A foggy morning

On Nov. 3 Ed Pike did a waterbird count 7:20 am till 9:50 am, from McGalpin Point.  The Straits were foggy and I could not see the bridge.  I believe there was about a mile of visibility.  In the second hour the fog started to lift and I could see almost half of the bridge.  Then the fog moved back in and the bridge disappeared again.  Only a few waterbirds seen with such low visibility.  The other problem was that every time I went to use my spotting scope the lenses would be fogged up and needed to be wiped off to see.

C. Loon    3                                                                                                                                                        C. Merganser         2                                                                                                                                Mute Swan             4                                                                                                                                         Red-necked Grebe            5                                                                                                                White-winged Scoter           5                                                                                                         Canada Goose                 4                                                                                                                         Long-tailed Duck              33                                                                                                                       C. Goldeneye                       5                                                                                                                   Duck sp.                 76

Two C. Crows were seen flying south across the Straits.  Very few gulls were seen; only a few Ring-billed Gulls.  The D. C. Cormorants seem to have all moved south.  Hoping for better conditions nest time.

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