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American Tree Sparrow

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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

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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

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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

Late Afternoon Clouds

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I was struck by the patterns in the layer of clouds over the sound as the sun was setting this afternoon. It seems like they should be able to tell me something, but at this point I’m not sure what. I was especially interested in the undulating and/or wave-like patterns at the leading edge.