Sunny Morning, Overcast Afternoon

Today was sunny and warm through the morning with increasing clouds in the first part of the afternoon and overcast conditions by late afternoon and into the evening. I walked down to the park this morning. There was a pretty good breeze out of the west, but the sun was warm enough for me to … Read more

Late Long-tailed Duck

Weather was mixed today, with sunshine this morning and gradually increasing cloudiness through the afternoon. By this evening it was basically overcast with what may have been a high marine layer that covered the mountain tops. There was a pretty good breeze out of the west that let up into the evening. I got a … Read more

Birds and Yard Work

I took a relatively quick walk around Totem Park this morning. I was a bit preoccupied with some things, and I wondered if that had something to do with how flighty the gulls were when I started to approach them out near the river mouth (which was pretty far out, as the tide was a … Read more

Odd Seal and Overcast

After a late night finishing grades and having a couple of calls today, I found that despite the good (-1.2) low tide this morning, the overcast skies and my own tiredness left me feeling less inspired than I was on recent days with more sleep and sunny weather. I didn’t really expect to spend much … Read more

Beetle and Bird Song

After an 8am appointment for Connor, he and I stopped over by the airport to look around. I mostly sat and listened, while Connor walked the old airport road. I didn’t hear any new species for the year, though it was nice to hear more Wilson’s Warblers (which I had only heard for the first … Read more

Neighborhood Blackbird

Download Clip This morning I took a little time to check things out at Starrigavan. I didn’t spend much time looking, but did see a flock of shorebirds out on the flats near the water (the tide was out pretty far with a -1 tide predicted for this morning). I came back in and took … Read more