Tuesday, May 19 2026

Hi Everyone! My name is Karen and I’m excited to be staying at Race Rocks this week as the Ecoguardian. I’m looking forward to getting to observe the wildlife, get to know the area better and familiarizing myself with some of the processes that keep this place running!

Ecological Notes

Another young elephant seal showed up on Sunday, bringing the total up to 6 here now.

I’m thinking this could be a new game, “Molting elephant seal or mossy rock”

Can you see the elephant seals?

Elephant seals or mossy rocks?

Each of the above photos has 2 elephant seals

I found some other birds that I didn’t see when doing my census :

Killdeer

Dunlin

Harlequin ducks

I also saw a Raven, and juvenile Bald Eagle

Facility Work

• Cleaning solar panels
• Testing and repairing the fence
• Cleaning windows
• Check batteries
• Check generator fuel

Weather Events

Tuesday, May 19

Wind (kts): 0.1- 22.5
Mix of sun and cloud
Air temp (°C): min 10.3 , max 11.6
Sea state: Calm during the day, building to choppy in the evening.

Monday, May 18

Wind (kts): 1.2- 25.6
Mix of sun and cloud
Air temp (°C): min 9.9 , max 13.2
Sea state: Choppy with some white caps

Sunday, May 17

Wind (kts): 0- 24.1
Mostly sunny
Air temp (°C): min 8.8 , max 13.7
Sea state: Calm during the day, building to choppy in the evening.

Vessel Traffic

Pretty quiet most days as it has been mostly near gale winds. A few ecotourist boats Sunday and Tuesday, and a couple personal vessels on Sunday.

Visitors

Some students from Pearson College came out Tuesday to do their field final exams.

*Any close up shots of animals were taken with a telephoto lens