I can’t believe I only have a few days left here on Race Rocks. The time has absolutely flown by. Today was warm and almost completely windless. The male elephant seal is on the grass and behaving himself, and I saw one of the small females in the water near the jetty so I imagine she’s been hauling out on one of the nearby rocks to avoid the big guy.

I officially got swooped at by my first gull, we both let out an interesting sounding shriek. Thankfully that was the only one so far, and while the rest clearly don’t enjoy my presence they haven’t acted on it yet.

Greg and Cedric came by this afternoon to start work on the new electric fence for the jetty which I’m happy to report was very successful and is currently up and running. They also brought a new unit out for salinity and temperature testing so I no longer need to use the old testing method!

Humpbacks now seem to be visible on the horizon almost every day which is exciting, and I got to watch about 3-4 transient orca pass by this afternoon. I’m crossing my fingers for one more close encounter before I leave !

Facility work:

• Started building new electric fence around jetty

Vessels:

• Ecotourism: 25 vessels – the most I’ve had yet!
• Private: 3 vessels

Weather:

• Sky: Blue sky and sun
• Wind: Low of 2 knots, High of 9 knots
• Sea: Calm
• Temperature: Low 8•C, High 20•C

** All wildlife photos taken at the furthest distance possible, and may be cropped to improve detail! **