Mostly cloudy with occasional light rain showers. Light to moderate wind, mostly associated with showers.
The marine layer that moved in, never seemed to really break up fully, contrary to forecast.
Kitty wanted to get some beach gravel for a path, so I went along to help move the buckets.
We crossed Eastern Channel and went into Leesoffskaia Bay. With the tide near low, it wasn’t the most convenient timing, but fortunately it wasn’t a very strong tide today, and the beach was reasonably easy to walk.
After the rock was secured in the boat, we walked the shoreline over to the creek to see if any birds were about. Other than a handful of geese, some mergansers, and crows, there wasn’t much. A calling crane caught our attention, and we saw it flying over.
Deer clearly frequent the beach meadow, I noticed lots of scat and some tracks.
Venturing into the woods, it was remarkably open. Perhaps deer are keeping underbrush down?
Pleuroziopsis ruthenica was particularly abundant on the forest floor.
We didn’t go too far before turning back, but I would be interested in returning and spending more time exploring.
Several pairs of Marbled Murrelets in the bay. Presumably there was food they were targeting? Perhaps out migrating salmon fry?
Back at Galankin Island to drop off rock, Kitty showed me where a woodpecker had been working on a nest hole.
I noticed it was positioned under an overhanging branch. I’ve noticed before they seem to like sheltered entrances. In the past, I’ve seen holes under larger polypores (shelf fungi).
My iNaturalist Observations for Today
