Snow Covered Mt. Roberts

WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE Snow Covered Mt. Roberts Mt. Roberts, 3,819 feet, as viewed from Blueberry Hills on Douglas Island. Picture by David Kent, 9:58 a.m. AST, April 3, 2007, © 2008

View from the Roof

WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE View from the Roof View is looking ENE towards Gastineau Channel and Mt. Roberts. The West Juneau Weather Station’s wind instruments and support pipe are in the left foreground. Picture by O. Richard (Dick) Kent, 2:12 p.m. ADT, May 10, 2005, © 2007

The Snow of Last Winter

WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE The Snow of Last Winter As the winter of 2007 – 2008 approaches, I thought during the “blazing heat” of Juneau in the summertime I’d show you how Jackson Road in the Blueberry Hills area of West Juneau looked in early April 2007. In the background from left to right: Heintzleman … Continue reading "The Snow of Last Winter"

Male Rufous Hummingbird On Guard

WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE Male Rufous Hummingbird On Guard For two evenings in a row this little fella was perched at the top of the support pipe for the weather instruments, busily on the lookout to protect “his” hummingbird feeders from other hummingbird “invaders”. Hummingbird is shown 1.92 times larger than life-size. Picture by David … Continue reading "Male Rufous Hummingbird On Guard"