Mammals:

• Steller sea lion: 6  (May 15: 21, May 8: 37)
• California sea lion: 27
• Harbour seal: 50
• Elephant seal: 4 female

Birds:

• Gulls: 467 (May 15: 391, May 8: 114)
• Pigeon guillemot: 30 (under represented, probably out fishing)   (May 15: 78, May 8: 153)
• Cormorants: 43
• Canadian geese: 6
• Bald eagle: 4
• Harlequin duck: 6
• Oyster catcher:  8

Over the past three weeks there has been a reduction in the number of Stellar sea lions and a big increase in the number of gulls. Wildlife species that were present in the past week but not observed today include: brown pelican, savannah sparrow, barn swallow, killdeer, wandering tattler.

Pelagic cormorants

Sea lions dogpiled on the prized flat rock near the Jetty.

This sea lion was swimming around the dogpile on flat rock. I imaging it would hurt to haul oneself out of the water and up the rocks with an injury like that.

Facility work

• cleaned solar panels
• weeded along the panels mounted on the ground, shore side of the energy building. I walk there every day and the tall grass hides the rocky, uneven, ankle biting terrain.

Vessels

• ecotourism: 4
• private: 0

Weather

Winds southwest and westerlies 10 to 18 most of the day, westerly 25 in early evening. Cloudy day. At 8pm the batteries are only at 69% charge and 50.4V. Shame there wasn’t enough sun today. The generator may auto start before the sun comes out tomorrow. It hasn’t run for the last two days.