User:Mgoff
From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
| Default City | Sitka |
|---|---|
| Default Coordinates | 57.054362440005, -135.32649993897 |
| Default Name | Matt Goff |
| User Info | Aspiring to learn as much as possible about the natural history of the Sitka area. |
Observations saved in the wiki with Matt Goff recorded as an observer.
| Observation Label | Observation Date | Species Observed | Observation Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| SBBP 4255 | 15 March 2022 | Dark-eyed Junco | |
| SBBP 4212 | 10 July 2020 | Dark-eyed Junco | |
| SBBP 4168 | 17 November 2019 | Dark-eyed Junco | |
| SBBP 4112 | 14 May 2018 | Dark-eyed Junco | |
| SBBP 4109 | 30 April 2018 | Song Sparrow | |
| SBBP 4086 | 11 November 2017 | Dark-eyed Junco | |
| SBBP 584 | 2 March 2016 | Song Sparrow | |
| SBBP 501 | 15 November 2015 | Dark-eyed Junco | |
| SBBP 437 | 21 February 2015 | Song Sparrow | |
| Mgoff 561 | 8 February 2015 | Hypomyces aurantius | Growing from cut end of a log (log was not at least several years old). |
| Mgoff 560 | 1 February 2015 | Pogonatum dentatum | Growing densely on mound of soil that was probably disturbed when trail was constructed but is now largely covered with various bryophytes. |
| Mgoff 562 | 1 February 2015 | Oligotrichum aligerum | |
| SBBP 395 | 10 January 2015 | Dark-eyed Junco | |
| SBBP 387 | 28 December 2014 | Dark-eyed Junco | |
| Mgoff 557 | 17 December 2014 | Rattus norvegicus | Observed eating sunflower seeds spread for birds. |
| Mgoff 556 | 11 December 2014 | Cladonia | Growing on gravel among alders. |
| Mgoff 555 | 8 December 2014 | Mountain Bluebird | Observed moving along fence line and side of road. Apparently foraging as it went. |
| SBBP 347 | 29 November 2014 | Song Sparrow | |
| Mgoff 544 | 9 November 2014 | Tennessee Warbler | First observed near True Value, then it flew across street to shrubs by the old Moore Clinic. Feeding mostly on ground or in short shrubs while I observed it. |
| Mgoff 543 | 7 November 2014 | Zygomycota | Observed growing from fairly old looking dog poop. At least a couple of piles in the same empty lot had these fungi growing from them. |
| Mgoff 541 | 4 November 2014 | Red Phalarope | Two observed feeding in the channel. |
| Mgoff 542 | 4 November 2014 | Sabine's Gull | A lone juvenile was flying around the channel late in the afternoon. |
| Mgoff 536 | 26 October 2014 | Cassin's Auklet | At least two, and probably more were in the area. |
| Mgoff 537 | 26 October 2014 | Agaricales | Growing in an open area (no sphagnum) with Lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea), Labrador Tea (Ledum groenlandicum), and heavily browsed Rusty Menziesia (Menziesia ferruginea) among other things. |
| Mgoff 540 | 24 October 2014 | Oligochaeta | Rubber egg-shaped objects found under an abandoned piece of plastic on forest floor. Earthworm coccoons? |
| Mgoff 538 | 24 October 2014 | Pleuroziopsis ruthenica, Alnus rubra | Seems unusual to see Pleuroziopsis ruthenica as an epiphyte. |
| Mgoff 539 | 24 October 2014 | Oligochaeta | Earthworm found under long abandoned piece of plastic in the forest. |
| Mgoff 535 | 8 October 2014 | Eristalis tenax | At least three flying around feeding on dandelion flowers and resting on other vegetation in the sun. Perhaps laying eggs in piles of landscaping waste (Pioneer home garden seems to use area at base of blockhouse hill for dumping stuff) http://bugguide.net/node/view/1007279 |
| SBBP 320 | 6 October 2014 | Dark-eyed Junco | |
| Mgoff 533 | 5 October 2014 | Cortinarius | Growing at base of Vaccinium bush beside trail. |
| Mgoff 534 | 5 October 2014 | Agaricales | Growing from rotten stump. Two mushrooms at different ages, thought to be same species. |
| SBBP 316 | 29 September 2014 | Dark-eyed Junco | |
| Mgoff 527 | 28 September 2014 | Sphagnum | Growing in wet transitional area. |
| Mgoff 532 | 28 September 2014 | Russula | Growing forest. Possibly same species as in Observation:Mgoff_531? Cap seemed a bit viscid. |
| Mgoff 528 | 28 September 2014 | Suillus tomentosus | Growing in muskeg/forest transition area. |
| Mgoff 526 | 28 September 2014 | Northern Mockingbird, Sorbus aucuparia | mockingbird has been present in neighborhood for at least 4 days, and perhaps closer to a month (a neighbor said it had been around a while). Seemed to mostly hang in the bushes, but would come out regularly to feed on berries of mountain ash. |
| Mgoff 530 | 28 September 2014 | Cladonia rangiferina | Growing in transition between forest and muskeg. Positive reaction with KOH (it reacted) |
| Mgoff 531 | 28 September 2014 | Russula | Growing in forest. Cap seemed at least a bit viscid. |
| SBBP 312 | 26 September 2014 | Dark-eyed Junco | |
| Mgoff 525 | 26 September 2014 | Dark-eyed Junco, Epilobium ciliatum | I've regularly been seeing juncos running their bills along the seed pods of Glandular Willow-herb (Epilobium ciliatum) in the yard (presumably) to get the seeds. I'm not sure if they also are just consuming the down that is attached to the seeds, or if they're able to get the seeds out of it. |
| SBBP 311 | 24 September 2014 | Dark-eyed Junco | |
| Mgoff 524 | 22 September 2014 | Pigeon Guillemot, Pandalus danae | Immature Pigeon Guillemot was repeatedly diving (for food, presumably) in the harbor. It took a little effort to get the Dock Shrimp (Pandalus danae) seen here consumed. It had been seen in the harbor for at least 3 days before I observed it. (Shrimp identified from photo by Aaron Baldwin. |
| Mgoff 522 | 20 September 2014 | Cortinariaceae | Growing from ground. |
| SBBP 310 | 18 September 2014 | Dark-eyed Junco | |
| Mgoff 516 | 17 September 2014 | Diptera, Collembola | Several other flies were also on the pool surface, they were more flighty than this one (maybe because they didn't have a springtail?). Not sure if the springtail is being consumed, but it seems plausible. |
| Mgoff 517 | 17 September 2014 | Tyromyces chioneus | Observed on log that made up the trail border (species uncertain) |
| Mgoff 518 | 17 September 2014 | Hydnellum aurantiacum | Growing from ground near trail. Several clusters. |
| Mgoff 512 | 12 September 2014 | Basidiomycota | First found a few days before, it seemed to have been stepped on before I was able to look at it. |
| Mgoff 508 | 12 September 2014 | Lestes disjunctus | One of several seen flying around muskeg. |
| Mgoff 513 | 12 September 2014 | Tortricidae | Probably more than one flying around, but they were small, so hard to be sure. |
| Mgoff 514 | 12 September 2014 | Racomitrium lanuginosum | Growing on a hummock in muskeg. |
| Mgoff 510 | 12 September 2014 | Lactarius fallax | growing in muskeg; identified from collection by K. LaBounty |
| Mgoff 511 | 12 September 2014 | Sphagnum | Two different colors (with intermediate strands, also) making up a (fast growing?) hummock - same hummock as in Observation:Mgoff_332 |
| Mgoff 509 | 8 September 2014 | Russula | Observed growing in muskeg. |
| Mgoff 515 | 8 September 2014 | Riccardia | Small clump growing in muskeg. |
| Mgoff 507 | 7 September 2014 | Epilobium ciliatum | |
| SBBP 309 | 5 September 2014 | Song Sparrow | |
| SBBP 308 | 31 August 2014 | Song Sparrow | |
| Mgoff 500 | 26 August 2014 | Fomitopsis pinicola | growing on rotting wood. |
| Mgoff 501 | 23 August 2014 | Russula | Did not taste it, nor collect. Maybe not be identifiable to species. |
| Mgoff 502 | 23 August 2014 | Gazoryctra | Found resting on the vertical part of a trail railing. This seemed to be the type that\'s slightly smaller and darker. |
| Mgoff 494 | 23 August 2014 | Banasa sordida | Probable stink bug (Pentatomidae) |
| Mgoff 492 | 22 August 2014 | Anaspis | Found crawling on raspberry in garden area near Yaw building. |
| Mgoff 493 | 22 August 2014 | Lepidoptera | Unidentified Caterpillar on an ornamental herb (species not yet determined) |
| Mgoff 503 | 20 August 2014 | Acari | Found crawling on me while I was sitting at edge of muskeg. |
| Mgoff 482 | 5 August 2014 | Melanchra pulverulenta, Triantha occidentalis | Caterpillar feeding developing seedpods/fruit of Triantha |
| Mgoff 483 | 5 August 2014 | Lepidoptera, Triantha glutinosa | One of several different looking caterpillars found on developing seed pods/fruit of Triantha. |
| Mgoff 479 | 5 August 2014 | Angelica genuflexa | Kneeling Angelica (Angelica genuflexa) blooming near shoreline. |
| Mgoff 481 | 5 August 2014 | Platanthera stricta | Growing in fairly forested area along trail between the outflow creek and where the trail goes over the muskegs. |
| Mgoff 477 | 3 August 2014 | Sanguisorba menziesii | Blooming alongside trail. |
| Mgoff 484 | 3 August 2014 | Lichen | Growing on rock of lower part of talus field. About 3-4 inches across. |
| Mgoff 476 | 3 August 2014 | Greya variabilis | On the south slopes of Harbor Mountain, approaching the talus field from the Harbor Mountain road side. http://bugguide.net/node/view/971710 |
| Mgoff 475 | 1 August 2014 | Eristalis anthophorina | Captured at edge of lake where it had been flying around over a sedge wetland. |
| Mgoff 468 | 29 July 2014 | Microgastrinae | found on a sedge leaf. Many small wasps (Braconidae) emerged by 6 August and were dead the next morning.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/969090 http://www.sitkanature.org/wordpress/2014/08/07/small-wasp-microgastrinae/ |
| Mgoff 464 | 29 July 2014 | Syngrapha celsa | Found on ground in muskeg |
| Mgoff 465 | 29 July 2014 | Polyporaceae sp | Growing (from ground seemingly) adjacent to trail. Probably had come from buried rotting wood. |
| Mgoff 466 | 29 July 2014 | Geoglossaceae | Quite a few fruiting bodies in a more fen-like part of the muskeg. |
| Mgoff 467 | 29 July 2014 | Hygrocybe miniata | Only one mushroom observed. Growing on more fen-like side of transition to more bog like section of muskeg. |
| Mgoff 463 | 29 July 2014 | Tricholomopsis decora | Growing on rotting wood (laying on ground) |
| Mgoff 469 | 26 July 2014 | Stellaria media | Growing along the sea walk, probably introduced with fill. |
| Mgoff 470 | 26 July 2014 | Hyppa contrasta | Attracted to UV light. |
| Mgoff 471 | 26 July 2014 | Apamea cogitata | Attracted to UV light |
| Mgoff 563 | 25 July 2014 | Miridae | Found on Gmelin's Saltbrush (Atriplex gmelinii) along beach. |
| Mgoff 461 | 21 July 2014 | Dolichovespula arenaria | Individuals (not sure if only one species or not) repeatedly visited the deck to gather fiber (presumably for nests). |
| Mgoff 459 | 16 July 2014 | Mitrocoma cellularia | I saw just one swimming along the outer shore of Magic Island. |
| Mgoff 460 | 16 July 2014 | Anthopleura xanthogrammica | common in tidepools of Magic Islands outer shore. |
| Mgoff 457 | 16 July 2014 | Nemalion elminthoides | Some reasonably thick patches were growing on at least some sections of the northern outer shore of Magic Island. |
| Mgoff 462 | 16 July 2014 | Cyanea capillata | swimming just off the north outer shore of the island, moving up and down in the water column. |
| Mgoff 458 | 16 July 2014 | Zostera marina | Eel grass beds growing in sand near Magic Island. |
| Mgoff 454 | 15 July 2014 | Diaulula sandiegensis | Rowan found this nudibranch during a low tide. |
| Mgoff 455 | 15 July 2014 | Apodichthys flavidus | Rowan found during a low tide. |
| Mgoff 456 | 15 July 2014 | Ammodytes hexapterus | Connor noticed a bunch (100-200 perhaps) dead fish in one of the larger tidepools. They had apparently been in there alive the previous day. |
| Mgoff 488 | 15 July 2014 | Cottidae | Found by Rowan at low tide. |
| Mgoff 489 | 15 July 2014 | Cottidae | Unidentified sculpin found by Rowan. |
| Mgoff 453 | 15 July 2014 | Evasterias troschelii | |
| Mgoff 486 | 14 July 2014 | Exosphaeroma, Phyllospadix serrulatus | Found in/under holdfast/roots of Toothed Surfgrass (Phyllospadix serrulatus) growing outer base of Sage Rock. |
| Mgoff 473 | 14 July 2014 | Argyresthia goedartella | Attracted to UV light. |
| Mgoff 474 | 14 July 2014 | Trichoptera | Attracted to UV light. |
| Mgoff 485 | 14 July 2014 | Colpomenia peregrina | Observed during low tide at Totem Park. Seemed to be fairly common, though Ii wasn't always sure about distinguishing it from Sea Cauliflower (Leathesia marina) |
| Mgoff 472 | 14 July 2014 | Venusia cambrica | Attracted to UV light. |
… further results
1041 Species Documented in Southeast Alaska (almost all in the Sitka area).
- 326 vascular plants
- 204 birds
- 144 fungi
- 138 terrestrial invertebrates
- 97 bryophytes
- 53 lichens
- 30 marine invertebrates
- 16 algae
- 9 fish
- 19 mammals
- 1 slime molds
- 1 amphibians
Observations in Wiki
