• Visibility: 15 Miles
• Wind:  0-15 SE
• Sky: clear most of the day
• Water: calm

Boats/Visitors

• Had plenty of ecotours cruising by

Ecological

• Not as many sea lions today, they might have peaked by now but last year they didn’t start leaving until mid november
• there were a couple injured sea lions plus a dead one
• only saw one elephant seal today but I’m sure the others are around
• So many stellars, mostly on the outer rocks
• there was also an eagle
• haven’t seen the otter or any oyster catchers
• also saw a few humpbacks out there (not included in census)

Notes

• plenty of solar input today

Census

• Stellar Sea Lions – 235
• California Sea Lions – 421
• Harbour Seals – 18
• Elephant Seals – 1(seen) I’m sure there are at least 3 or 4 more around
• Gulls (unspecified) – 456
• Cormorants – 713
• Black Turnstones – 22
• Geese – 8
• Eagle – 1