Weather

• Visibility: 10-15 Miles
• Wind: 20-35 knots NW
• Sky: sunny with cloudy periods
• Water: very rough

Boats/Visitors

• one eco tour boat passed by the island

Ecological

• The elephant seal family have been hanging around very close to the house lately, right in front of the door! They don’t seem to mind me coming and going and taking the odd picture too much though.

Census

• Stellar Sea Lions – 97
• California Sea Lions – 100
• Harbour Seals – 12
• Elephant Seals – 6  (3 males, 1 female and 2 pups)
• Cormorants – 74
• Gulls – 165
• Bald Eagles – 11
• Black Turnstones – 15
• Black Oystercatchers – 7
• Canada Geese – 2

Notes

• Had gale force winds all day today, at least the sun was out though!