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Fledgling Snowbunting
It is that time of year when fledglings are everywhere. I can usually look out at the deck to see anywhere from one to a half dozen snowbunting fledglings hopping around the handrails. The sad part of it all is that soon all of these birds will be departing for the south. Not so much…
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Plover conundrum (Part two)
Link to Part one. Yesterday I promised the kids I'd take them to the Port at Nanisivik to see if one of the Coast Guard ships was there (one had been seen off Victor Bay a couple of days ago). Despite it being an exceptionally dreary day in a summer dominated by dreary days, I…
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Plover conundrum
Tuesday I found myself at Nanisivik Airport and with a half hour to spare I headed down to the former townsite. Earlier in the summer we had tried to get to the reliable spot for Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula), but were foiled. One of the things that are done when they work on reclamation…
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Brigadoon
This summer has not only been cloudy and rainy for the most part, but it seems as though there has been fog hanging about most every day. The past three days or so the wind has had a chill to it as fog poured over the hills into town. It does make a pretty picture…
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Camp Temporary
Okay, I've been lazy. Its been much easier to post photos than to take the time to write anything. And as a result I'm getting farther behind on posts I've wanted to write. It is hard to believe more than two weeks have already past since I had not only a day off, but the…
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Play misty for me
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Large-flowered Wintergreen
I really like this showy, fragrant flower, that is relatively scarce around here. Or I think it might be scarce, I might just not be looking in the right spots. I know of one spot where I can reliably find Large-flowered Wintergreen (Pyrola grandiflora), across the road from First Bridge's picnic area. I checked there…
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Fog
It is pouring here right now, a steady heavy rain that is already muddying up the bay with run off (because of the permafrost all of our precipitation ends up as run off, it is unable to soak into the ground deeper than a few inches). I also saw my first flash of lightening here,…
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No, its a boat picture
I didn't even notice the iceberg when I was panning after the boat with the camera.
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St George Society Cliffs: Uluksan to Nuvua
