High and dry.....

So it isn't my imagination.....while all we humans are enjoying this wonderful stretch of warm and dry weather....it isn't usual and it sure isn't helping the spawning salmon or the birds that are supposed to be eating them.

Lets take a look at what it looks like around here right now....

high and dry!

there were 6 or 8 Chum Salmon in this one spot that had enough water to support them...

you can't really call this the log 'bay' right now....bays require water!  and it isn't any better over at....

Harrison Bay....we are walking along the river here....at least there is still water in the river 

but sure doesn't look like it is past mid October....  I went back to 2011 and can't find a year when water levels were anywhere near as low as they are this year....

take, for example, 2015.... 

2011 with the log bay full of water and spawning salmon...

2014 we had the opposite - too much water!

So what does it all mean?  Who knows!  Today, if I counted the few eagles I could see way out there and those flying over the hillside, I got about 25 - a far cry from the 100's we should be expecting to see about now.  Of course why would they come here while they can still be feeding all up and down the coast?

this young Bald Eagle flew into a tree by our boat launch today and there have been a few feeding on the very few fish that somehow have made it through the shallows....

even other birds seem to be out of sync from normal....

we are still seeing lots of American Robins, like this young one, while normally they have pretty much disappeared from around here by now.

Walks at Harrison Bay have been distinctly 'bird-less' although seeing these 2 Pileated Woodpecker one day was a treat.

I guess all we can do is wait and see how things go - we know things can certainly change in a hurry when weather patterns change, lets hope they change in time for the spawning salmon!