On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
Animals
We were a little surprised to see moths flying around in the house this January. Connor and Rowan teamed up to catch one, which I later photographed. After posting to bugguide and getting a reasonable identification for it, it seems likely that this particular moth came up in produce my parents brought over Christmas. After … Read more
There have been an impressive number of Ring-necked Ducks on Swan Lake this winter. My highest count was over 40. Most years counts are more typically in the 10-20 range.
On this year’s Christmas Bird Count I had selected 3 or 4 routes covering neighborhoods in the central area of town. I walked for nearly 7 hours and covered 13 miles (though only a little over 12 of that was for counting purposes). Rowan joined me for parts of my day, while Connor had been … Read more
The new Crescent Harbor Seawalk makes it much easier to get out on the breakwater. Each of today’s shots were taken from the viewing area at the end during fairly typical gray conditions.
With a predicted 12.5+ tide, I thought it would be interesting to check out Starrigavan and see if any voles were scrambling for high ground around the estuary (and perhaps attracting predators that might be interesting to observer). No luck on that, but it was fun to see the water level right up over the … Read more
Though I was unable to read the entire band number, this White-crowned Sparrow is almost certainly one banded here last fall, as the numbers I could read were consistent with the one of the bands from last fall’s banding project. Also notable about this bird is that it is of the pugettensis subspecies (identifiable in … Read more