On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
Animals
When Connor and I arrived down at the beach near the hatchery this evening, we saw an eagle perched on the tallest piling. On another piling nearby, there was a kingfisher. I thought it might be interesting to get a picture that included both birds, but as I approached, the eagle flew away. As soon … Read more
Melissa, Connor and I took advantage of the warm weather yesterday and went for a little picnic lunch at Halibut Point Rec. As we pulled in to the Sea Mart parking lot, we noticed a large number of gulls along the shore in front of Pioneer Park. I guessed that there were probably still herring … Read more
People have been catching dolly varden down in front of Totem Park recently. I am not sure where dolly varden spend most of their time, but they do show up hear shore each spring to eat salmon fry leaving the rivers. The hatchery manager at SJ says that he will not be releasing salmon fry … Read more
I saw a humming bird in a blueberry bush outside the window this morning. It’s the first one I have seen this year. We bought a humming bird feeder, but we have not put it up yet. Hopefully when we get it set up in front of our window, we’ll be able to see them … Read more
The paper last night mentioned that someone had called in a report of a bear getting into garbage. That’s the first sighting of a bear around town this year, so perhaps they are just starting to wake up from hibernation.