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Friday looked like a good day to take off- so I did. A couple of us circumnavigated the valley and found 38 species of birds plus Prairie Dogs, a Coyote, a Fox, Deer, and Antelope. We found 8 “year birds” bringing out running 2021 total to 47 species. With a little good fortune and some…

No image was possible this morning, but I have a theory on what I saw. I was on my 6:30am walk with the Lab. Looking up into the moonless sky, I saw a large hole in the clouds through which the stars shone brightly. The rest of the sky was occluded by low clouds. As…

I did not know what to expect from today any more than I know what to expect from any other day. But, this scenario might have been pretty low on the list of expected outcomes if someone had asked. I was settling in to do some work at 8am and I received a text from…

Since the first of the year, I’ve been out every day. Walking well before dawn and walking a couple of hours past sunset. Now that we are past 6-Jan, the days are beginning to “open-up”. The sunrise and the sunset are both moving the proper direction. I look forward to the return of the light-…

One day is bright and sunny with fluffy clouds, the next is damp and closed-in. Makes for lovely imagery as the Labrador and I enjoy our daily rambles about the valley. I have a lot of wool that I wear in the winter, and the Lab greatly prefers the cold months. So, I guess that…

The first of the year can be a really hard time to find and count birds where I live. It can be subzero with deep snow-cover and wind; it can be mild and (almost) spring-like; or it can be anywhere in between. This year the first was a mild 42 degrees Fahrenheit (5 Celsius). We…

January is thought to be named for either the Roman god Janus, or the female goddess Juno-Janus. Greek for gateway, Janus relates to beginnings and ends, doorways, entrances and departures. Depicted with two faces- one to look forward and one to look backwards, the idea is that all things in the future bear some mark…

This has been a good year to watch the skies. Since mid Feb, I have seen so many wonderful scenes unfold in the dark skies over my little corner of the word. From meteors, to comets; from planetary conjunctions, to the latest, 13th, and final, full moon of the year. There have been sunsets and…

Gary Larson, creator of The Far Side, is one of the most brilliant, successful people ever- in my humble opinion. And so it is with sincere apologies that I post both one of his comics and an image that I took today that caused me to stop the car and take a picture from the…

The year is winding down. I find myself wanting to say something like “and not a moment too soon!”. But I won’t do it, because it always winds down about now. Whether the year has been a good one or a bad one. Whether there is a white Christmas, or not. Whatever your success marker…