On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
More Photos to come – still processing It seems like it’s getting into the peak time for shorebird migration, but things are still seeming a little slow. It’s possible that a lot of birds can and will still show up, but I wonder if the lack of inclement weather recently has allowed birds to push … Read more
Back in 2007 I had the bright idea to try and document 1000 species in a single year. I started a weblog for the project – the posts live on, but it hasn’t been updated in years – and made it through 65 species that year. Of course I saw and photographed many more, but … Read more
Late this morning, Connor, Rowan and I headed out to Starrigavan to see what might be out there. We managed to time it just about right at high tide, so it wasn’t optimal for seeing things. There were still quite a few ducks out in the bay, and I was surprised to hear a Long-tailed … Read more
Despite overcast and light rain, I decided to see if the hybrid duck would be up along the shore with the high tide around noon. It was there, but never came particularly close to me during the time I spent on the beach. At one point I saw over a dozen American Robins fly up … Read more
Today was the first low tide that seemed like a good spring tide. It wasn’t all that low at a predicted -1.2 or so, but it occurred in daylight hours in the morning. Rowan likes to search for things at the beach, so I joined her for a while this morning and managed to find … Read more
We were a little surprised to see moths flying around in the house this January. Connor and Rowan teamed up to catch one, which I later photographed. After posting to bugguide and getting a reasonable identification for it, it seems likely that this particular moth came up in produce my parents brought over Christmas. After … Read more