Heavy clouds, rain and wind. Temperatures warming to around 50F.
I went out for a drive this afternoon. Once again, Silver Bay was calmer than Crescent Bay. That’s been a pattern this fall. Perhaps it’s normal (I suspect it is), but I don’t remember noticing it so consistently before.
I didn’t see many birds on Silver Bay, though there were a few on Sawmill Cove.
I also checked the channel (plenty of gulls, though mostly further down the channel) and Sea Mart. At the latter I saw a couple of loons and at least one Double-crested Cormorant. Overall, conditions weren’t great for observing.
At Swan Lake many Mallards were on the peninsula. As usual, they were resting while a handful of wigeons actively ate grass. I don’t think the wigeons eat the food people bring by like the Mallards do. The wigeons do seem to like the grass, however.
I worked on a liverwort collection my recent trip to Kruzof. I found this one growing amongst <em>Pleurozia purprea</em>.
My iNaturalist Observations for Today
