On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
I made a trip downtown today with a stop by Swan Lake. The male Redhead was there with a female Gadwall, but I did not see the female Redhead that had been there previously. This evening I went out to Galankin Island with Kitty and Allison – Allison was hoping to resight some of the … Read more
While walking back from the automotive place (car was getting an oil change), I stopped to take a picture of Indian River at the bridge. Flow seems to be fairly typical for spring, and it doesn’t look like the channel has really changed that much in the past year or so – perhaps because there … Read more
Download Radio Show The June 3rd show featured a conversation with hummingbird bander Fred Bassett. The conversation was originally recorded in 2013 when Fred was travelling through Alaska banding Rufous Hummingbirds. You can read about his trip in a brief report he published (pdf) on his website, hummingbirdreaserch.net. The PBS video he mentioned during the … Read more
Earlier in the week the forecast for this weekend was for partly cloudy conditions, but as the week went on, the forecast deteriorated. It’s still early enough in the season, that deteriorating forecasts make me think more of fall/winter conditions rather than the generally more mild summer wet weather. It did rain today, but (in … Read more