Day 10: The Gila River Begins
May 1st, 2019 Gila River alternate mm 11.5 – Doc Campbells mm 40 of Gila River Alt. Distance in miles: 28.5 0630-1930 There were 2 musicians in the otherwise silent night. One was a whip-poor-will and the other an owl. Both had a very limited repertoire and were set on repeat all night long. At least they moved around so as to fade in and out. I have gotten used to tuning out whip-poor-wills but I laid awake for sometime wondering what kind of owl it was, counting the beats to its single hoot. It did not sound quite like a horned owl but that is the closest I know of. It sure liked to hoot…every 2 seconds most of[…]
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