On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
The number of ravens hanging out around campus has seemed unusually high to me this year. Each day there are 10-20 of them finding food to eat in the campus lawn. In past years I only remember regularly seeing 4 ravens through the winter and spring around campus. There are three possibilities I have thought … Read more
I was able to get out on a hike in Indian River Valley today. I explored a little bit in some of the off-trail muskegs before walking up to the first bridge and then back home. Weather: The day started out overcast without rain, but by late morning a light rain had started. The rain … Read more
Weather: Weather the last couple of days has been mostly cloudy with some rain. Wednesday it rained for much of the day and Thursday the rain started late morning but let up by evening. Birds: The ravens continue to regularly feed on the campus lawn. The Savannah Sparrows are still quite abundant. I hear Orange-crowned … Read more
Note the location where an avalanche started just below and left of the center of the photo. It has been such a cold spring, with the snow level regularly below 1000ft even into May, I had forgotten that winter did not start out this way. Even into late December, the snow level was regularly well … Read more
Weather: It was mostly clear early this morning, but the clouds were already starting to move in. By mid morning it was overcast and the rain started around noon. The rain stopped in the late afternoon and it was overcast with a little bit of a breeze through the evening hours. Birds: Most of the … Read more
I have been wanting to get up and try recording some of the dawn chorus, so I made an effort to get out of bed early this morning in order to go for a walk and do some recording. Despite a pre-5am rise time, it had been light for at least an hour already, so … Read more