On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
Last year I noticed several new growths on the spruce tree in my yard where it appeared the tree couldn’t decide between regular branch growth or making a cone. I thought I had taken a picture, but I couldn’t find one, unfortunately. As winter has wound down, I noticed several spruce trees in my neighborhood … Read more
Today was a fairly full day of class and getting ready for class. This evening here was a talk about the Alexander Archipelago wolves. I thought it was interesting, and made arrangements to record a conversation with the speaker for a future radio show. This morning I took some pictures of a flock of scaups … Read more
When I got up it was still partly clear, but the wind was picking up and there were dark clouds moving in. Later in the day there was some rain, but not as much as I would have expected, given the forecast and heavy clouds. I walked by the corner of the northwest of Crescent … Read more
Another frosty morning and warm sunny day with calm winds, though this could be the last for a while, as clouds are forecast to move in tonight with rain tomorrow. After class this morning I spent some time over at old airport road. While there I heard and saw the Ruby-crowned Kinglet again, but this … Read more
Another frosty morning followed by a warm (for the season) sunny day. Connor had an appointment this morning and afterwards he and I stopped by the old airport road to look around for a bit. I briefly saw the Horned Lark and American Pipit that have been around for much of the winter. I did … Read more
It dawned with clear skies this morning. The lack of clouds overnight led to a decent amount of frost, although I don’t think the official temperature dropped below freezing. Once the sun was up, it didn’t take long for the frost to melt off. I’m not sure what the official high ended up being, but … Read more