On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
Animals
Jonathan and I planned to get dropped off at the end of the road, hike up Starrigavan Ridge, over to the saddle between Indian River Valley and Katlian Valley, and then down the west fork of Indian River to town. As it turned out, this plan was probably a little bit ambitious for the first … Read more
Connor and I went on a short hike up to Heart Lake on Sunday. It looks like work has started to put in around the north side of the lake. A swath of brush had been cut a short distance from the lake edge. This presumably is meant to be part of the Thimbleberry to … Read more
Jonathan and I decided to hike up from Herring Cove to see what changes might have occured since late March when we were last there. There was not really any significant rain falling when we arrived, but the previous few days had seen a fair amount of rain. The creek running down into Herring Cove … Read more
Jonathan and I headed up west fork of Indian River. We were going to look at a large tree some distance up and a shelter a few miles back in the valley, both of which he had found while on a camping trip a couple of weeks ago. We made quick progress to the first … Read more
There had quite a few fox, song, and golden crowned sparrows hanging around our feeders for the last few weeks. They all seem to have disappeared the last couple of days. Perhaps they continued on a migration north. I think I heard a hermit thrush this morning, it would be the first one this year. … Read more
While hiking around Thimbleberry Lake today I saw a pair Northern Flickers.