On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
With the recent period of cold weather, I thought it would be interesting to take a walk up Indian River trail to check out the ice situation. As I expected, there was very little ice up to the first first bridge, the West Fork was running clear, but the Falls Fork had a fair amount … Read more
Today’s weather was sunny and a bit cool, with wind in some exposed locations. It would have been a nice day for a longer hike, but I haven’t been feeling 100% lately and didn’t feel like it was worth pushing it, so settled for a walk around the Forest and Muskeg Trail and the Estuary … Read more
Connor picked today’s walk. We just had the morning, and he said he wanted to go out to Starrigavan. I suggested maybe the Forest and Muskeg Trail, since we had not been on that one for a while, and someone had reported possible Pine Grosbeaks there recently. In the end we did not find any … Read more
It was a nice sunny day, and Connor, Rowan, and I headed up Gavan Hill with the goal of getting to the ridge line. Although there was snow on the trail, it was not particularly icy nor deep, so it did not cause us too much of an issue. It was a bit of a … Read more
After a fair amount of snow fell overnight, the sun shone brightly this morning while I went for a walk around Totem Park. I spent some time watching and photographing the crows and oystercatchers working the far flats. I also saw a rare-for-here-in-winter Sanderling. Later I went over to John Brown’s Beach with a friend … Read more
We decided to do some birding today and spent time at Totem Park as well as Starrigavan. Highlights included Black Oystercatchers and watching an American Dipper foraging at Totem Park. At Starrigavan the tide was fairly high, and a small group of Surf Scoters was pretty close to the road, allowing for pretty good views … Read more