Life on the Outer Coast

The weather didn't exactly slack off. The wind picked up from the west and drove the heavy rain up the roof line and out through the regular leak near the dining table.
Appropriately found storm petrels outside Crescent hbr in the morning. A southwest wind seems to drive them into the inner islands.
Walked through the east loop of Totem park in the early afternoon. Saw about 60 Harlequins near the mouth and toward Eagle way. Also found about 12 or so surf scoters, a scaup (only saw it once), 2 widgeons, 2 mergansers, mallards and one duck that might have been a shoveler. Looking at Sibley in the evening, I suppose it could have been a female cinnamon teal, but I'm liking the former diagnosis.
Just before drawing class, went over to Alice Island to eat my dinner. It was still rather blustery, but did see a golden crowned sparrow and a sparrow that has me stumped. It had 2 wingbars, a rufuous striped crown, pink bill and no markings on its chest. In the national geographic book, it looked like an immature white-crowned sparrow, but in Sibley it looked more like a chipping sparrow. I'm leaning toward the chipping sparrow, but haven't checked the local distribution.
Was accompanied home after class by the storm petrels. They flew back and forth through the lights from the harbor to the north side of Morne island.

Transplanted the rest of the experimental plants.