Blog of the Plague Year(s)

21 November   eBird data:  https://ebird.org/checklist/S122796679 weather:  9:00 am 4C wind WNW 4, 1:00 pm 7C wind ESE 7, cloudy, occasional showers tide:  11:00 am 3.2m, rising 24 November eBird data:   https://ebird.org/checklist/S122950265 weather:  9:00 am 9C wind SE 11, 12:30 am 12C wind SSE 11  scattered clouds tide:  10:30 am  3.6m falling 27 November eBird data:   https://ebird.org/checklist/S123129882 Weather:  9:30 am 0 C, wind SW 2, 1:00 pm 6C, frosty, wind calm, sunny, then clouding over Tide:  11 am  4.8m, falling 21 November A warmer morning than have occurred recently, but cloudy and somewhat wet.  A bit of rain is certainly welcome--it's been unseasonably dry of late. The morning tide was at its midpoint. Along the river there was a little cluster of female buffleheads.  I think they are the "mystery ducks" I saw yesterday. I couldn't hear the conversation, but it certainly appears that ...

11 November   eBird data:   https://ebird.org/checklist/S122251607 weather  10:00 am 4C wind SSE 2, 1:00 pm 5C wind NW4, cloudy tide:  11:30 am 4.2m, falling 12 November eBird data:   https://ebird.org/checklist/S122310668 weather:  8:30 am 0C, wind calm,  12:30 pm 5C wind SSW 3 cloudy tide:  10:30 am 4.5m, falling 14 November eBird data:   https://ebird.org/checklist/S122430634 weather:  9:00 am 3.2C wind 4kph, 1:00 pm 4.4C   5 kph, cloudy tide:  10:30 am, 4.6m, at peak, falling 16 November eBird data:   https://ebird.org/checklist/S122529174 weather:  9:00 am 1C, wind 7kph, 1:00pm 3C, wind 5 kph, foggy tide:  10:30 am, 10.28m, rising 19 November eBird data:   https://ebird.org/checklist/S122676813 weather:  9:00 am 1C wind WSW 6,  1:00 pm 5C wind NW 8, hard frost, thawed, cloudy, clearing tide:  10:30 3.4m, rising 11, 12 November Two quiet days.  A late start on...

5 November   eBird data:   https://ebird.org/checklist/S121909138 weather:    9:30 am 5C wind NW 7, 1:00 pm 8C wind NNW 2, clear, scattered clouds, patchy frost tide:  11:00 am 2.3m rising 7 November eBird data:  https://ebird.org/checklist/S122038338 weather:  8:30 am 2C wind WNW 9, 12:30 pm 2C wind WSW 5 scattered clouds, occasional snow flurries tide:  10:30 AM  2,7m, low, rising 9 November eBird data:   https://ebird.org/checklist/S122138533 weather:  8 am, -3C, wind WSW 6, 12:00 m 4C, wind NW4,  hard frost, clear  tide:  10:30 3.5m, falling Two chilly mornings.  Definitely moving into winter weather, although mostly sunny. The eagles are returning, no doubt drawn by the salmon migration, and by the increase in ducks offshore and in the fields.  There are some strikingly handsome young eagles, watching out for opportunities for feasts. The foliage along the river is brilliant, although it won't...

28 October eBird data:    https://ebird.org/checklist/S121460401 weather  8:30 5C wind SW 6,  1:30 12C wind SSE 10, cloudy tide:  11:00 am 4.4m 29 October eBird data:   https://ebird.org/checklist/S121520943 weather:  8:30am 9C wind SE 7, 1:00 pm 14C wind calm, cloudy tide:  11:00 4.7m, falling 31 October eBird data:   https://ebird.org/checklist/S121643410 weather:  9 am 9C wind NW 9 , 12:30 pm 10 C wind NW 22, scattered cloud tide:  11 am 4.5m, rising 2 November eBird data:   https://ebird.org/checklist/S121753195 Weather:  8:30 am 4C wind WSW 7, 12:30 pm 8C wind NW 14, clearing Tide:  11:00am 3.5 m, rising 28, 29 October Two days of high tides, and abundant ducks.   Fine light over the fields in the morning, showing deer to good effect. In the ponds and channels in the fields, many ducks gathered. On the 28th, the hooded mergansers were back on the pond.   The male fished bus...