On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
Animals
I had a relatively busy day at school, but took some time to go spend some time looking for a longspur that’s been seen at a local feeder the last few days. Weather: Wind seemed to be fairly calm for most of the day. Overcast with a couple of brief periods of rain and an … Read more
I was holding Connor this afternoon after he got up from his nap (he was feeling a little cranky/sick). I had my back to the front window, but he could see out it. He suddenly jumped up and said he needed to go outside to get the bird from the cat. I turned to look, … Read more
Weather: Overcast with wind. It was fairly windy at various times today. There were a few holes in the clouds, but not many. Birds: Saw a few warblers in the trees out back. The neighbor’s cat got another bird today. A Ruby-crowned Kinglet, this time. That makes at least 10 birds we have seen it … Read more
Randy Nutting took Connor and me out on his boat last night. Originally Randy’s daughter Ashlyn was going to go also, but she ended up getting sick. We enjoyed warm sunny skies with calm seas as we headed north late Friday afternoon. We made good time and anchored in St. John Baptist Bay. If anything, … Read more
Weather: The last few days have been sunny and warm. I have heard about a little bit of frost in some locations, but have not seen any around our house. It got pretty windy today, with clouds starting to move in. Birds: Migration is still ongoing. We didn’t see too many waterfowl while out on … Read more
I heard about a pair of strange looking ducks on Swan Lake seen by the Natural History class and went down to check them out. The only odd bird I saw was a Mandarin Duck that I had seen previously. When I talked to Kitty LaBounty, the instructor for the naturalist course, we discovered that … Read more