January 3rd
Daily Observations: Starrigavan Estuary
January 3, 2007
It’s time to start getting ready for the spring semester, so I spent a good chunk of the morning and early afternoon on campus. I was able to get a ride out to Starrigavan to look at the 8 Trumpeter Swans that have been hanging out there lately. After that we stopped by Marge and
3 January Photos: Winter Bird Watching
January 3, 2008
Connor and I had a good time watching Bohemian Waxwings and Yellow-rumped Warblers on Hemlock Street today. The birds were quite cooperative.
SeaMart Wildlife
January 3, 2009
Pictures taken from SeaMart parking lot of animals in the kelp beds just off the beach.
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-03
January 3, 2010
Getting ready to go on a hike with Connor and Rowan. Temperature is 27F, but supposed to warm up to 31F, but the sun should be shining. # Made it to the big tree.. Rowan led most of the way. Pretty good for a 6 yr old. Hope to make the waterfall after lunch. #
CBC on Verstovia
January 3, 2010
Once again I headed up Verstovia for my Christmas Bird Count route. Snowy conditions and lack of motivation saw me turn at Picnic Rock rather than make my way down into Indian River Valley as I have done in some past years. I did watch a couple of other hikers traverse across below the Arrowhead
Walk to Totem Park
January 3, 2012
Walked down to Totem Park with the kids again today. It was pretty rainy for much of the time we were there, though the rain stopped and skies lightened a bit before we left.
View from the Breakwater
January 3, 2014
The new Crescent Harbor Seawalk makes it much easier to get out on the breakwater. Each of today’s shots were taken from the viewing area at the end during fairly typical gray conditions.
Airport Observations
January 3, 2017
Today gave me reason to consider the baseline level of effort I want to give to the big year project. With work calls and other work tasks to take care of, I didn’t have as much time outside, and with winter’s short days, that did not leave a lot of daylight for observations. I considered
Trumpeters on Swan Lake
January 3, 2019
Skies cleared more overnight, leading to a frosty cool morning with some patchy fog that dissipated further as the day went on. I had errands to run this afternoon, so while I was out made a quick stop to see if the Rustic Bunting might be easy to see (it wasn’t), then went by Swan
Winter Birds and Sunset
January 3, 2020
Temperatures were below freezing overnight and this morning, though no additional snow had fallen. Karen J. saw a couple of Snow Buntings over at the airport mid-morning, and although I was on a call for work, I took advantage of mobile technology and went over there with Connor. Unfortunately, the Snow Buntings had moved, and
Sitka Nature Show #227 – Brooke Schafer and Paul Norwood
January 3, 2021
Download Radio Show The January 3rd show featured a conversation with Brooke Schafer and Paul Norwood. We spoke about their nature experiences in a year of pandemic, hopes for future activities and explorations in nature, and Brooke’s recent increased interest in learning more about the variety of organisms that she finds while out and about.
Striking Sunrise
January 3, 2023
Overcast with temperatures in the 40s. Brighter skies and minimal rain relative to the past couple of days. Despite a late night, I happened to wake up at sunrise and see bright pink clouds out my window this morning. (Sunrise isn’t so early these days – when I looked at a clock, I saw it
Frosty Starrigavan
January 3, 2025
Overcast, becoming mostly clear by this afternoon. Temperatures in the upper 30s. Light winds around town. Snow fell overnight, but total accumulation was less than a inch. Today’s outside time consisted of a drive out each road. My observations were mostly of birds in the channel, but I did walk a short bit of the