Weather

• Visibility: 15 miles
• Wind: 5-10 knts SW
• Sky: Clear
• Water: Ripply
• Fog horn went off last night for an hour

Boats/Visitors/Sightings

• Kyle visited the island along with Jake from maintenance and the Communications team
  • Kyle and Jake took some of the bed fixtures out of the guest house and replaced some of the tube lighting
  • I had lunch with Brian and Nikola from the Pearson Communications team, and gave them a short tour of the island
• Lots of ecotour boats in the area today!

Birds

• Spotted several new shore bird species that I haven’t seen before this summer – photographed below! (I’m not sure if I’ve identified the species correctly)
• The number of gulls on the south rocks has increased dramatically over the last few days – about 100-150 more I would guess. I’ll do a proper count on Sunday.

Marine mammals

• Several humpback whales on the south side near the bouy! They made numerous rain-blows and attracted a lot of whale watching boats.
• 2 californian sea lions on the island today

Technical

• Kyle brought lots of new LED bulbs for me, and I’ve replaced all the bulbs in the Ecoguardian house with the new ones. They are significantly more power efficient and brighter too!