On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
I got up early this morning to head out with Matt Kirchhoff to scout out possible locations for Marbled Murrelet research he plans to coordinate in the Sitka area. The dawn light was quite nice, but the wind and chilly temperatures were definitely noticable. Weather: Another clear and cold night and day. This is the … Read more
This morning someone sent an e-mail to the Sitka Birds e-mail list about a Snow Bunting seen at Totem Park yesterday. I used that as an excuse to take a quick walk through the park before going to the airport to pick up the speaker for tonight’s bird seminar on Marbled Murrelets. This afternoon although … Read more
I did not get out much today, though I did go for a short walk this evening. I went outside to cover up the lettuce, since it was getting pretty cold and I heard some chirping sounds that motivated me to investigate. The photo for today was taken from near our house this evening. It … Read more
The ocean seemed pretty calm, and although it was chilly this morning, I decided I would head out on the kayak again. My plans were to head toward Eastern Channel, to see if the whales were still out there and also to see about getting photos of some of the seabirds I haven’t typically had … Read more
I made a couple of short trips outside today. I went to Swan Lake to look at the birds and then down to Sage Beach around sunset to check on the moon. Weather: Mostly sunny today. There was a pretty heavy frost last night, but it did not really seem to freeze the plants. I … Read more
The forecast was for thunderstorms moving through, but this morning it was sunny over town, so I decided to get out and go kayaking between my morning and early afternoon classes. I headed out from Sage Beach up to the Northeast end of the channel and back. It took me about 25 minutes to get … Read more