On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
One of the highlights of yesterday’s outing was a small flock of Pine Grosbeaks we saw foraging near Indian River. The first look I got was in the forest near the river not too far up from the first bridge, but they were in the shade among the branches, so it was difficult to see … Read more
Fellow natural history enthusiast Kitty LaBounty wanted to make a trip up the West Fork of Indian River to look for mosses over spring break. I thought that sounded like a reasonable way to spend a day, so I agreed to go along. Despite the spring in spring break, it’s been anything but spring-like around … Read more
Photos taken while snowshoeing up Indian River Valley.
Today seemed very fitting for a last day of winter in many respects. Snow had fallen overnight and there were snow showers with clear and chilly breaks between. I spent much of the day on a snowshoeing adventure wandering around Indian River valley. The forecast for tomorrow is warm temperatures, wind and rain. So perhaps … Read more
Jeremy, a birder from Skagway who has been in town the last few days, wanted to get out and look for birds. He had e-mailed both Kitty LaBounty and myself about going out to look for birds, and we decided it would be nice to go out in Kitty’s skiff to look for puffins and … Read more
I went out with a couple of other people to look for birds on the water this afternoon.