On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
This eggshell fragment was laying on the moss at the edge of a gravel bar on Indian River shortly above the second bridge. Given the size and color, I figured it must be a thrush egg. However, it seems a bit too early for Hermit Thrushes and especially Swainson’s Thrushes to have nestlings. American Robin … Read more
Yellow Warbler Singing Recently I have been asking people if they have seen any Yellow Warblers this spring. While not an especially common species along the road system in Sitka (mostly due to lack of preferred habitat, I suspect), in many years they are show up around the first week of May. However, this year … Read more
Today was an Indian River ibutton servicing day. I made some observations along a gravel bar up from the second bridge, then was distracted for a longer period by the calls of begging young. It took a little patience, but I did discover where dippers had built a nest in a river bank just above … Read more
Yesterday I got a call about a Sandhill Crane that showed up at the National Cemetery, and since Rowan had not seen one before, she, Connor and I walked over. The crane was gone by the time we got there, but we walked around the nearby muskeg for a little while. On the way home, … Read more
I got photos of a Margined white butterfly visiting a dandelion flower in our yard today. Margined White (Pieris marginalis) is the most common butterfly in the Sitka area (not that it has much competition, as there seems to be only one other regularly occurring species). During the warm years in 2003 and 2004, I … Read more
Spruce pollen has been abundant this spring. My iNaturalist Observations for Today
