Month: February 2023

Heavy clouds and rain. Temperatures near 40F. I was on a zoom call this morning when Connor came up and told me about a Pacific Golden-Plover at Totem Park. This was certainly unexpected, and provided sufficient reason for me to switch over to my phone and take the call with me. Joe had messaged Connor … Read more

Overcast with some rain. Temperatures in the 30s and calm winds. The low tide at 4pm (still in daylight) was looking like it would end up be -0.5ft or so (predicted -0.12). I thought I would stay home and get some work done before heading out for the tide. Not long after lunch, I got … Read more

Cloudy with rain, becoming snow. Temperatures remained above freezing, but enough wet snow fell to form a layer of slush. The solid overcast broke up a bit in the afternoon as a more showery regime moved over. I went out for a bit this afternoon as the sun was breaking through for the first time. … Read more

Overcast with light snow starting this evening. I made a relatively brief trip out this afternoon. On a stop at the kelp patch pullout, I was happy to see the junco with white eyebrows (which I think I’ll call DJ White-brows). Reviewing my pictures from last November it looks like the white has expanded a … Read more

Overcast to partly sunny as occasional snow showers moved through. By the time I went to bed near midnight precipitation had changed over completely to snow. I woke this morning to a couple of inches on the ground at my house. I was tempted, but didn’t muster enough motivation to get out and go for … Read more

Heavy overcast with periods of rain. Rain becoming heavier and mixed with snow later in the evening. Even later in the evening the mix was trending towards more snow (the forecast is calling for an inch of snow to accumulate overnight). The forecast was for rain turning to showers in the afternoon. The satellite imagery … Read more