Walked to the third bridge on Indian River trail on Sunday afternoon. Both Vaccinium ovalifolium and alaskense were blooming, as was Lysichiton americanum and a few Coptis asplenifolia.

The herring fishery had an opening in Eastern channel this afternoon. Earlier they were doing test sets. I think it is time for a telephoto lens...

I see individual Pelagic cormorants most days commuting to town, but rarely see them in groups on the water. On land, it seems to be pretty normal to see large groups, I've counted up to 80 cormorants on the rocks west of Galankin. Last week in Klag Bay, we saw a group of 12-16 more like I tend to see Pacific Loons, in fact the lighting was poor and I assumed that they were loons until I got a better look at them. Since that time, I've noticed a few large groups of Pelagic cormorants. Perhaps something that happens when large schools of herring are around or a breeding season behavior?

Totally unrelated, I saw a Little Brown Bat on the way home. It fluttered across the trail not to far below the house and into a group of young hemlocks.