Weather: Seawatch today was sunny, with light winds from the E during the morning that switched to light W in the afternoon. Visibility was quite good all day, and the swell was substantial. At the outer buoy, winds were NNW at 6 knots at dawn. They switched to ENE at 15.5 knots by 0800, then switched back to NNW at 1200, then WSW at 1500. Pressure rose from 29.98 at dawn to 30.05 at sunset. Birds: It was a pretty quiet day, though we did have 2555 Pacific Loons (and a nice a

Weather: It rained off and on at Seawatch today until early afternoon, when the wind--previously calm--picked up to a pretty brisk NW wind. Visibility was fairly limited during the biggest parts of the morning push: it was frustrating to have steady presence of dark shearwaters at a distance where the distortion was so bad the birds were impossible to identify. The swell was moderate. At the outer buoy, the wind was NE at 6 knots at dawn. It switched to NW at noon, building t

Weather: It was a calm, gray day at Seawatch, with minimal swell and decent visibility for most of the count. At the outer buoy, the wind was NE 6 knots at dawn, switching to S 4 knots at 1100, then SW 6 knots by the count's end. Pressure at sunrise was 30.05; it rose to 30.10 at 1000 and then fell to 30.06 at sunset. It was a really quiet bird day! We had just 816 Surf Scoters (plus 2 White-wings and a Black). For alcids, just 8 Rhinoceros Auklets, 1 Cassin's Auklet, 869 Com