crates | January 23, 2008
My walks have been quite chilly lately with temperatures around freezing. Several days ago there was a heavy frost with some fall of ice pellets, and as often happens here after such weather, it became clear and cold with the frost and ice remaining even though it has been sunny. The frozen gravel cracks [...]
Category: birding, Birds, nature |
No Comments »
Tags: Bald Eagle, birds, Bufflehead, Cassin's Auklet, Chestnut sided Chickadees, Common Mergansers, Double Crested Cormorants, hoarfrost, Horned Grebes, Juncos, nature, Ruby-Crowned Kinglets, Song Sparrows, Stellar Jays, Varied Thrushes, Winter Wrens
crates | January 2, 2008
Once again I am reading a novel by Tim Powers. A new Border’s Book Store opened up nearby, and I found two of his novels that I haven’t read before: The Drawing of the Dark and Three Days to Never. A few months ago, I talked about reading another of his recent books, Declare, [...]
Category: Authors, nature |
No Comments »
Tags: Common Mergansers, nature, Tim Powers
crates | December 12, 2007
If we decide to part Let us not say goodbye, but when holding hands walking down a deserted beach, I will bend over to pick up a shell and when I turn to show you… you’ll be gone. Tonight I shall go to bed about 5 am and as to when I arise, [...]
Category: birding, Birds, nature |
No Comments »
Tags: birds, Common Merganser fishing behavior, Common Mergansers, melatonin, nature