HITW Migration

Woke up yesterday morning to discover that the Global Warming Trend that we are involved in has caused the Buffalo to migrate back to the HITW to find a little cooler weather than what they were experiencing in their high country summer range. The Bear also visited the HITW on Monday to move their den to a safe location and provide access for the heavy equipment to do their thing in preparation of the construction phase at HITW. Surprisingly, in four wheel drive, their den popped out of the storage space, both tires fully inflated and able to roll.

Due to the plus 90 degree weather in the Plains states, the Moose have started migrating north to find some cooler weather, as we speak they are approaching Ogalla. It is hoped that they will be able to layover long enough to visit Claire Allen, although she is not as pretty as she once was.

Spent the better part of the afternoon cutting grass and pruning trees at the HITW on Monday. As a warning, visitors to the HITW should wear protective clothing in the form of hard hats and flak jackets. Alfred and Mabel, our resident Magpies have become very protective and overly aggressive towards the protection of their nest and their new born babies. They do not hesitate in making aerial assaults at your head if you unintentionally approach to close to their nesting site. It is hope that due to the nesting site, it will not have any adverse affect in the construction phase. Currently awaiting a return call from Fish and Wildlife to see if the nesting Magpie has the same nesting protection as the Eagle.

"Lone Birch Knoll" is looking good, now have flowering plants, with the exception of the native Current Bush, although the good news is that even tho the "transplant" did not survive, the site does have a "natural" current bush in the same site. All is good at the HITW.