On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
This morning I enjoyed a sunny walk over to and back from the university for class. This afternoon I did a little birding along the road before heading up Harbor Mountain hiking back to the south slope meadow.
On the way down from taking Julien and Laurent up Harbor Mountain road, we stopped to look at some vegetation along the road.
Made a brief trip out the road today. Highlights include 4 Trumpeter Swans swimming up to the river’s edge at Starrigavan to see if we had any handouts. Also noticed 5 or more Gadwall – a fairly high number for Sitka in any season, but especially winter.
The view from Sea Mart’s parking lot can be pretty stunning – though it was fairly muted today. I suspect most people primarily think of the view to the west out over the sound with Mt. Edgecumbe rising above the lowlands of a distant Kruzof Island. While that is no doubt the more striking view, a look inland reveals Harbor Mountain looming above in a view that isn’t too shabby either.
This evening I took a photo of one of the moths we accumulated last summer/fall.
While enjoying some late October sun on Harbor Mountain, I noticed something white down on the sound near Vitskari Rocks. At first I thought perhaps it was a boat (or boats) catching the sun just right, but it did not take long for me to realize that was not the case. I was actually seeing … Read more
I wanted to get some better photos of Licorice Fern (Polypodium glycyrrhiza) so stopped to take some photos of a nice bunch at Castle Hill. While I was there I also did some bryophyte photography. Later in the day I was out at Starrigavan to look around a bit and took a picture of the … Read more
