Overcast, rain beginning this afternoon. Sometimes mixing with snow. Temperatures in the 30s. Moderate gusty winds. I stopped briefly at Sawmill Cove. Only one boat was loading crab pots today, so I did go down on the dock. I’m guessing commercial dungeness crab season has opened, or will be soon. I did not see many … Read more

Mostly cloudy, with some clearing to the north and east. Light winds and temperatures in the 30s. This morning I started working on the Sitka Trails site again. Last November I had done some initial work getting things set up and figuring out how to use the map plugin, but hadn’t looked at it since. … Read more

Mostly sunny with tempreatures in the 30s. Light winds. I visited Sawmill Cove late this morning. A boat was loading up crab pots. I guess the fishery must be starting soon. There was room for me to park out of their way. During the time I watched, I saw several species scattered around the cove, … Read more

Mostly cloudy to partly sunny. Calm winds and temperatures in the 30s. I drove out to Silver Bay to take a look, but didn’t go down on the dock. I only watched for a few minutes from the road before moving on. I spent more time at Starrigavan. I wanted to walk down on the … Read more

Mostly clear in Tucson. Overcast with rain in Seattle. Overcast in Sitka with temperatures in the 30s. I spent all of my daylight hours in airports or on planes today. My flight departed Tucson at 8am, so we left the house at 6am. The sky brightened while I was in the airport, with the sun … Read more

Mostly sunny with temperatures reaching the upper 60s. This morning Connor and I did a short birding route to a pond area near Kino’s Sports complex while Jonathan revisited the rock show there. I wanted to look through. I didn’t see very much of it in the 20 minutes we had after we came back … Read more