14, 15 June

14 June 

eBird data: https://ebird.org/checklist/S112942858

weather:  8 am 13C wind NNW 12  12:00 m 15C wind NNE 12 gust 27, clear

tide:  10:30 am 0.8m

15 June

eBird data: https://ebird.org/checklist/S113005876

weather:  8 am 13C wind NW 12, 12:00m 15C wind NNE 6 cloudy

tide:  10 am 1.7m falling

14 June

Finally, a gloriously clear day, but rather windy.

The massif shone, and is still snow-capped.  I think it makes a nice backdrop against the roses.  

Very big tides just now.  I'm missing the high tides, which have happened at night, although I can hear the surf from my bedroom.

It was quite birdy despite the wind.  There were more birds to hear than could be seen, but this quail and his lady friend were easily spotted.


...She was relatively quiet but the male was very vocal.

There was an unusual sighting for the Estuary:  a juvenile red-tailed hawk circled.


Not a great photo, but my bird in flight shots are improving a bit.

15 June

Well, that's the date, although it remains nothing like June here.  Today remained cloudy and a bit chilly.  It's now raining again, which is ok, kinda, because I sowed grass seed in what passes for a lawn around the double-wide today, and I'd like to see it grow a bit.  I definitely have the most miserable excuse for a lawn in the whole park...Really just a weed patch.  I know it's late to try to do anything with a lawn but then again, although the calendar thinks it's nearing the solstice, it still feels like about April.  

Again, a very low tide, I guess in part related to the full moon.  



Well offshore, a largeish and unusual flock of Caspian terns--noisy.  Barely visible with binoculars, visible (sorta) when photographed and enlarged.  They are definitely something that I identify by ear.

I sat for some time listening to what sounded like an exchange of insults between a bald eagle and a young raven.  Didn't manage to record it, unfortunately, but as I understand, they were saying, "Your mother ate worms."  "Your father was a budgie..."  Harsh things like that.  It went on for some time.  Interesting folks, birds.

Not much else to note today.  

Tomorrow, if the weather dries up again, is a brooming day, just along the road from here.  That would be good--I've been looking at the stand of broom increasing out the back of our park with some concern.





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