Weather

• Visibility: 15 miles
• Wind: 10-15 knots E, later up to 48.6 knots W
• 48 knots falls into the “storm” category. Only “violent storm” and “hurricane” are higher on the scale. The house is shuddering.
• Water: 2′ chop, later at least 5′
• Sky: overcast and some rain

Ecological

• The mother elephant seal on Great Race was gone this morning, making the fourth pup a weaner. He is much smaller than the previous weaner was, and over on Middle Rock the mother is still with her pup, who was born approximately 8 days before, and is quite larger. All this makes me think the mother has left prematurely?
• In the morning Chunk spent some time chasing the weaner, but he was too slow to catch him and he gave up, later heading over to Middle Rock.
• Chuckles showed up on Great Race afterwards and has been watching the weaner.
• At one point I found the weaner chewing on a wire cord underneath the big old yellow diesel tank by the Energy Building.
• Today was the first day that I saw a great blue heron at Race Rocks! Not a first in general though, or for Race Rocks.
• Pam Birley also noticed the heron and she took some photos with the webcam.

Maintenance

• Stacked some firewood.

Other

• Heard one small DND blast at 10:30.