Weather
- Visibility: 15 miles
- Wind: 20-25 knts W
- Sky: Partly cloudy/overcast
- Water: Ripply
Boats/Visitors/Sightings
- Quite a few ecotour boats in the area today, especially in Race Passage
Bird Notes
- The first set of seagull chicks are growing fast – one of the first things to develop are long legs. I spotted some of them flapping their wings in imitation of the adults, but they are still a long way from flying.
Mammal Notes
- A lone sea lion made it all the way up on the main island until the guest residence! It would get aggressive if I got even slightly close to it. I first thought it might be injured, but I saw no scars or bleeding anywhere.
Census
- Elephant Seals
- Male = 3
- Female = 0
- Sea Lions
- California = 1
- Steller = 0
- Seagulls = 350 adults, ~70 babies (hard to estimate)
- Pigeon Guillemot = 60
- Eagles = 4
- Oystercatchers = 8 adults, 4 babies (haven’t spotted any new chicks since last week)
- Harbour Seals = 50
- Geese = 3