Twilight, Dawn, and Sunrise in the Olympic National Forest, on Rugged Ridge near Sitkum and Calawah Rivers.
Species include: Western Screech Owl, Varied Thursh, Pacific Wren, American Robin
Starting during Nautical Twilight on March 30, 2019, we're first greeted by distant Western Screech Owls.
The forest is soft. It rained last night and the moss-covered trees are still dripping in in the early light. The distant Calawah and Sitkum Rivers are awash in the background.
The First Varied Thrush arrives almost six minutes in and is quickly followed by awakening Pacific Wrens and American Robins. By the time Civic Twilight begins at 06:28 (18mins) we have a nice chorus of local life. Everyone is saying hello, good morning, how do you do?
Sunrise arrives at 06:59 (49mins), and almost immediately we're greeted by a Robin that swoops in to hang out and chatter for a while. Welcome, he says, to my home on the Olympic Peninsula.
