Jan 10 - Antelope Island

 Heading up to Antelope Island for a hike. It's supposed to be sunny and low 40s; however, it's not sunny but very cloudy (and 21 degrees).

Heading across the causeway, I find no Kestrels, hawks or eagles.

I reach the island and head south towards the Ranch.

Very quiet morning as I only find a single bison in the sagebrush before Frary Peak. He's shaking his head to get a Magpie off his back.

I also find 4 Porcupine and a small herd of bison against the mountains. This little herd has been here for weeks now. I think we need to have some snow cover to start the animals moving around.

As  I approach the Ranch I find a large herd of bison and near Mushroom Springs an even larger herd.

I head to look for the owls and again no luck; could be they are in mating mode.

Since it's still cloudy and only 21 so there's no hiking today :(

I start back up the island and I head to the causeway. Before I reach the bridge I spot a Bald Eagle and what looks like 2 more in the distance.

The Bald Eagle is pretty close to shore.


And the 2 potential eagles are actually 2 coyotes! They are trotting to shore one behind the other. 

I stick around until they reach shore (hoping they would do something exciting but no luck).

While I'm waiting, an immature Bald Eagle flies over cool!

I move on spotting for 2 other Bald Eagle farther down the road. 

As I pull over, the one flies. I watch him

until he lands on the north side of the causeway.

It was a short day but with 4 eagles and 2 coyotes to end the day...perfect!

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