Mammals:

• Stellar sealion: 2
• harbour seal:  165 plus 5 pups

Birds:

• gulls: 832
• cormorant: 67
• black oystercatcher: 14 plus 4 chicks
• pigeon guillemot: 51
• bald eagle: 1
• harlequin duck: 17
• surfbird: 41
• black turnstone: 48
• ruddy turnstone: 1
• least sandpiper: 1
• western sandpiper: 1
• wandering tattler: 1

Wildlife seen this week inside the reserve but not observed today include: California sealion, short-billed Dowitcher, a passerine. Pigeon Guillemots are underrepresented.

The 5 week-old Keepers House black oystercatcher chick “hiding” motionless in the rocks on East Beach. Its beak not yet fully orange, full sized or blunt tipped.

Tiny western sandpiper on East Beach. The Keepers House black oystercatcher parents in the background, always on watch.

Facility work

Thanks to Joan, the lamp room and lighthouse stairs look terrific and it was a clear view through the glass.

• cleaned solar panels
• battery maintenance

Vessels

• Ecotourism: 12
• Private : 0

Weather

Fog in the am. Clear skies. Winds westerlies 17 to 26 knots. Daytime temperatures 12 to 17 degrees.