I had two tours today with Allen Marine. Â Both of them were Sea Otter and Wildlife Quest tours, so we did not have any beach walks.
Weather: Â It was overcast this morning, with some partial clearing in the afternoon. Â Winds seemed to be pretty calm. Â On the way back in to Jamestown Bay after the tours, there was a rainbow. Â It started out fairly faint, but ended up being one of the most intense I have seen.
Birds: Â On the morning tour we went out to St. Lazaria and got to see the birds out there.
On the second tour, we had stopped to watch a whale near Redoubt and I noticed flock of about 5 black birds flying. Â At first I thought they might be geese based on the way they were flying, but a quick look in my camera made me conclude they were cormorants (based on the black color). Â Watching the whale distracted me from the birds for a few minutes until the captain asked me about them. Â He was confident they were not cormorants, so we decided they were probably Brants.
The phalaropes seem to be getting more abundant. Â I saw a few in Crescent Bay today (though I doubt they would have been visible from shore).
Other Notes: Â There was a doe and a fawn in a small cove near the head of Redoubt Bay.
There were a couple of folks dipnetting in the right falls at Redoubt. Â We did not see them pull anything in, however.
We were treated to some pretty spectacular breaching by a whale on the second tour (more on that on a later entry).
