fauna

Animals

Flickers

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I heard a bird making quite a bit of noise this morning about 6am. I decided to go outside and see if I could figure out what it was. It didn’t take me too long to spot a flicker at the top of a tree next to our house. I also heard a second one … Read more

Medvejie Lake

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Some students had been planning to spend Thanksgiving weekend camping at Camp Lake and one of them invited me to come up and visit if I wanted. That got me thinking about going to Medvejie. It’s been over a year since I last went there, so I thought it would be good to head out … Read more

Alarm Call

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I think I recognized an alarm call today while I was out in the back yard trying to get pictures of a red-breasted nuthatch. There are many juncos that frequent the area behind our house and quite a few of them were scattered in the open area near where I was standing. They would periodically … Read more

Connor and the Jay

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Connor came in this morning before his mom and I were up to tell us that he heard a Steller’s Jay. There has been one hanging around lately, though we had not heard it for the last couple of days.