Moon over Crescent Bay

Although there were some showers, it seemed more sunny overall today. Herring were continuing to spawn with Fish and Game reporting there were 60 miles of spawn so far. In particular, there was some action in Crescent Bay this morning. I didn’t have a lot of time to look, but I did see an area … Read more

American Tree Sparrow

Another frosty morning and warm sunny day with calm winds, though this could be the last for a while, as clouds are forecast to move in tonight with rain tomorrow. After class this morning I spent some time over at old airport road. While there I heard and saw the Ruby-crowned Kinglet again, but this … Read more

Walking and Kayaking

After the snow this weekend, today’s forecast was for mostly sunny and temperatures into the upper 40s. After making sure to shut my computer down by 11pm last night (having spent too many previous nights not getting to sleep until well after midnight), I woke up around 6am this morning and felt pretty good about … Read more

Fallen Junco

It was a blustery rainy day with temperatures in the 40s. Rain wasn’t steady, instead moving through in squalls, some of them fairly fierce as the day went on into night. I returned home from being out to a message from a fellow who had found a banded bird dead in his feeder. I called … Read more