It’s the dead of winter, early January to be precise, and I am headed out to view and photograph birds on the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge auto tour route. In front of me, off in the distance, a faint but distinct silhouette of a barn owl, flying low over the frozen terrain in search of mice, briefly broke through the dreary fog. (The snow-capped Wasatch mountains watch over the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.) The sun crept slowly over a frosty, snow-covered Willard Peak, part of the Wasatch mountain range which prominently stands guard over the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.
