Wildlife notes:

The injured CA sealion and one other were at the jetty for a while today.  Its wound is still visible. The female elephant seal is progressing quickly with her molt. The east beach is becoming more popular with the little birds and there appears to be more birds than stones.

Female elephant seal molting.

Black and ruddy turnstones, surfbirds and a short billed dowitcher in the late afternoon on east beach.

California sealions near the jetty with their hind flippers bent forward. This is contrast to the elephant seals who can only pull themselves along with their front flippers when moving on land.

Tidal stream on the north side near the jetty.

Facility work:

• cleaned solar panels
• weeding/clearing pathways

Vessels:

0 ecotourism, 0 private

Weather:

Sunny windy day. Near gale force westerlies most of the day. Daytime temperatures: minimum 12, maximum 14 degrees.