On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
Today’s weather was getting to be like people sometimes refer to as herring weather. Perhaps more strictly we would have needed to see more rain in the mix, as today was just mostly graupel and little bits of snow falling in sometimes heavy showers. Between showers the sun would shine, and throughout it all there … Read more
Back in early February over a couple of days I happened to take morning and evening pictures from similar locations of the unnamed 4900+ foot peak that rises behind the Sisters (and perhaps historically has been considered one of them). I thought it was interesting to notice the differences in where shadows fall as well … Read more
I spent much of the morning talking to Bob Armstrong, including recording a conversation for a future radio show. After class at the middle school I stopped by Swan Lake to check out the gulls and the ice. I also saw there were at least 8 Ring-necked Ducks, up from the 2 I saw on … Read more
It’s a fairly common sight to see crows down at the beach poking around in the intertidal while the tide is out. From time to time you will see them fly up and then suddenly drop back to the ground. If you are close enough, or get a good look with binoculars, you can see … Read more
A couple of male Ring-necked Ducks were back on Swan Lake today utilizing the bit of water around the edge. I couldn’t tell for sure where they were, but much of the apparently open water around the lake had ice underneath it still frozen into the mud and/or vegetation. There were also quite a few … Read more
Long line season opened over the weekend and boats have started to deliver their catch. Hundreds of gulls gathered in the channel to feed on the scraps pumped out by the processing plants.