Weather: 

• 15 miles visibility
• Skies clear with some clouds
• 40+ kn wind
• Rolling waves up to 1/2 m breaking into whitecaps

Boats/Visitors: 

The boats at Pearson are in for annual maintenance so we have not had any college visitors. The wind conditions have limited all boat traffic.

Ecological:

There are have been no sea lions over the past few days. The gosling that appeared to be injured has not been spotted in a while. The large male elephant seals are clearly moulting now and have been fighting over the best sleeping spots. The seagulls have become more aggressive and will now fly towards us even if we keep a distance from their eggs.

There has been DND blasting nearby almost every day lately. The birds take flight and the mammals are visibly disturbed.

Census: 

• 30 harbour seals
• 5 elephant seals, all moulting. 4 male 1 female
• Roughly 200 seagulls
• Two families of geese, minus one missing gosling
• Two barn swallows nesting in our rafters