Wrong Way

Black Bears and Mountain Lions are present.

The biologist from last year said they walked from the car down a barbed-wire fence for 30 minutes in the morning to the transect.

I’m scared of the dark, so I opted for the hour walk on the dirt road. Thought I might try the barbed wire fence on my way back since it would be light.

Every night I try to go to sleep around 7 / 7:30, when it is still light out.

Arrived at the transect on time: moon set

1. Yellow Warbler

2. Red Crossbill

3. Western Wood Peewee

4. American Goldfinch

5. Least Flycatcher

6. Spotted Towhee

7. House Wren

8. Say’s Phoebe

9. Bullock’s Oriole

10. Gray Catbird

11. Black-capped Chickadee

12. Black-headed Grosbeak

13. Wild Turkey

14. Chipping Sparrow

15. White-breasted Nuthatch

16. Black-billed Magpie

17. Lazuli Bunting

Finished the survey on the point farthest from the fence. Couldn’t find the fence. Ended up walking through gullies for several hours (1 hour) trying to find the road.

There is “a” barbed-wire fence. But not “the.”

Also, I don’t have a hand-held compass. Just my crappy Garmin that doesn’t work if it’s cloudy.

Hard to see, but this is a massive Prairie Dog town.

The road is up there somewhere.

Found it. That’s the car under the tree.