Blog of the Plague Year(s)

  20 January Trip report, no data  22 January eBird data :  https://ebird.org/checklist/S126736076 weather:  9 am 2C wind WSW 7, 1:00pm 6C wind NW9, cloudy tide:  10:30am 4.0m 25 January eBird data:   https://ebird.org/checklist/S126925361 weather:  9:00 am 5C wind calm,  1:00 pm 7C wind N4, mostly cloudy, occasional clearing  tide:  10:30 am 4.6m, falling 28 January eBird data:   https://ebird.org/checklist/S127124083 weather:  9:00 am 4.5C wind E8, 1:00 pm 5.5C wind NE11 tide:  11:00 am 4.7m, falling 29 January eBird data:   https://ebird.org/checklist/S127218227 weather:  9:00 am 0C wind W6,  1:00pm 3C wind NNE 3, brilliantly clear tide:  11:30 am 4.5m, falling 20 January After a very frustrating community meeting re a proposed development the night before, I'd promised myself a day of birding.  Alas, I wakened with a miserable stiff neck--no idea whence--but definitely not someth...

14 January   eBird data:  https://ebird.org/checklist/S126150539 Weather:  10:00 am 8C wind ESE 12,  2:00 pm 10C wind SE 7,  intermittent light showers, clearing tide:  12:00 am 4.3m, falling 17 January eBird data:  https://ebird.org/checklist/S126394962 Weather:  3:00 pm 7C wind SE 23 gust 37,  4:00 7C wind SE 21 gust 34, cloudy, intermittent light showers Tide:  3:30 pm 3.4m falling 18 January eBird data:   https://ebird.org/checklist/S126447526 Weather:  9:00 am 5C wind WSW 4,  1:00 pm 7C wind NNW 14 gust 28, initially cloudy with showers, then clearing, then cloudy tide:  11:45 4.5m, rising 14 January A morning of changeable weather.  The Estuary fields were flooded, and the river very high and swift.   There was a northern harrier working over the flooded area, terrorising the ducks.  My harrier photo jinx persists.  (See 18 January report.) The path to the Mills Road trailhead is no...

  10 January eBird data:  https://ebird.org/checklist/S125888766 weather:  10:00 am 7.1C, wind ESE 14 kph, 2:00pm 8.6C wind calm, cloudy tide:  12:00 3.9m falling 11 January eBird data:  https://ebird.org/checklist/S125951259 weather:  9:00 am 6C wind SE 9,  1:00pm 8C wind SE 15, intermittent light showers, intermittent sun tide:  11:30 am 4.2m, falling Back to the Estuary after a week and a bit away.  There has been heavy rain recently and Arrowsmith now has a substantial snow pack. I'll hope that it lasts;  we're facing the arrival of the Pineapple Express that has been flooding California, which will raise the snow level. The Estuary fields are now flooded to quite an extent, as they seem to be in winter months, although the tides have abated from the king tides of last month. The Merganser Pond had nearly doubled from its usual size.   11 January An exceptionally beautiful morning.  The light was often what I think Pet...