Monterey wharf #2 report

Monterey wharf #2 report, August 4,2009, Tuesday
8:30 am, the fog is clearing, sun is coming out, few people on the wharf. Smoke in the distance from fires. Dead skate on sand near water line. A solitary gull is picking away at the flesh.

A dead young cormorant is floating near the wharf.

A visiting two masted sailing ship from Woods Hole is tied near the end of the wharf.

Two old Italian men are taking out their sewing supplies from their truck and heading toward the long pile of old torn fishing nets.

In the inner harbor a bloom of brown jelly fish is floating in the water, the surface of the water is littered with paper, debris, oil slicks. The jelly fish are spectacular. The few people on the wharf stop to watch them.

It's about 60 degrees. There are some ripples on the ocean surface further out. Very few birds but this is August.

Two men with fishing poles are on the north side or wharf.

My favorite cafe is closed on Tuesdays

When I look into the shallow parts of the harbor I see no animal life.