Weather

• Visibility: 15 miles
• Wind: 5-10 knts W
• Sky: Clear
• Water: Ripply

Boats/Visitors/Sightings

• An average amount of ecotour boats came into the reserve
• Quite a few sail boats and other private vessels in the area

Mammal Notes

• An update on the last post about baby harbour seals: looks like there are two of them, not one! The family of four was spotted on the northeast tip of the island.
• A few californian and one steller sea lion on the surrounding rocks.

Census

• Elephant Seals
  • Male = 4
  • Female = 0
• Sea Lions
  • California = 3
  • Steller = 1
• Seagulls = 520 adults (a big part of them remain on the smaller rock islands during low tide), ~100 babies (hard to estimate)
• Pigeon Guillemot = 85
• Eagles = 2
• Oystercatchers = 12 adults, 4 babies (haven’t spotted any new chicks since last week)
• Harbour Seals = 64 adults, 2 babies
• Geese = 0
• River otters = 2 adults, possible kits on the island but haven’t been spotted