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

Black-legged kittiwakes Weather: The wind at Pt. Pinos this day had quite a bit of east in it at sunrise, and as the day went on it shifted to north and then built to a moderate NW for the last couple hours of light. It was dry and partly cloudy; visibility was quite good and the swell was moderate. At the outer buoy, at sunrise the winds were E at 8 knots, switching to N, 6 knots at 1100 and switching to W at 1400. At sunset the wind was 14 knots from the west. Pressure was

Monday's forecast has been one I've looked forward to since last Thursday; it did not disappoint. The rain that had been a definitive feature for most of the previous four days was supposed to change from all-day soakings to squalls blown in from the west: lessening rain, winds from our favorite direction, and just being within the season where so much is ready to migrate when conditions are right all hinted towards an epic Seawatch day. It was. At the count, it was squally a