Today’s Weather: 

• Partially overcast
• Visibility 10 -15NM
• Wind 20-25 knots W
• Waves up to 0.5 metres

Marine Traffic/Visitors: 

• We’ve had a variety of vessels in the reserve over the past few days; we’ve seen a jet ski, large whale watching catamarans and RIBs, all the way to old wooden cabin cruisers.
• Greg delivered water today

Ecological Observations:

• As we sat to watch fourth of July fireworks in Port Angeles we observed a humpback whale pass outside of the reserve around 11 pm and spray a few times before moving on.
• This morning there were 5 bald eagles in the reserve! There were a few young ones that looked to be practicing hunting for food. They aren’t much of a match for the seagull, who chase them and sometimes strand them on the ground.
• We have been seeing the otters under our fuel shed running across the jetty
• The seagull chicks are getting bigger already! They are almost too big to stay in the nest under their moms

Census:

• 515 seagulls
• 2 male elephant seals
• 3 bald eagles
• 1 ruddy turnstone
• 1 cormorant
• 12 oyster catchers
• 3 oyster catcher chicks
• 16 geese
• 3 goslings
• 25 pigeon guillemots