visibility greater then 15 kms.
sky clear
wind 6 knots from the northeast
sea calm
Sea Lions 1072 (including the islets)
Gulls 1660
Cormorants 180
Canada Geese 21
Seals 36
Eagles 2
black turnstones difficult to count because they are so camouflaged (see picture below) but more then 50
Many humpback whales
?dolphin
4 distinct groups of whales this morning. Because they were so entertaining I watched them both from the lighthouse and the back porch for several hours. I also saw what I believe was a dolphin, it just broke the surface and it’s spout was much smaller then the whales. It’s spout was straight. I saw it blow several times about 5 minutes apart but I didn’t see it’s body. it was only about 100 mtres from the lighthouse nowhere near the whales.
harlequin ducks were seen yesterday 2 males and one female
Sandpipers
one group of about 200 sandpipers flying south today
I saw 5 groups on October 25 during gale force winds but none were as large as this group.Those were between 10 and 100 individuals.