On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
One of the things that is fun to do in the days after Christmas bird count is go look for species that I expect (or know) are around but for whatever reasons did not get reported (as far as I know) on the day of the count. I had some further motivation to get out … Read more
Yesterday’s most unusual sighting of a previously unreported bird was definitely the Wood Duck seen by F. Tomkins. After a couple tries today, it was refound and I was able to get a photo in the fading light. For those in Sitka, it was seen yesterday and again today on the slow deeper water immediately … Read more
Today was Christmas Bird Count. Weather was chilly (20s) and fortunately not as breezy as forecast, at least not where I was (though it looked like it was blowing pretty good out of Silver Bay). I didn’t see anything too unusual, the best birds were a Savannah Sparrow and a couple of American Tree Sparrows, … Read more
I spent a little time sitting in the car working on a project out at old airport road to see what might be around. I was able to get pictures of both an American Tree Sparrow as well as a Chipping Sparrow. If they can stick around another couple of days, they’ll make it into … Read more
After walking through Totem Park this morning, I heard and then was able to locate visually a Downy Woodpecker along Kelly Street. It was interesting to see it far out on the bushy branches of a spruce tree. Later today I stopped by over at the airport to watch the birds there and took a … Read more
I spent some time out along old airport road today looking for birds. The sun was out and it was a little chilly, but not too bad. Some nice birds were around including 11 Bohemian Waxwings and a Downy Woodpecker, but the highlight was an immature Chipping Sparrow. When I first saw the Chipping Sparrow … Read more