While visiting the Mt. Olivet cemetary in Salt Lake City, I noticed dozens of headstones engraved with the symbols of Free Masonry. I have no idea what Free Masonary is, but my paternal grandfather and grandmother were Masons. I didn’t realize this fact until I attended my grandfather’s funeral held 1at one of the ”lodges” in 1989. I’ll have to do some research on this subject. Birding was rather slow, except for the woodpeckers. We saw a couple of Northern Flickers, at least one Downy and possibly an American Three-toed Woodpecker.(UPDATE: The second woodpecker was also a Downy not a Three-toed.) As usual, Crows and Magpies provided the soundtrack to our visit.
Dozens of Robins foraged in the grass amidst the resident deer herd. There were numerous Easter lilly floral displays decorating the grounds which served as fodder for the deer. One of them was missing a foot, another had one set of antlers. Maybe these injuries came as a result of the deer crossing extremely busy urban streets to this feeding oasis, and perhaps the DWR(presumably) should reconsider supplying the food(cracked corn) which attracks them during winter.
