Weather: The morning started with brisk east winds that settled and then went light west for the last couple hours of the count. Visibility was good, swell was moderate, skies were clear. Birds: I think the fan favorite today was the afternoon Ancient Murrelet flight. We had 67 go by during the 2PM-3PM hour, and tallied 141 over the day's course. We also had a nice large alcid push during the 0800-0900 hour; daily totals: 819 Rhinoceros Auklet, 2320 Common Murres, 1 Cassin's

Weather: We started the morning with NE winds so brisk I clambered downslope to use the green bunker as a windbreak for a couple hours--tripod shake was too severe up top. When Catherine left for work, she wished us albatross and lessening winds. I probably would have picked absence of wind over presence of albatross, but turns out I didn't have to choose. We had 2 distant Black-foots AND the winds died off mid-morning. Swell was moderate, visibility good, skies clear. Birds:

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