On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
The herring fleet has been on two hour notice for the last couple of days. The herring sac roe fishery is often not more than a couple of hours. From first light, spotters are flying small aircraft looking for the large schools of herring. Seiners go out to various place in order to make test … Read more
I woke up to the winter wrens singing before 6am. The birds are definitely getting more vocal. Connor and I went for a walk and made it down to the beach before 7am. While we were there, I got some video of a kingfisher as it was fishing off of the pilings near the hatchery. … Read more
The trip to Piper Island was a little shorter than planned due to the weather forecast, although I did have a good time for the night it lasted. Took some pictures of various animal tracks in the snow. Will probably write a couple of entries about it later.
I’m headed to Piper Island Cabin for the weekend. It’s about 30 miles northwest of Sitka in Fish Bay. Based on the weather reports I have seen lately, there should be a fair bit more snow there than there is here. Hopefully I will have a chance to do a little hiking and/or exploration.
I went out this afternoon with the intention of looking for kinglets where I saw them yesterday. However, before I made it down to the lower edge of the trees, I stopped to sit in the sun out of the wind and listen to the birds for a while. There was fairly constant bird noise … Read more
I have seen both woodpeckers and sapsuckers around before. I also recall noticing small holes in tree bark where the birds have gone after sap or insects. However, yesterday while I was hiking up Indian River trail was the first time I had noticed just how numerous are the signs of their presence. I was … Read more