I would usually be doing a census count today, but the heavy fog has made it impossible to get an accurate count of the species. I’ll try again tomorrow.

Weather

• Visibility: <1 mile
• Wind: 20-25 knts W
• Sky: Partly Cloudy
• Water: Ripply
• Heavy fog over the last few days

Boats/Visitors/Sightings

• Guy brought some of the alumni who are on campus for the reunion, to the island for a very quick look around. They had leave within 20 minutes as the fog crept back in.

Bird Notes

• The seagulls seem to be attacking each others offspring regularly now. The last of the chicks were born more than a week ago now.

Marine mammals

• The injured female elephant seal that has been on and off the island, returned today. It’s resting on the jetty
• More california sea lions and one steller have been hanging out around the jetty. I think this marks the start of the sea lion season. Time to start putting up the fences soon!