A short note from Denali. We’re having fun, the weather’s been fantastic the whole trip, and we’ve seen just about every wild animal Alaska has to offer (whales, porpoises, moose, caribu, lots of eagles and falcons, …) and even a close encounter with a grizzly at our camp! We haven’t found any gold yet though… [...]
Yesterday afternoon as I was sitting at my desk I heard a loud thump against the window pane. All the grown birds seem to know that the glass is there, but the last weeks since the young fledglings have been around, a couple have come close. This one came more than close – he hit [...]
I’ve hurt myself often enough, but rarely doing something as harmless as how this happened! We were walking along Acadia beach near home, and the Salmon Berries were ripe. Many of the berries closer to the path had already been picked, but higher up, just out of reach were some really nice ones. I jumped, [...]
On the first of April we first saw this little bird at our hummingbird feeder! We couldn’t believe that one had actually come, and even less that she (the little purple patch under the chin shows it is a female – the male is much more showy!) could have any other source of food at [...]