The view
19:30
Night. Lights on in Structure B. The biped in there is working, or being watched by a smaller screen. Both. Definitely both.
CHAPTER I
What the crew expect, and what the reference observers on the surface say. Graded afterwards, on the hypotheses page.
“For tomorrow: the reference observers say 55°/47°, 86% rain. Vell's model says 56°/42°, 78% rain. Orm's barometer says 57°/41°, 40% rain. The intern says 55°/39°, 67% rain. The intern's method (looking out the window) is beating our method (looking at the instruments). We have ordered a bigger window.”
Whether the bipeds should attempt the things they attempt. Advisory only. They never listen.
The small flying ones, counted by the microphones. The full census, with recordings, is on the bird site.
| 1 | Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus | 723 |
| 2 | Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | 254 |
| 3 | Common Raven | Corvus corax | 182 |
| 4 | Northern Flicker | Colaptes auratus | 133 |
| 5 | Spotted Towhee | Pipilo maculatus | 123 |
| 6 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta canadensis | 91 |
| 7 | Barred Owl | Strix varia | 86 |
| 8 | Pacific chorus frog | Pseudacris regilla | 69 |
| 9 | Steller's Jay | Cyanocitta stelleri | 69 |
| 10 | Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | 61 |
