On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
Download Radio Show The 30 October show featured a conversation with Anchorage-based birders, Louann Feldmann and Lynn Barber. They were both in town to get a look at the Tropical Kingbird which showed up here in Sitka. Lynn had been in town and visited with me previously, so we talked a bit about how her … Read more
Four folks (Brad, Pat, Bob, and Eric) from Anchorage came to town to see the Tropical Kingbird. They found it successfully this morning, and I ended up running in to them at Swan Lake when they stopped by to see the Wood Duck (which one of the four had not yet seen in Alaska). From … Read more
I was busy this morning and was not able to get out and look for the kingbird. However, Lucy P. let me know she had found it around 9:30 this morning in the same neighborhood where it had been before. It flew off before the next person got out there to look, but just before … Read more
Update: The bird is still here on Thursday, 20 October. (Given the rarity of this species in Alaska, I’ll try to post an update each day the bird is seen.) On Monday, Marge W. called me to let me know that Brownie T. had been seen a flycatcher with a yellow belly and yellow under … Read more
October continued its dry start with clear skies throughout the day. I did not notice any frost on the vehicles this morning, but it’s possible I just was not up early enough. With clear and calm conditions tonight, I suspect there will be frost tomorrow, though forecast lows are only for the lower 40s. I … Read more
I returned to the golf course today with Connor and Rowan. I hoped that the American Pipits and Horned Larks might stick around for another day, but in a walk around the course I did not see any. The only bird I found out in the open areas was a Savannah Sparrow, though I did … Read more