A clear, calm day with warm (for a sunny winter day) temperatures into the 40s prompted Kitty and I to get out on a boat ride including going through Port Krestof to Krestof Sound and then into Nakwasina. We also made a stop in Katlian Bay, so I could check out some rock outcrops I noticed last summer while hiking on Starrigavan ridge. It wasn’t a great shoreline for tying up, so dropped me off and waited in the boat while I made a very quick survey. I would like to get back in the summer to see if there are different plants. [I wrote a couple of follow up posts from this stop: Katlian Outcrops and Empty Limpet Shells Mystery]
In Port Krestof I made a recording of some shorebirds, including one of a dozen Black Oystercatchers and a flock of Black Turnstones (with a Dunlin and 8 Rock Sandpipers mixed in, though I’m not sure if their voices can be picked out).
Black Turnstones (with accompanying calls from other birds in the area)
My iNaturalist Observations for Today
