On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
Over three years ago, I reported on a “Golden Glow Mystery” that was puzzling me. My brother and I had been hiking along Mosquito Cove Trail and I noticed a yellow something covering the surface of a muddy depression under a stump. First thinking it was pollen or spores, we determined that it was neither … Read more
The long-line season opens in March. Fish deliveries to the processing plants start soon after, attracting gulls that have started gathering for herring season to the slurry of waste that is pumped into the Channel.
The gathering of gulls at Swan Lake this time of year provides a good opportunity to practice identifying them.
Got out on a late afternoon hike to Herring Cove Trail. Trail was fairly icy, but doable.
The kids and I walked down to Crescent Harbor this morning to see the unusual currents flowing in and out of the harbor mouth as a series of small tsunamis reached the shore. The largest water level change I noted was probably about a bit over 1 foot, but it was an impressive amount of water to move in the few minutes it took for the water level to change.
Pictures taken on a walk over to UAS to listen to a talk on aquatic invertebrates done by Kathy Hocker from Juneau.