11/30/12 (hap hap happy)

Despite being mostly cloudy, today was a lovely day to end the season with. Code 2 SE winds, and a surprising mix of migrants.

Nov. 30 seems to be a good day for two species.

Not writeup birds though.

3 GADW
25 MALL
7 Scaup
11 LTDU
1 BUFF
1,641 RBME
82 RTLO (33 in the third hour, biggest flight of the season)
4 COLO
6 HOGR
1 RNGR (I had a RNGR here on Nov. 30 of last year too!)
1 LIGU (1st winter, out there aways. Oddly enough on Nov. 30 of last year I had a 1st winter LIGU here too!)
31 BOGU
1 LBBG (ad)
3 GBBG (2 ad, 1 first winter)

LALO and SNBU were flying south all day.

  I will no doubt have an assortment of totals and other interesting data up here sometime in the next week or two. Until then I will be enjoying sleeping in(!), entering data, writing the season's report, dealing with the local and state seasonal compilers, and wasting my time on writeups that will no doubt be rejected under the power of three veto vote.

11/29/12

Clear and warm, with S winds that peaked at a 4 before dying off in the late afternoon. 

A scope (not mine) almost blew into the lake (the pier is a dangerous place). 

The weather was nice!

But yeah, tomorrow is the last day of the count.

3 MALL

7 REDH

12 GRSC

15 Scaup

13 WWSC

1 BLSC

2 BUFF

1 COGO

291 RBME

2 RTLO

2 COLO

2 HOGR

1 AMCO

1 BOGU

1 GBBG (ad)

Yup, tomorrow is the last day of the count.

11/28/12

Mostly clear skies, and code 4 WSW winds.

Slow, really slow.

2 ABDU
14 MALL
38 REDH
17 WWSC
1 BLSC
2 BUFF
8 COGO
472 RBME
2 RTLO
1 COLO
6 HOGR
1 BOGU

On a brighter note, there are only two days left in the count.

11/27/12

Mostly cloudy skies and winds that started E at a code 2, then shifted to SW at 3 where they stayed for the rest of the count.

Only 24 count hours left in the season!

8 CANG
3 GADW
57 MALL
342 REDH
139 Scaup
25 WWSC
3 BUFF
12 COGO
4 COME
599 RBME (still haven't had a big flight yet this fall...)
1 RUDU
8 RTLO
4 COLO
3 HOGR
1 RNGR (flyby)
33 BOGU
1 BLKI (spent a few minutes offshore feeding on a dead fish) 

 quiz: what age is this Pacific Red-throated Loon?

A flower fearlessly attempts to bloom in November.....

flowers are dumb.

11/26/12

Cloudy, cold, code 4 west winds. The season is almost over.

16 MALL
140 REDH
9 GRSC
29 Scaup
208 WWSC (biggest flight of the season!)
1 BLSC
7 LTDU
4 COGO
553 RBME
2 RTLO
1 COLO
1 HOGR

11/25/12

Mostly cloudy skies, and SSE winds quickly shifted WSW and stayed a cold code 3 the rest of the day.

Sorry Dan...

22 CANG
195 REDH
100 Scaup
4 SUSC
59 WWSC
1 BLSC
1 HADU (female type)
1 LTDU
6 BUFF
19 COGO
3 COME
355 RBME
6 RTLO
13 COLO
18 HOGR
NO RNGR (we'll miss you)
18 BOGU
1 GLGU 
1 BLKI (juvie that flew down the shoreline, made a loop around the piers and went south)

11/24/12

What a change a day can make! Code 4 W winds, light lake effect snow and cloudy skies were a reminder that the season is almost over.

Some ducks were moving (not everywhere, NOT everywhere).

1 ABDU
27 MALL
9 CANV
803 REDH (huge flight, probably a county record!)
5 GRSC
16 LESC
342 Scaup
27 WWSC
13 BLSC
2 HADU (female types going south in front of a scaup flock)
2 LTDU
3 BUFF
4 COGO
1 HOME
1344 RBME
4 RTLO
6 COLO
2 HOGR
3 DCCO
3 PUSA (a flyby group heading north, highest single count in the county in over 10 years.)
145 RBGU (the flight didnt carry through to today, and there were no other gulls to fill the void)
34 HEGU