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Alarming Robins

October 11, 2018May 22, 2014 by matt goff

American Robin Alarm Calls A couple of weeks ago I was headed down to Totem Park and noticed the high frequency down slurring call of an American Robin’s aerial predator alarm. After watching a robin nest in my yard get cleaned out by a raven last year, and coming to realize a little better the … Read more

Sad Day for Robins

May 22, 2013May 21, 2013 by matt goff

Early this month, Connor noticed a Robin nest. Over the last couple of weeks while working at my computer, I’ve been watching the adults regularly come and go from the nest as they fed their growing young. Just earlier today, I noticed the young were looking pretty large as they stretched up to get food … Read more

Nesting Raven

March 23, 2012March 20, 2012 by matt goff

I was interested to see a raven gathering small twigs from a neighbor’s spruce tree today.

This evening I was struck by the texture on a quarried hunk of Sitka Graywacke being used to help stabilize the edge of the parking lot at SeaMart.

Turning toward Spring

March 7, 2011March 6, 2011 by matt goff

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

Cold

March 6, 2011February 16, 2011 by matt goff

This entry is part 32 of 133 in the series 2011 Photojournal

My time outside today consisted of a couple of walks to the house to do some work moving stuff out of the (soon to be former) garage in preparation for its remodel into living area. Air temperatures were in the low 20s (after dipping into the teens overnight – quite chilly by Sitka standards), but … Read more

Shorebird Sounds

March 1, 2020March 1, 2010 by matt goff

On a recent birding outing, I was able to record some vocal shorebirds, including one of a dozen Black Oystercatchers and a flock of Black Turnstones (with a Dunlin and 8 Rock Sandpipers mixed in, though I’m not sure if their voices can be picked out). Black Oystercatchers Black Turnstones (with accompanying calls from other … Read more