It’s been a busy few days, with not much time spent outside. I did get to go for a short boat ride in a sailboat with students out to Eastern Channel then back through Crescent Bay and out a little past the runway.
Weather: Monday was sunny and decently warm (for this time of year) with calm winds. If it wasn’t for classes, I probably would have gone kayaking. The sunset was pretty colorful, but there was a band of low clouds on the horizon. Tuesday it was overcast and cool, but winds were light. Out on the boat, there was a pretty good breeze blowing out of Silver Bay; enough to cause white caps. In Crescent Bay there was very little wind, and only a gentle swell past the runway.
Birds: While out on the boat today there were several Common Murres, at least one Thick-billed Murre, a Rhinocerous Auklet, several Common Loons, several Pelagic Cormorants, at least a couple of Marbled Murrelets, a Pigeon Guillemot, various goldeneyes and mergansers, a Harlequin or two, a Long-tailed Duck (just out from Crescent Harbor), and numerous gulls and eagles.
Quite a few gulls were at the fish cleaning station taking advantage of scraps being tossed by a couple of fisherman cleaning fish.
Other Notes: There was a large sealion also taking advantage of the scraps dropped by the fisherman.
The rhubarb is starting to come up in the raised bed behind our house.
My iNaturalist Observations for Today
