Weather

• Visibility: 5 miles, later 15
• Wind: 5-10 knots SE, late afternoon up to 33 knots from the West
• Water: rippled, later wavy
• Sky: foggy in the morning, overcast in the afternoon

Ecological

• Chunk spent the day on Middle Rock with the mum and pup.
• Lady, Grieving mum, mum and pup, were in the same spots on Great Race.
• Chuckles arrived on Great Race in the late afternoon.
• Conducted a census.

1. California Sea Lions: 87
2. Northern/Stellar Sea Lions: 50
3. Harbour Seals: 21
4. Elephant Seals: 8
5. Cormorants: 742 (of the 742, I think that at least 10 were Male Brandt’s, 131 Double Crested, and 200 Pelagic; my identification is improving, but many were either too far away, or indistinguishable to me.)
6. Seagulls: 605 (131 had darker plumage and therefore must be immature gulls?)
7. Pigeon Guillemots: 50
8. Bald Eagles: 30 (23 juveniles, 7 adults)
9. Black Oystercatchers: 13
10. Canada Geese: 10
11. Harlequin Ducks: 8 (4 male, 4 female)
12. Black Turnstones: 6
13. Surfbird: 3 (unless they were Rock Sandpipers?)
14. Raven: 2
15. American Pipit: 2

Maintenance

• Did some more cleaning in the Student’s House.

Boats

• In the morning, one fishing boat passed through the reserve. The occupants did not fish in the reserve; they were going slow and appeared to be observing.
• In the afternoon, one large eco-tour boat came through the reserve.