http://www.sitkanature.org/wordpress/2005/12/17/mt-verstovia-trail-to-indian-river-valley/ An Aspiring Naturalist Learns His Place Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:36:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.sitkanature.org/wordpress/2005/12/17/mt-verstovia-trail-to-indian-river-valley/#comment-4268 SitkaNature » Christmas Bird Count in Sitka Sun, 10 Dec 2006 07:24:27 +0000 http://www.sitkanature.org/wordpress/2005/12/17/mt-verstovia-trail-to-indian-river-valley/#comment-4268 [...] The last couple of years (2004 entry, 2005 entry), I have made some effort to get cover areas that have not typically been counted. I have climbed Mt. Verstovia and come down a mile or two up Indian River Valley. This time of year, the days are short, so I typically start as it’s just starting to get light and manage to make it home around dark. Even with this effort, I am only able to count a small thread of territory at the edge of over 30 square miles of the count circle containing wilderness mountain peaks, valley bottoms and everything in between. [...] [...] The last couple of years (2004 entry, 2005 entry), I have made some effort to get cover areas that have not typically been counted. I have climbed Mt. Verstovia and come down a mile or two up Indian River Valley. This time of year, the days are short, so I typically start as it’s just starting to get light and manage to make it home around dark. Even with this effort, I am only able to count a small thread of territory at the edge of over 30 square miles of the count circle containing wilderness mountain peaks, valley bottoms and everything in between. [...]

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