Saw a northern sea lion with a cooker cutter shark scar.
Noticed at least 50 harbour seals out on the south islands today.
Saw a common merganser wash itself on a rock close to shore. Apparently it is quite uncommon to see them at Race Rocks. Later some harlequin ducks swam nearby.
Saw a jellyfish floating around near the jetty. Not sure what variety it was.
Noticed some grape hyacinth for the first time today. By my estimate there are least 6 different species of flowers now in bloom out here.
Maintenance
Stacked firewood until there was no remaining space. Will have to restart stacking once some of the stores have been burnt up to create space.
Boats
Jeff and his two Belgian volunteers came by with food supplies this morning. Eggs, milk, and bread. Surprised the Belgians didn’t bring me any Jupiler.
Quite a bit of traffic today out in the straight. Documented the more interesting looking ones with photographs.
One fishing boat went through the middle channel of the reserve.
Other
Heard 5 DND blasts today from Bentinck Island. A small one at 12:47, and then 4 medium blasts at 12:50, 12:55, 15:04, and 15:06. The animals didn’t make too much of a fuss.
