Weather

• Visibility: 15 miles
• Wind: 15-20 knots W, later 0-5 NE, then 20-25 NW
• Water: 1′ chop
• Sky: mostly cloudy, rain in the evening.

Ecological

• 12 elephant seals on Great Race today.
• 3 elephant seals on Middle Rock.
• 8 sea lions on the rocks near the Derrick.
• One of them appears to have some sort of plastic box/device attached to its back. I didn’t have the camera with me when I saw it, and when I left to grab the camera it fled into the water.
• Several more bald eagles in the reserve than in previous days.
• Discovered that one of the goose nests had been abandoned sometime between 20:20 and 22:00. Saw 6 shattered eggs laying strewn about the grass with no sign of the geese.

Maintenance

• Cleaned the solar panels.
• Cleaned the camera lens. Not perfect, but better.
• Ventured down to the jetty to run the fire pump, but there were too many elephant seals playing in the water or on the ramp.

Boats

• Didn’t see any in the reserve today, which is odd for a weekend, but I guess the weather was a factor.
• A few sailboats were out and about taking advantage of the wind.