On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
While hiking around Mosquito Cove last week, I happened to notice this yellow coating on the mud underneath a stump. I thought it might be spores or something from a fungus growing underneath the stump, but when my brother looked underneath, he didn’t see anything. He went around to the other side to get a … Read more
There was a loose flock of several small sandpipers at Totem Park this evening. It was getting late, so I did not spend a lot of time trying to get photos, however I did get a decent photograph of the bird seen here. Upon looking at the photo, I am confused as to the identification. … Read more
I took this picture of a dead bug this evening and didn’t think much of it until I looked at it a little closer at my computer. This sort of thing seemed familiar to me. I thought I had recently read something about it, and I was able to find it when I looked at … Read more
I got a report yesterday from a visiting birder (thanks Judy!) who saw a dark mantled gull at the mouth of Indian River yesterday. She thought the bird was probably a Slaty-backed Gull. I made a stop out at the mouth of the river this evening just to look around briefly. I was fortunate enough … Read more
Among the gulls at Sage Beach today were two birds that look to me like second year Mew Gulls. One of them had black on its tail he other had a pure white tail. I noticed in Sibley’s that the European population of the Mew Gull has second year birds with white tail feathers, while … Read more
I’m pretty sure this is an alcid, but I can’t figure out what it is. I saw it twice this afternoon between Crescent Harbor and the end of the runway. Looking at the beak, it seems most like a Rhinocerous Auklet, but the white at the front of the wing seems out of place. I … Read more