On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
I got out to do some birding with visiting entertainer Mr. Whitekeys this morning. We didn’t see anything especially unusual, but large numbers of redpolls continue to be present. There was also a Merlin at Halibut Point Rec, though I would not have been sure what it was as we mostly heard it calling with … Read more
The most unusual bird of this winter’s Christmas Bird Count in Sitka was a Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch found by Jen Cedarleaf and Victoria Vosburg along the road to Herring Cove. Jen was able to get some photos of the bird and shared them with me so I could post them. This species is probably not too … Read more
Conditions weren’t great for taking pictures on this Christmas Bird Count day. I ended up walking most of the neighborhoods between Halibut Point Road and Katlian Street (excluding only the Seward and Observatory Street neighborhoods along with downtown) in addition to Heart Lake to Thimbleberry Lake. My best sighting of the day was Lincoln’s Sparrows … Read more