Wildlife notes

A new slightly larger female elephant seal arrived today!  We now have two older females and two youngsters enjoying the grassy field.

The whole gang. From front to back: molting female, new female to the group, the two young ones.

I rarely have the chance to see Ollie, the sea otter and when I do he is just a speck in the distance. Today I had the chance to watch him snooze, arms in the air. He seemed to have himself hooked onto a bull kelp for an anchor. It reminded me of once seeking refuge in a kelp patch, having no option but to bow and stern tie my little 18′ foot sailboat to the kelp to wait out the weather and rough seas. Unlike Ollie, I wasn’t relaxed about it or sleeping through it.

Facility work

• cleaned solar panels
• weeding the front of the keepers house

Vessels

• ecotourism: 0

Weather

Winds moderate breeze, veering from WSW 30 in the morning to WNW 25 in the afternoon, becoming variable in the evening. Scattered clouds. Day time temperature: low 9, high 12