E RNIE COWAN Outdoors MOUNTAIN LION, FOX APPEAR AT LATEST ADVENTURE At first there was only sound. Through the chilly morning darkness came the yelping of a distant coyote. Imperceptibly, the darkness began to transform into a flat gray, allowing me to see the natural world around me. In this soft light, however, vision was more imagination than reality. The first movement was a gliding hawk, silhouetted against a brightening morning sky with spring clouds ignited by the rising red sun. I was on one of my sit and see adventures, where I pick an interesting place to simply sit for at least an hour and observe the natural world around me. This morning, I had chosen a little canyon with a small stream running through it in the foothills east of Lake Henshaw. This is grassland, dotted with stately live oaks and filled with deer, bobcats, coyotes, hawks, and even mountain lions. I learned about the mountain lion when I left the warmth of my truck to hike to my ...