Rainy Day with Termination Dust

After no success yesterday when I tried to get a photo of the new snow on Bear Mountain (which I had seen reported on Facebook), I made another attempt today. Conditions were more variable, with large squalls moving through bringing heavy rain, but the sun also shown occasionally. Unfortunately, it was difficult to predict when … Read more

Raven Radio Show #87 – Kitty LaBounty

Download Radio Show The 23 August show featured a conversation with Kitty LaBounty. We talked about an upcoming fungus talk and mycopigment workshop that occurring as part of the Natural History Seminar series, and also about her travels to Adak and Nome this year. If you have questions or observations you want to share, please … Read more

Migration and Weather

A few years ago I started watching the Biorka Island radar for signs of migration (my first post on the subject from back in 2009), and although I’ve not gone through and made careful notes, my sense of things is that we’re into a period of peak migration (that shows up on the radar, anyway) … Read more

Straying Sockeye Salmon

A couple of days ago while on a walk up Indian River trail, I noticed a red salmon in Indian River. I was not completely sure at the time, but it sure looked like a sockeye salmon, presumably one that strayed from a nearby system (the nearest is at Salmon Lake probably 10-15 miles away). … Read more

Raven Radio Show #86 – Jonathan Goff

Download Radio Show The 9 August show featured a conversation with Jonathan Goff. My brother and I spoke about tracking, some of the ways he’s practiced it, and some of our experiences around Sitka with tracking. If you have questions or observations you want to share, please feel free to leave a comment here or … Read more