I talked Bruno into starting our Friday morning walk at the Cross a little earlier than normal:) We noticed right away that there were a lot of cattle up near HQ, so I was hoping for more wildlife sightings deeper in the woods. We were half way up Butterfly hill when I spotted a moose on the Ranger Trail, so we decided to backtrack to see if we could get a better look. The moose had moved off, but we were still able to get quite a bit closer, and actually find three moose, a first for Bruno on this property.
As we made our way down to Pine Creek we picked up some cougar tracks then at the west end of the valley trail they crossed south again. On the Aspen/Pine Creek hill we saw another set of cougar tracks, a different age, but might have been the same cat, although it exited the property to the north.
Here is a shot of the ice flow at the east end of the valley, it looked great with the sun on it. We probably could have stayed right there and taken photos all morning with the great looking frost!
We think we may have seen the Golden Eagle again, but it was quite a distance away. A great day out in the woods, with 20-25 deer, cougar tracks, a lot of ravens and of course a woodpecker or three.
We also found some tracks of a smaller animal, I am thinking perhaps a marten, I think they were too small for a fisher. We'll have to catch it out in the daylight some time.
Turbo
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