I never had a good look at the entire flock together in reasonable light (It was almost dark when I saw them in the flooded field) so I can't estimate the number of Lesser Snow Geese but there is a high percentage of both white and blue morphs.

Estimates from city hall think that it would take at least a full week of one person working on that to get all of the records pulled, if not more. They know they need to make the records available and that a search fee is probably reasonable, but they are concerned about whether the requestor will actually pay after the search is completed.

Can you estimate what percentage of unique builds (with a unique build seed or git hash) fail? Which FPGA image are you building? Does it have custom logic in it? You could use the repeat_fpga_build.py script to automate building the FPGA multiple times to get a successful build.

“The Bureau of Labor Statistics currently estimates an approximate 20% increase in job growth in the forensic science field over the next six years. However, although the number of forensic science graduates nationwide is high, the number of graduates among underrepresented minorities is highly inadequate.

Once a relatively numerous breeder (estimated 500,000 birds), the species was nearly driven to extinction by the introduction of mammals (pigs, dogs, cats and rats) during the 1500 and 1600’s and had essentially vanished by 1620.

There are fewer Horned Grebes than a week ago, but about 50 were estimated on November 13. No more than four Double-crested Cormorants were seen on any single day in the past week, a noticeable scarcity compared to last month.

Certainly more common than bluebirds, has been another member of the thrush family, the AMERICAN ROBIN, and a conservative estimate on Monday between Little Bluff Conservation Area and Point Traverse put the number at 500. Another observer on the 1st, estimated 1,000.

Also seen on 29th were an estimated 8000 REDHEAD; a total of 11,000 were estimated to be between Button Bay and Bayfield Bay on 25th. Back in Button Bay, GREEN-WINGED TEAL numbers to have continued to hover at around 225 birds this week. Unusual for this location, 3 DUNLIN were present on 29th.

Not because you can accurately estimate course and speed of them from a small yawing boat, but at least you know they are out there and can start looking for them. As for your comment that any deviation from the normal will cause confusion, I hate to be the bearer of really bad news, but there is no normal.

The youngest who is now 13 is quite capable of running a 120' boat at night in moderate traffic, with high speed ships about, tracking and estimating the closest point of approach (CPA), using radar. On our run from The east coast to Seattle when he was ten.