On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
Animals
Weather: There was a fairly heavy overcast throughout the day. Birds: The warblers seem to be abundant. I do not remember seeing Yellow Warblers and Wilson’s Warblers around the neighborhood in past years like I have this year, but I suspect that was due to my lack of attention. The crossbill flock was fairly active … Read more
The number of ravens hanging out around campus has seemed unusually high to me this year. Each day there are 10-20 of them finding food to eat in the campus lawn. In past years I only remember regularly seeing 4 ravens through the winter and spring around campus. There are three possibilities I have thought … Read more
I was able to get out on a hike in Indian River Valley today. I explored a little bit in some of the off-trail muskegs before walking up to the first bridge and then back home. Weather: The day started out overcast without rain, but by late morning a light rain had started. The rain … Read more
Weather: Weather the last couple of days has been mostly cloudy with some rain. Wednesday it rained for much of the day and Thursday the rain started late morning but let up by evening. Birds: The ravens continue to regularly feed on the campus lawn. The Savannah Sparrows are still quite abundant. I hear Orange-crowned … Read more
I have been wanting to get up and try recording some of the dawn chorus, so I made an effort to get out of bed early this morning in order to go for a walk and do some recording. Despite a pre-5am rise time, it had been light for at least an hour already, so … Read more
I made a couple of quick trips down Lincoln Street to the west beach at Totem Park today and later in the evening had a chance to get out to Starrigavan with the kids. We walked both the Estuary Life trail and the Forest and Muskeg Trail on a pleasantly warm evening. Weather: There was … Read more