Today our riding route took us along agricultural irrigation canals in Gilbert and Chandler. Many of the properties that back onto the waterways have acreage-size lots with a variety of livestock, but there is also a dairy operation and flood-irrigated alfalfa crops. So we always see an assortment of horses, cows, steers, calves, donkeys, goats, sheep, llama, as well as ducks, geese, and exotic birds such as peacocks. Wild birds too such as ducks and egrets.
Flora and fauna observations were unusual today as we saw a
bald eagle, kildeer, a yard of blooming sunflowers and bowfishers.
So what is
bowfishing? Just like it sounds, it's a hybrid of bowhunting and reel fishing - the arrow is on a line and a reel is attached to the bow. Today the bike-riding (!) fishers were catching large carp (?) in the canal! Bill knew of this sport but it was all new to Rose Lynn.
You can watch how bowfishing works
here
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