Herring Monitor shift

Today, I went back to the Mystic Dam for my herring monitor shift. The herring monitor program was suspended for a couple of weeks because the water levels were too high. So unfortunately, we missed the start of the migration. My count this morning was 121, and some of the counts from yesterday were several times higher. The herring run makes the birds very happy, of course.

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