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ABA Life List (523). Chronicles of high school bird watching from NY, CT and beyond. Laquo; Audio Quiz! February 28, 2011 by Benjamin Van Doren. Yesterday afternoon (2/27) I stumbled across a Cackling Goose. Cackling Goose (center) with Canada Geese. A much smaller bird overall, with a stubby beak, shorter neck, and lighter back coloration (hard to see in this photo). Posted in New York. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Recent Ye...
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Arctic Smoke Signals: September 2010
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Odd postings from the far North. Wednesday, September 29, 2010. We have four species of lousewort (Pedicularis) growing around our home here in the Colville Delta. With the different species we get a blooming period from early June through late August, and even a few stragglers into September if it is a warm summer. The habitat varies from dry polygon ridges to wet sedge meadows; all lousewort are edible though some have a tap root too small to be of much interest. One last photo showing a yellow Capitat...
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Arctic Smoke Signals: June 2013
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Odd postings from the far North. Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Halos, Fog Bows, and Light Pillars. Water droplets do not freeze at zero Celsius and so unlike a rainbow, you can have fog bows forming in temperatures below freezing. Photo on the left is a sunlight fog bow in early October arcing over our Homestead. The second photo on the right shows a lunar fog bow with a hint of aurora borealis in the night sky. Sun and Light Pillars:. Both photos show the setting sun with a tall light beam shinning above it&#...
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Arctic Smoke Signals: Spring Birding
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Odd postings from the far North. Wednesday, May 14, 2014. After a day of high winds and snow showers, the bright sunshine today made one want to get out for a birding trip. It would most likely be the last one by snow machine since we are just starting our break up period, and flowing water would stop land travel off our home island. About 4 miles up river I started seeing well defined shore leads as the advancing first water of break up moved our way. Snow Geese migrating westward. Most of the Willow Pt...
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Arctic Smoke Signals: May 2010
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Odd postings from the far North. Friday, May 28, 2010. A new Season Starting. The ice needs to lift up between two and half and three feet before it will crack and let the water flow out over the frozen-down areas. Start of breakup-first water. 160; Clear brackish water boiling out of a blowhole. Dark waters are shore leads, white channel ice over the deep water. The number of birds around our feeders at one time has started to decline, as birds pair up and move out onto their nesting terr...
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Arctic Smoke Signals: March 2010
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Odd postings from the far North. Saturday, March 6, 2010. February was on the warm side for us, and that in turn led to many overcast/whiteout or stormy days. On one of the better weather days,while on the cold side, I took advantage of the clear skies and sunshine for a trip. Group of Caribou cows feeding with pale sunlight reflecting on the snow drifts. 160; Caribou cow close-up. A dark red fox checking me out. Posted by Jim H. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Arctic Living and Beyond. Anachlik Is...
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Arctic Smoke Signals: May 2014
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Odd postings from the far North. Wednesday, May 14, 2014. After a day of high winds and snow showers, the bright sunshine today made one want to get out for a birding trip. It would most likely be the last one by snow machine since we are just starting our break up period, and flowing water would stop land travel off our home island. About 4 miles up river I started seeing well defined shore leads as the advancing first water of break up moved our way. Snow Geese migrating westward. Most of the Willow Pt...
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Arctic Smoke Signals: September 2012
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Odd postings from the far North. Wednesday, September 12, 2012. With the lengthening of nights and cooler temperatures the yellows, gold, and reds of fall have replaced the Arctic tundra’s green of summer. This posting will be more of a photo essay to show the various fall plants and their colors. Juvenile King Eiders almost ready to leave the north country for their wintering grounds, with red pendent grass in the foreground. Posted by Jim H. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Arctic Living and Beyond. What ar...
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Arctic Smoke Signals: Spring Flooding 2013
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Odd postings from the far North. Saturday, June 15, 2013. Standing on snow machine to start the drilling operation to get through the thick ice. The early arriving Greater White-fronted Geese had a rough two weeks before there was much melting providing water and bare ground for feeding. Our Snow Buntings were three weeks later than the yearly average with the first male showing up at the feeder on May 6th. Male Snow Buntings waiting out a breezy snow squall. Brant flying over a white landscape. A female...
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Arctic Smoke Signals: Halos, Fog Bows, and Light Pillars.
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Odd postings from the far North. Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Halos, Fog Bows, and Light Pillars. Water droplets do not freeze at zero Celsius and so unlike a rainbow, you can have fog bows forming in temperatures below freezing. Photo on the left is a sunlight fog bow in early October arcing over our Homestead. The second photo on the right shows a lunar fog bow with a hint of aurora borealis in the night sky. Sun and Light Pillars:. Both photos show the setting sun with a tall light beam shinning above it&#...