It is easy to make rash judgments when the subject is poison sumac.

Temperature: Precip.

Day Max. Min. Inches.

Fº Fº

Nov. 24 62 36 .51

Nov. 25 52 32 .00

Nov. 26 56 47 .00

Nov. 27 62 42 .00

Nov. 28 60 53 .00

Nov. 29 62 51 .00

Nov. 30 55 52 .32

Dec. 1 56 41 .00

Water temperature in Edgartown harbor: 54º F.

Two special birds were found on and around the Vineyard on Nov. 29. Anne Lemenager was walking around Farm Pond and what should appear but a sandhill crane! She watched it for a bit and then it flew off. We should keep our eyes peeled and check all open fields as the crane may stay around with this beautiful and weird warm weather. The second bird was a first winter Iceland gull that I found in with a flock of northern gannets, razorbills, red-breasted mergansers and gulls (Bonaparte’s, herring, black-backed and ring-billed) off Cape Pogue the same day.

For those with a clear view of the western sky, there is a pretty picture tomorrow night after sunset. A thin crescent moon appears next to the bright planet Venus. The two are together just above the horizon for one night only. Look a half hour after sunset, and as the sky darkens, the two celestial objects will begin to shine.

Temperature: Precip.

Day Max. Min. Inches.

Fº Fº

Nov. 18 56 36 .27

Nov. 19 51 30 .01

Nov. 20 61 50 Trace

Nov. 21 63 49 .06

Nov. 22 51 31 .00

Nov. 23 61 44 1.94

Water temperature in Edgartown harbor: 54º F.