I am heading out tomorrow for winter break but both Jeff and Alex will be here.

Thought I would do one last count before I head out for a couple weeks, there seemed to be more Steller Sea Lions around today

Weather

• Visibility: 15 Miles
• Wind: From 0 – 15 NW but its supposed to blow pretty hard tomorrow
• Sky: Overcast
• Water: Pretty calm, can see some decently sized rollers out there

Boats/Visitors

• A few ecotours going by today, it was relatively calm out

Maintenance

• Getting the house ready for the next person, trying to fill up the fresh water tank as much as I can before I go as well

Ecological

• Decided to do another count, seems to be the same amount of Californias but a few more stellers out there today
• Another large male elephant seal showed up, the scars on his back resemble chunk which makes wonder if the one that has been here the past couple days is Bernard or Boss, will need more photos to compare
• There are currently 3 female elephant seals, one of them is tagged, C887
• a few surf scoters out there today
• Noticed a neck banded sea lion on the jetty today, will let the next person know to keep an eye on him, if he sticks around maybe we can get some help for him

Census

• California Sea Lions – 216
• Steller Sea Lions – 265
• Harbour Seal – 18
• Elephant Seal – 5 male, 3 female
• Cormorants – 120
• Gulls – 224
• Canada Geese – 18
• Black Turnstones – 28
• Eagle – 6
• Raven – 1
• Oyster Catchers – 8
• Surf Scoter – 4