On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
Those who have seen my other (older) site, are probably familiar with the photojournal I kept there (starting in Summer 1999; it’s hard to believe it’s been over 8 years). Earlier this year I got a software upgrade to Adobe Lightroom and found it much better for working with my photos. Unfortunately, it did not … Read more
I didn’t brave the weather for too long today. I biked to a basketball game at the high school, then on the way home I went by Swan Lake, Crescent Harbor, and took a quick walk through Totem Park. Weather: It was very windy today. Rains were light until this evening when it rained pretty … Read more
I had a chance to get out to Salmon Lake today with Kent and Chuck Bovee. While they went fishing for silver salmon, I wandered around in the valley a bit. Weather: It started out mostly cloudy and pretty chilly, but the clouds broke and the sun came out for a little bit in the … Read more
Today was one of those days when it seemed like it would have been a perfect day to do a bunch of different things, most of which I was not able to do. Calm temperatures and storm-petrels in the bay tempted me for kayaking, fall with clear skies made climbing a mountain and looking for … Read more
Today’s American Tree Sparrow was a new Sitka area bird for me. I probably would not have seen it, except I stopped to watch two Golden-crowned Sparrows feeding along Moller Track. They went up into the trees at the edge of the track and as I waited, they appeared again with a third bird, the … Read more
I did not manage to make time to do entries for the last few days, so I’m putting them all into one. Instead I was working on species pages for birds. I worked up a format and did several species. For now, links can be seen on the side, but eventually there will be too … Read more