Eagles, eagles, eagles! There must be at least 2 dozen eagles on the beach, flying over the water and thru the trees. The harbor must be filled with feed. They are playing King of the Rock/Limb. It is a mix of adult bald eagles and juveniles. And, whales are still coming into the harbor. Another cruised by close this morning and then did a deep dive with tail flukes showing. Awesome.

Fresh bear scat on the trail thru my woods.

I mentioned seeing two blowholes on the humpback whales swimming near the house and did not know if all whales had two. Here is an explanation and answer from one of my friends: Baleen whales (like humpbacks, blue whales, gray whales, bowhead whales, etc.) have two blowholes, located side by side. Toothed whales (like sperm whales, beluga whales, dolphins, etc.) have one blowhole. Most mammals have two nostrils (blowhole equivalents). One of the nostrils (air-passages) of toothed whales evolved into their echolocation system (the sensing system in which they make and recieve high-pitched sounds in order to orient themselves, catch prey, and communicate), leaving them with only one blowhole.

May really WAS cold and wet in Juneau. I did not imagine it. Here is the official weather summary for May: May in Juneau owns coldest maximum temperature record, also 4th wettest on record Juneau experienced a record cold month in May. It was also pretty wet. Meteorologist Richard Lam in the Juneau Forecast Office of the National Weather Service says the average maximum temperature was 48.9 degrees, which was nearly 8 degrees below normal. The previous record was 49.4 degrees set in 1955. Records have been dept at Juneau's Airport since 1943. There were two daily maximum temperature records. It hit 42 on May 8th which tied the previous record set in 1959. It reached 44 on May 11. That tied the previous record in 1952. It was the 4th wettest May on record with 5.73 inches of precipitation which was about 2.5 inches above normal. Rain fell on 29 of the 31 days. The average mean temperature was 44.7 degrees , which was about 4 degrees below normal. It was the 8th coldest May in terms of mean temperature. The average low was 40.5 which was near normal. It was the 4th wettest May on record with 5.73 inches of precipitation which was about 2.5 inches above normal. Rain fell on 29 of the 31 days. There were three days with a trace of snow on the 4th, the 14th and the 15th, which constituted snow records for those dates. But the latest snowfall ever remains as May 25 in 1955. The highest wind gust at the airport was 44 miles per hour from the southeast on the 11th. The highest gust at the Douglas Boat Harbor was 37 miles per hour on the 8th

Humpback whales continue to cruise around inside the harbor. Two whales surfaced in front of house last night and I was looking down on their blowholes. There have been lunge feedings where the whale erupts out of the water mouth first and open. The last lunge feeding was in front of my neighbor's. I could hear it happening, but could not see it thru the trees.

YAHOO!!!! Whales, eagles, sea lions and more. Heard a whale blow in front of the house and ran down to the beach to watch. A humpback whale was feeding just offshore. It went past the house several times on its course around the harbor. As I was watching, a school of minnows headed toward shore and then.................then the water erupted as the whale shot out of the water mouth open. There was whooping and hollering from me and my neighbors. The whale did the mouth-open lunge 3 times and at least twice came up with a side roll and fins flapping. I am guessing the closest it got was about 30 feet offshore to maybe a couple hundred on the circling around the harbor. I watched for the better part of an hour and then it headed toward the mouth of the harbor. Other whales and a whale watching boat could be seen further away outside the harbor. Several sea lions were feeding as well as bald eagles and gulls. Two of the eagles swooped down over my head with their feet ready to snatch fish. They aborted just short of the water and flew back into the trees. YAHOO!!!

Saw my first black bear of Spring today. It was eating fresh grass beside the highway.