Cloudy and rainy. Light to moderate winds. Temperature in the low 40s. Today’s outside time consisted of a drive out to Silver Bay, then stops by Swan Lake and the Channel. With calmer conditions compared to my last look at Silver Bay (on Sunday), I was able to see there were birds out there. They … Read more

Overcast with not much rain during the day. Temperatures in the low 40s. Moderate winds, but much calmer than previous days. I went out late this morning. After a brief check at the channel, I went to Eliason Harbor and walked out to the far float. I had vague hopes of seeing the Yellow-billed Loon, … Read more

Overcast and continuing strong winds. Temperatures in the upper 40s to low 50s. Some rain over town (with more intense rain offshore, based on radar imagery). Yesterday’s high of 55F was a new record for the date. The previous record was 51F set in 1960. I got out during the latter half of the morning … Read more

Overcast with strong, gusty winds. Temperatures into the 50s. Today was Christmas Bird Count. I had four routes, with three of them connected. Two of those were on the smaller side. Overall At just over 8 miles of easy walking, I would say the effort was maybe below average for me, but I would need … Read more

Overcast and warm. Temperatures up into the low 50s at times. Windy later in the day. It was the first day I didn’t have a lot going on in nearly two weeks. As such, I focused on taking care of some things that I had been putting off. Among them was delivering two prints that … Read more

Overcast and windy. Temperatures in the 40s. The rain mostly held off. It was a long day for me. I was out at Sawmill Cove for observing at 8am. It didn’t take the long to get the first piling driven, and then they needed to splice on another section, so we had an extended break. … Read more