Snowbowl

I spent an hour hiking around the Arizona Snowbowl this morning hoping for some of the high elevation species I have not seen this year. But things were against me. It had snowed on Thursday night and the ground was a little slippery underfoot; it was a beautiful morning and some 300 people were out having fun; a firewood sale was happening and there were many chain saws working logs that had been pile in one area. I only saw one ofmy targets, Clark's Nutcracker. My 545th species of the year.