On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
Today we took advantage of the sunny weather and visited Magic Island, where I took pictures of some lichens and other flora and fauna that caught my attention. Of particular interest were a very late Hermit Thrush foraging at the edge of the woods and on the beach. Also several plants getting started early in … Read more
A couple of weeks ago, Floyd Tomkins sent a message to the Sitka birds e-mail list with an interesting observation. I asked for his permission to post it to my weblog in case others have additional insight into what was going on. This past Saturday, a ball of baitfish or similar prey got trapped at … Read more
On this year’s Christmas Bird Count I had selected 3 or 4 routes covering neighborhoods in the central area of town. I walked for nearly 7 hours and covered 13 miles (though only a little over 12 of that was for counting purposes). Rowan joined me for parts of my day, while Connor had been … Read more
We visited Starrigavan Estuary again to see if the high tide was similar to the one yesterday. I was interested to find that it was distinctly lower, despite a prediction of very similar heights. I also wanted to get pictures of the Canada Geese – a few of them seemed distinctly shorter-necked than the others. … Read more
It was Rowan’s turn to pick where we went for the day’s outing, and since both she and Connor wanted to go with friends to the kids carnival at Blatchley Middle School after lunch, she picked a walk around Starrigavan Estuary. Weather was decent – just a light mist or rain when it rained at … Read more