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Weather
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 5-25 NW
- Sky: Partly Cloudy
- Water: Choppy under a metre
Boats/Visitors
- A few ecotours and sailboats going by
Maintenance
- Fence needed a bit of a fix up today
Ecological
- So many sea lions lately
- I didn’t actually see the elephant seal today, I am just hoping she is still around
- Haven’t seen the pup in a couple days either
- As for the neck banded sea lions, they are difficult to keep track of with so many sea lions around but I’m sure they are still around
Census
- Elephant Seal – 1
- Harbour Seals – 60
- California Sea Lions – 685
- Stellar Sea Lions – 412
- Harlequin Ducks – 4
- Cormorants – 313
- Gulls – 698
- Fox Sparrows – 16
- Geese – 10
- Black Turnstones – 24
Weather
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 10-20 NE
- Sky: Sunny all day
- Water: Choppy 1-2 metres
Boats/Visitors
- Saw some boats cruising by
Ecological
- The pups are doing well, one of the younger males was attacking the oldest pup until Bernard came along and chased him off
Census
- Stellar Sea Lions – 80
- California Sea Lions – 62
- Harbour Seals – 28
- Elephant Seals – 2 female pups, 3 males
- Geese – 12
- Oystercatchers – 16
- Eagles – 6
- Harlequinn Ducks – 9
- Gulls – 283
- Cormorants – 60
- Black Turnstones – 35