Blog On.
This blog covers three days, September 15, 16 and 17th; Thursday, Friday and Saturday. It will be replaced by a point form log for the rest of the stay. Weather and Sea Conditions Thursday was part of the last high … Continue reading
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Meeting with Peter Chandler : Exchange of instrument for Seawater sampling datas
Weather Wind: At 5H00 coming from West 5 knots. Will be 15 to 25 knots late afternoon Sky: Cloudy; Visibility :!0 miles;Sea:calm and flat. After a pretty good day the sky clouded … Continue reading
Evergreen
Weather and Sea Conditions Light northwest winds backed and veered bringing waves of silver and leaden clouds. Showers were visible from far away, travelling with the wind and tied across the Strait with rainbows, tops of arcs obscured in cloud. … Continue reading
Moulting is Itchy Business
Weather and Sea Conditions After a hesitant start, with locally overcast skies and fog to the southeast, the sun was blazing by afternoon and it stayed that way into the evening. The UV index rose to almost 6 today, which … Continue reading
Wild Goose Chase
Weather & Sea Conditions At dawn, the west wind was already blowing 30 knots and gusting. Although it dropped to 20 – 25 knots at times, the west wind continued to bring dramatic clouds and showers along with brief glimpses … Continue reading
Lantern Fish Found
Weather and Sea Conditions The day started with a beautiful sunrise and then quickly clouded over, clouds pushed in by light, southeast winds. Late afternoon, the wind veered through southwest to a light westerly. The barometric pressure, which started at … Continue reading
Limosa fedoa : Marbled godwit–The Race Rocks Taxonomy
This is the first record for the marbled godwit at Race Rocks. Don and Nina recorded it in their log today. Compare it with the whimbrels which we see almost every year in migration seasons At least one Godwit stayed … Continue reading
Spinus tristis :American Goldfinch–The Race Rocks Taxonomy
Ann Stewart, Race Rocks Ecoguardian, took these pictures of the American goldfinch ( Spinus tristis) in its winter plumage and posted them in her log of today’s date. This is the first record for this species on Race Rocks The brown nape and … Continue reading
Steaming Up the Strait?
After an overcast and partially foggy start to the day, the sky cleared in the early afternoon. Winds were less than 10 knots all day from the west-southwest turning to east in the evening. The barometer rose slowly all day … Continue reading
Count Day
The sky was partially overcast early but cleared a bit in late morning. Then it clouded over and finally started to rain as it socked in just before dark. The wind started out east-northeast then turned to west late morning … Continue reading