Friday, December 21, 2018

2018.12.21. Jewell Meadow Wildlife Area

12/21, Friday morning. Drove to Jewell Meadow Wildlife Area to see the elks. They feed elk here everyday at 9am in winter. You can call and sign up ahead of time. We arrived around 9:15, and a truck with tourists bundled up was slowly moving, tossing hay left and right, and a trail of elks followed. The truck came out the first meadow and did the same hay tossing in the 2nd meadow with another large group of elks. Each herd has about 90-100. Saw one albino. Saddle Mt is snowy, and looming ahead over the 2nd meadow. A couple of more meadows along the same road, but no elks. I was hoping to see bald eagle here, but found none. The drive was quite scenic, and no traffic. Pretty chilly.