Morning Moss Walk, Afternoon Birding

Partly cloudy early, becoming mostly cloudy with rain later in the evening. Temperatures into the low 50s. Quite breezy with some strong gusts. I had agreed to go on a walk with some college students here on spring break. They wanted to learn about mosses. I had suggested Kitty come along, since she knows much … Read more

Birding and Tidepooling

Mostly cloudy, temperatures in the 40s. Gusty winds out of the southeast and occasional rain showers. Temperatures were warm enough, it looked like it was above freezing at least to 2500 feet, and probably higher. I went over to the channel while on a call this morning. There were plenty of gulls out on the … Read more

Channel Birds

Windy and rainy, temperatures in the 40s. Much of the snow melted off overnight and through the day. I heard strong gusts of winds overnight. It was still pretty gusty at times today. Gull numbers continue to increase. I visited the channel three times, but didn’t see any unusual species. Connor saw a Glaucous Gull … Read more

Tidepooling on the Ides of March

Snow showers this morning with brief sunny breaks between. Becoming overcast in the early afternoon. Snow started again later in the afternoon and changed to rain this evening. Breezy with temperatures in the upper 30s. Snow started sometime early this morning. By the time I was up and about, a couple of inches had accumulated. … Read more