The morning broke cold with a wind blowing from the east. Loon hour delivered with 1819 Pacific Loons and 852 Common Murres in the 7:00am hour. These birds represented the majority of loons and murres for the day, with only 1346 more loons and 414 murres flying past the point throughout the rest of the day. Pacific loons dominated throughout the day, with only 59 Red-throated Loons counted during the day. Additional morning highlights included a White-winged Scoter joining th

Weather: Wind this morning was moderate NE; it died off by late morning and switched to west in late afternoon. Visibility was pretty good all day--somewhat limited on the far outer line during the first half-hour or so of the count. It was sunny and the swell was moderate. At the outer buoy, winds at dawn were NNE ~8 knots, switching to W at 6 knots at 1300. At sunset the winds were WNW at ~8 knots. Pressure remains high: at dawn it was 30.13, and it stayed around that over

Weather: At Pt. Pinos, the morning started, once again, with moderate NNE winds; following the pattern of the last week or so, these winds dropped off and switched to light west towards the end of the count. It was a sunny day with minimal swell and good visibility. At the outer buoy, wind at dawn was NNE at ~12 knots. It switched to W ~6 knots at 1300 and had built to W ~12 knots at sunset. Pressure remained high: 30.17 at dawn to 30.20 at 0900, then falling to 30.11 at coun