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

The weather pattern of the last few days has shown unusual regularity. A morning offshore breeze from the east shifts to south or southwest in the afternoon. Such were the winds today. Never strong enough to create whitecaps, or induce seabirds to fly in numbers. Dawn broke with a not-so-common-at-the-point Common Goldeneye and twice as many California Gulls than Western Gulls flying over the water. Loon Hour disappointed with the number of loons–79 Pacific and 13 Red-throate

Weather: At Pt. Pinos, the wind had east in it all day, but fortunately, the wind was not too severe. Swell was moderate, visibility was quite good, and it was sunny. At the outer buoy, the wind at dawn was NNE ~12 knots. It fell to ~8 knots at noon, switched to NW ~8 knots at 1300. Pressure continues to be high: 30.15 at dawn, 30.07 at sunset. The monotony of the weather looks like it will continue until the count season ends on December 15th. Birds: I think my favorite bird