The island has began a shift in population recently, with the adolescent gulls beginning to take flight and hunting on their own the population itself seems to be thinning out. We have some new visitors out this way with some canadian geese calling race rocks there home or maybe just a short term vacation spot. Lately the #’s of sea lions have been increasing steadily in the previous week, with the lions taking advantage of the grassy sections farther inland from the rocky coast.
Stellar Sea Lions – 175
Californian Sea Lions- 73
Elephant Seals- 3
200 Gulls
50 Adolescent gulls
30 Canadian Geese
20 Oyster Catchers