On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
Animals
We decided to do some birding today and spent time at Totem Park as well as Starrigavan. Highlights included Black Oystercatchers and watching an American Dipper foraging at Totem Park. At Starrigavan the tide was fairly high, and a small group of Surf Scoters was pretty close to the road, allowing for pretty good views … Read more
Connor, Rowan, and I walked down to the park this morning. Highlights included watching a dipper forage along the river’s edge at close range, and the attention of an otter that seemed a little curious about us as we were watching the dipper. Click any image to see it larger with a caption
It was a bit of a surprise to see a Northern Shoveler at Swan Lake today. It may be that two or three are in the area each winter, but they are not seen in most years along the road system. Although the lake was entirely frozen (with people skating on it), I imagine this … Read more
Today we took advantage of the sunny weather and visited Magic Island, where I took pictures of some lichens and other flora and fauna that caught my attention. Of particular interest were a very late Hermit Thrush foraging at the edge of the woods and on the beach. Also several plants getting started early in … Read more
Most of today’s pictures came from a trip to Starrigavan. Connor and Rowan lost track of me and went out Mosquito Cove Trail on their own. I wasn’t feeling that well, so was content to sit in the sun on sunny point a little way down from the start of Mosquito Cove Trail.
For our outing today, we went around Mosquito Cove Trail (counter clockwise direction) and then did the Estuary Life Trail loop. On the way back into town, Rowan pointed out an interesting looking cloud formation and while stopped at SeaMart parking lot to look at those, we were able to observe a Horned Grebe closer … Read more