Jackson Reservoir

July 31, 2019

Richard Stevens:

High temperatures today reached 89 degrees.  Hot winds blew across the plains at 7-8 mph and then afternoon storms brought winds of 14-15 mph.

Rebecca and I went to a friend's ranch in Sedgwick County for his birthday barbecue.  An added bonus was seeing the pair of Long-eared Owls nesting on his property.  Roger also has a pair of resident Eastern Screech-Owls!

Along the drive, we stopped at Jackson Reservoir (Morgan).  One Long-eared Owl was deep in the woods south of Pelican Campgrounds; no other owls were detected.

While we searched for longspurs and Burrowing Owls along the gravel roads north of the reservoir, we observed a Common Tern flying along the northern shore!