It is the first day of summer and I am wearing a toque and have a fire going! I heard the fog horn for the first time today. It isn’t very loud and doesn’t appear to disturb the birds – three long blasts (more like beeps) every minute, sounds like a truck backing up.
Wildlife notes:
The elephant seal is now molting around his face. It appears he is not just losing his hair and a layer of skin but also some of his front whiskers. No new wildlife sightings today. The sea lions are still away and the geese have left.
Facility work:
- cleaned solar panels
- topped up battery fluid
- clean and vacuumed the battery room
- thistles
Vessels:
14 Ecotourism boats
Weather:
Sunny with 10 knot westerlies in the morning building to over 30 in the early evening. Fog rolled in at 1 pm and dissipated by 7pm.