... if you scroll back on the trail cameras to about 7:15 a.m. on 5-6, you will see a cougar with two or three kittens. Hard to tell just how many kittens there are, but then again you don't often get to see them before they are born. That ain't a fat cat, it's an about to be a momma again cat. A rare opportunity for most, and a once in a lifetime opportunity for many. Enjoy, and bring along the younger people while you are at it.

Also, on the live video feeds, the female osprey on the north and south osprey nests are ready to lay some eggs, if they haven't already. The females don't lay down on the bottom of the nest until just before laying, and once they lay eggs they seldom, if ever, get out of that position until the eggs actually hatch, a couple months from now.

And in the for what it is worth category, osprey eggs are, at least to my eye, as beautiful as any eggs you'll likely see. Exquisite.

John

P.S. Quite a few of the mares are ready to foal, the cow elk are getting to close to calving, and the does will be dropping fawns shortly. And the bull elk and buck deer are just starting to grow antlers, in the velvet. If you got young'uns around ........