Weather
Another calm day with 9 knots,North East wind at 8:00AM ,Calm sea,Cloudy to some sunny periods,Visibility over 13 miles. Sea water :7.1 degrees Celsius
Ecological
I thought to have seen the famous seal on Turbine Rock this morning. there was a beautiful spotted Seal and actually the first one like that I ever saw…but when I went to do the census I discovered 7 or 8 spotted ones all together on South Island so…I am not sure anymore …Is “6 spots “around or not?…I let Pam to be the expert and the judge . Again Chunk :he spend the afternoon closed to Guy working at the cleaning of the railway (drifting wood again).A lot of activity for the gulls on the fish banks. In the night I have been awaken by the Sea Lions for the first time in those Winter months
Vessels
3 Watchers and a police boats going towards Esquilmalt..some small fishing boats closed to Pedder Bay.
Census
Gulls:520
Cormorants :90
Harbour Seals :17
Elephants Seals:6 (2 pups,2 females ,2 males)
Eagles:8
Harlequin Ducks :8 seen this week
Geese:6 seen this week
Black Turnstones: a few
Sea lions : 200