Sunday, July 17, 2011 Lethbridge

5:50 am

The temperature is +12 C, with a high predicted of +29 C.

From the Environment Canada website: Today A mix of sun and cloud. 30 percent chance of showers late this afternoon with risk of a thunderstorm. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h this afternoon. High 29. UV index 8 or very high. Tonight Mainly cloudy with 30 percent chance of showers this evening and risk of a thunderstorm. Clearing overnight. Wind southwest 20 km/h becoming light overnight. Low 11. Normals Max: 26°C Min: 11°C.

5:30 PM Birding

We drove to Pincher Creek today to meet some relatives and then headed to Waterton National Park. While at Cameron Lake we spotted 2 Steller's Jays. Then at Cameron Falls we saw an American Dipper. It has been 5 years since we last noted seeing the Dipper at Cameron Falls. I submitted an eBird report for the Dipper.

10:00 PM Literature

I read a few more short stories from "Ward No. 6 and Other Stories" by Anton Chekov at various times during the day. Here are the titles: "Rothschild's Fiddle", "The Student", "The Darling", "A Doctor's Visit" and "Gooseberries".

I also received an email indicating that 4 Russian novels (2 by Dostoevsky and 2 by Solzhenitzyn) that I had ordered from amazon.ca have just been shipped. They should arrive on Friday.