UOS Quick Trip - Ground-Dove in Morgan County

["Steve Carr" <stevecarr9 at msn dot com>]

As of noon today, Sunday, I had talked with Aaron Smith, who initially 
saw the Ground-Dove on the Morgan wastewater grounds.  He hadn't seen it 
since, but was going to watch for it.

If anyone is planning to run up there without calling Aaron or Arnold, 
please be extremely careful around the UP railroad tracks.  The dirt 
road that Kris mentioned that runs under I-84, crosses the 2 tracks, 
then there is a gate close to the tracks, plus another gate several 
hundred yards further east.  Because both gates will ordinarily be 
locked, there will be a tendency to stop in front of the first gate, 
thus, if there are more than 2-3 cars, there will be a problem at the RR 
crossing.  Because the UP RR at this location is a very busy, 
double-tracked main line, there is potential danger at the grade 
crossing.  Further, if you happen to wait for one train to cross in 
front of you, don't begin to drive across the tracks immediately, as 
there may be another train on the other track.  Wait a few seconds and 
look down both ways before you cross.  If the UP begins to think that 
there is a potential problem with too many cars at that point, they may 
close the crossing except for only Arnold, who needs it for his job.

Hopefully, we will get some further information about the Ground-Dove in 
the next 12-18 hours.

Steve Carr
UOS Field Trip Coordinator
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