On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
See Sit Spot Challenge at Kamana.org for more about the challenge. Time of sit: 6:50pm-7:10pm I came back from a walk around Totem Park and decided to sit while the sun was still shining on the front of the house. It was again quiet in the near distance, though I could hear gulls calling from … Read more
Contrary to forecast, skies over town remained mostly clear through the day. There was a bit of an east wind to make things feel a little cooler, but even so, temperatures warmed up to the low 40s. I was able to find a spot on the south side of a Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) in … Read more
A trip in mid-November interrupted my recording habit, and it took a while to get back into it. Things seem to be pretty quiet most nights, and I decided to collapse a few of the highlights from the few nights in November I recorded but did not yet post. A Chestnut-backed Chickadee and Red-breasted Nuthatch … Read more
More mystery calls last night. Also caught a distant screech-owl a couple of different times, but did not include a clip since its calls were fairly quiet and did not really sound any different than other ones I’ve posted previously. The wind kicked up a bit as daylight came. Otter/Mystery Calls: I think the calls … Read more
Rain off and on through the night and morning. Quite a bit of activity in the early hours of the morning. I can’t decide whether the calls were from Gulls, Otters, or both. Mystery Calls: These calls started around 4am, and continued off and on for the next couple of hours, at least. I have … Read more
Mystery Chirps: Similar chirps have shown up on several nights, though I’m still not positive what they are. I think they could be from a River Otter (Lontra canadensis), however. Recorded at 03:40. They also showed up at least one other time during the night. Download Mystery Chirps Mystery Call: This is a brief clip … Read more