Slug toss 4th of July

Slug toss 4th of July

One of the fun events at the Tenakee Fourth of July is the annual slug toss. Years ago an invasive species we call “China blacks” showed up and took over. The banana slugs are nearly gone. The slimy black slugs are everywhere. On the 4th we put them on a...
Snow Geese

Snow Geese

In early May migrating snow geese and trumpeter swans share meadows with resident Canada geese. The swans have moved on. A new gaggle of snow geese, maybe fifty in all, has just landed. I walk wide past their feeding area over a knoll and onto the beach. On a...