Bears
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.
fauna
Animals
Beaver Lake Dipper
Connor and I hiked up to Beaver Lake today. Most of the lake still had a layer of ice on it, but there was open water along the edges. While we were there, I heard a dipper singing. I did not see it, but it sounded like it was coming from near the outlet stream. … Read more
Red-breasted Sapsucker
There has been a redbreasted sapsucker (or perhaps more than one) hanging around here recently. Last Saturday I photographed one on a telephone pole down on Lincoln Street. Yesterday I noticed one flying around the trees by our house (just up the hill from where I had taken the photograph), and today there was one … Read more
Return of the Robins
Last week I thought that I heard a robin, but I did not see any. Today while Melissa, Connor and I were walking down at the park, we saw a couple of robins. Robins do not normally winter in Sitka and I have not seen any around before today, so I assume these have made … Read more
Piper Island Trip
I finally finished a journal entry for my trip to Piper Island. One of the things I did while there was to follow a set of otter tracks from the beach up through the center of the island and back down to the beach again. I also have pictures of a number of tracks from … Read more
More Herring
They apparently did not reach the quota of herring in the opening yesterday, so they opened the fishery up for another hour this afternoon. Although I did not hear the official boundaries, it appeared that they were similar to yesterday’s. Melissa, Connor and I walked down to Lincoln street beach to watch. Unlike yesterday, there … Read more