On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
For several years I’ve been hoping to get a better version of a photo I first took 10 years ago. The limited window of time where the beach cinquefoil (Potenilla villosa) is blooming well does not always overlap with the time Mt. Edgecumbe still has a decent covering of snow, and even when they do, … Read more
Marge Ward called to tell me that there was a Eurasian Collared-Dove in their yard. I was able to get some photos of it this morning. Eurasian Collared-Doves have been reported from Southeast Alaska several times over the past 3 years. This is the first report from Sitka. It is unclear whether they are birds … Read more
Connor is especially fond of fishing and has been asking about going for quite a while. I finally got around to purchasing a fishing license today with plans to get up early with Connor to go fishing early tomorrow morning, but it was a nice evening and Connor suggested we go this evening, so I … Read more
I had a couple of different ideas in mind for this week’s Wild Food Wednesday, but in the end (lack of) time and opportunity made the decision. We picked some Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium) and Lady Fern (Athyrium filix-femina) fiddleheads. We probably would not have picked the fiddleheads, but Rowan insisted, and it turned out to … Read more
I had never been to Shelikof and with a forecast for sunny and calm weather over the weekend, I thought it might be nice to make a trip out there and kayak back to town. I was motivated in part by birds. 500 Pacific Loons had been reported on the sound, and Red Knots had … Read more