Golden crowned sparrow in my backyard
April 20, 2024
Author: Robin Rowland
Spring hike in old growth Kitimat River Provincial Park
April 7, 2024
On April 6, I took a spring hike in Kitimat River Provincial Park Kitimat River Park protects two parcels of small but highly productive old-growth Sitka spruce and red cedar forest on the natural floodplain and fluvial terraces of the Kitimat River. It also protects grizzly bear habitat and culturally modified trees The hike was […]
The fight to save Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
March 29, 2024
I was shocked to read in the New York Times this week in Margret Renkl’s column that the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia, is in danger of being destroyed by, of all things, a strip mine. She reports that there is wide spread opposition to the mine from across the political spectrum in generally […]
The full “sap moon” heralds spring
March 25, 2024
The first full moon that comes after the spring equinox, which marks the change from astronomical winter to astronomical spring is often called the sap moon (the sap is running) or the worm moon (worms appear in the soil). Also called the Lenten moon, since the Christian Easter is always the first Sunday following the […]
First robin of spring 2024
March 25, 2024
The first American robin of spring 2024., a male, appeared in my backyard on Sunday, March 24..
Beauty in a stormy atmospheric river
January 30, 2024
While out birding on January 27, 2024, I also took images of the surrounding landscape during the atmospheric river storm. Given the “atmosphere” I converted all to black and white.
Birding in an atmospheric river
January 30, 2024
I went out with local birders on Saturday January27 to do the monthly shorebird count. One of the many atmospheric rivers sweeping in from the Pacific Ocean meant heavy rain, fog and some wind. It certainly didn’t stop the birds nor the birders. There were at least 60 probably more common mergansers both at Wahtl […]