It started off cool with dense fog turning sunny and warm with a light wind by mid day. The dense fog was present for the first 3.5 hours of the survey making it impossible to scan the reservoirs for distant birds. Only birds within 70 yards were visible. Inspite of this, Garrett Scott and I had a good survey finding 69 species. Still have lingering summer birds but their numbers are decreasing every week. Hopefully a few of these will linger to our Red Slough CBC on Dec. 15. Here is our list for today: