Great Sightings of Great Grays

By on March 16, 2011 Categories: Spring Creek Wildlife

Great Gray Owl - Spring Creek Ranch, Jackson, WY
The snowy weather throughout today seemed to contradict some of the Spring wildlife sightings that were taking place at the same time.

Mountain bluebirds have made their return along with red-winged blackbirds and the largest bull elk have dropped the antlers that they worked so hard to grow last year. Each Spring, we hope that our pair of bald eagles that nest on Spring Creek Ranch will return for another attempt at nesting, and yesterday I was happy to observe both adults perched on the nest. I’ll continue to watch this nest to monitor the pair’s progress. The largest (but, not heaviest) owl in North America is the great gray owl and we are fortunate to be one of the few regions that this owl calls home. We actually found two on today’s safari and I really liked how this one looked thanks to the surrounding snowfall. Moose were also on the move today and we ended up with a total ten moose sightings throughout the day.

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