On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
I made it down to the park again this morning, but didn’t find any shorebirds, not even the Semipalmated Plover I saw last night.  It was actually fairly quiet in the park – I didn’t even see any sparrows along the upper shoreline. In some ways it’s seemed like an odd migration so far, there’s … Read more
After yesterday’s snow, today brought clear blue skies and a brightly shining sun. I am still fighting a head cold, and wasn’t able to enjoy the weather as much as I might have liked (Connor and Rowan were able to spend much of the day sledding at the golf course with friends, which they enjoyed … Read more
Wintery weather has returned for much of the past of week or so. Snow fell early this week and changed to cold rain for the last couple of days (today accompanied by a stiff SE wind reminiscent of a fall blow). Despite such conditions (which make spring seem so far away), there have been some … Read more
Taken at Crescent Harbor last March. It was part of one of the photojournal updates I worked on today It was quite windy today with precipitation changing between snow and rain. Heavy clouds and rain made for a day that was easy to spend inside. So I devoted a fair chunk of time to going … Read more
Somehow most of a month has slipped by with very limited posting, despite my intentions to keep up with nearly daily posts. I’ve started to fill in some of the missing days with photojournal entries (see side bar for recent updates there), though in most cases it’s been long enough that I have forgotten what … Read more
Animated .gif of the radar images from 17-18 March. Red/green represent stuff in the atmosphere moving away from/towards the radar station set in the middle of the image. There’s a clear pattern of movement along the outer coast of Baranof Island from south to north. When migration is at its peak, this pattern will show … Read more