Totem Park Walk

The marine stratus moved in early this morning, but burned off again by around 10am. Temperatures got up in the high 50s. There was a west wind through the afternoon and into the evening, but it didn’t seem very strong here at the house and died out pretty early. On a walk around Totem Park … Read more

Raven Radio Show #79 – Bird Songs

Download Radio Show The 17 May show featured recordings of bird songs from some of the species commonly heard around Sitka. For those interested primarily in the bird songs, you can skip the first 19 minutes and 30 seconds – I started playing recordings and discussing the songs shortly thereafter. If you have questions or … Read more

Totem Park and Thimbleberry Lake

The marine stratus never burned off today, perhaps holding on in part with help from the onshore breeze. This morning I went for a walk with a visitor from Denmark around Totem Park. We saw a lone steelhead in the lower part of the pool below the road. Out on the beach were Whimbrels (my … Read more

Starrigavan Bear

There was a marine layer this morning that gave way, came back, gave way for good around noon. Wind out of the west until the evening. Connor, Rowan and I got some lunch at Seamart then went out to Starrigavan to sit on the beach and have a picnic lunch. It was interesting to see … Read more

Franklin’s Gull

There was a note posted on the Sitka Birds Facebook group with pictures of a Franklin’s Gull that had been in the channel. I was able to find the gull just off the ramp at UAS and get some pictures. It stayed there fairly close to shore for 45 minutes or so, but just before … Read more