but I met a teenage (looking) cowboy as he drove his horse trailer out.

He said, “The bull is in with a two steers.” And waved his hand to the northeast.

I was exhausted and went to bed.

When the alarm went off at 3 am, I was thinking about the bull.

It was an Angus, color of night.

Figured I would walk the fence line and if anything rushed me, I would roll under the fence.

Started walking.

It was scarier in the car thinking about the bull than it was walking to the survey in the dark.

Got there at 0500, on time.

Spotted Towhee, Greater Sage Grouse, Killdeer, Vesper Sparrows, Brewer’s Sparrows, Cliff Swallows, Chimney Swifts, and Field Sparrows. Brand new survey, so I got to name it.

Field Sparrow Gap

When I got back to the cabin, the young guy was feeding 10 kittens.

His older brother will get them fixed and they will live in the new barn, once the price of lumber goes down and it gets built.

He said the bull is “sweet” and will say hi because he thinks you have food.