Did you know that a dedicated group of volunteered is continuing to count migrating seabirds at Point Pinos? You can still drop by for this informal Seawatch. The Red-throated Loons continue to stream past the Point. One of five species of loons, the Red-throated Loon, Gavia stellata, may undoubtedly win the title of “Most Adaptive” among this group of clumsy-footed birds. Translation of the scientific name describes a starry (stellata) Sea Mew (Gavia), a reflection of

We're sorry! We are no longer in chronological order! We also don't have narratives for Dec 11 & 12, but here are the checklists: December 11: https://ebird.org/tripreport/443415 December 12: https://ebird.org/tripreport/443414

Weather: For the first morning in a long time (for me--yesterday's relief counters also had a calm start to their day!)--we did not have a hard wind from the northeast, though there was east in what little wind we had. Visibility was somewhat limited by fog at dawn, though it quickly burned off everywhere, except for the far outer line. The wind never picked up, though it got enough west in it during the last hours of the count to gift us the aromas of Pt. Pinos's roost rocks