On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
Animals
Temperatures dropped overnight. Although I didn’t notice the mountain tops through the cloud cover when I walked down to the harbor this morning, there was no doubt fresh snow on many of them, a fact which I did not realize until later. My morning was filled with a birding trip on Sitka Sound Tours – … Read more
This spring I captured an American Angle Shades (Euplexia benesimilis) and kept it in a container for a day or two. During that time it laid quite a few eggs. After reading up on what the caterpillars eat, I learned they are fairly generalist in their diet. Rowan said she wanted to take care of … Read more
I got an e-mail today from someone wondering about resources for learning the common singing birds of Southeast Alaska. Of course I’m most familiar with Sitka, but there are probably only a few other species that are commonly heard singing in the Southeast, and most of those would be limited to the mainland or nearby … Read more
Distant Peregrine Falcon flying in front of a backdrop of billowing cumulus clouds. Taken near St. Lazaria.
With little in particular scheduled today, I decided to work on some of the 22000+ photo backlog I have (with pictures going back to 2008). I ended up focusing on photos from the first three months of 2010 and was able to finish off everything from that time period. While it was nice progress, it … Read more
Over the past few years, I’ve tried to get out on the water regularly in the spring to check on migrant birds. Usually this has resulted in at least 3 or 4 trips out into the sound. Starting in 2010, I’ve kept pretty consistent track of what I observe with an app on my phone, … Read more