Weather

• Visibility: 15 miles
• Wind: 15-20 knots North East
• Sky: overcast
• Water: 1′ chop
• Borderline fog in the evening.

Ecological

• The same ten elephant seals on Great Race today.
• Through the window I saw a small flock of black songbirds perched in the bushes, but they had flown away before I could take a photo.
• I went outside to try and find them, but by then they were gone.
• Perhaps they were red-winged blackbirds? That’s the only predominantly black songbird that has previously been recorded in these parts that would fit what I saw.

Maintenance

• Finished up and submitted the April report.
• Hand pumped diesel into the day tank.
• Goose work.

Boats

• A few eco-tours came by.
• One boat was fishing in the reserve, but I have seen it before, and I am pretty sure that it is a First Nations boat.
• What I can only assume was a US Navy submarine with an escort passed through the strait south of Race Rocks shortly before 18:00.