Weather

• Visibility: 15 Miles
• Wind: 15-25 NE
• Sky: Overcast
• Water: Choppy under a metre

Boats/Visitors

• Not a lot of visitors lately, the ecotours are still going by but not as frequently
• I did have to leave for a few nights so that is why the posts have been lacking a bit lately, I had to go into town to do my final exams

Maintenance

• Running the generator more lately as is there is less sunlight

Ecological

• Fewer sea lions than last week
• Chunk, as he was identified by the scars on his back, is the current alpha and there is one more male who is much smaller
• No female elephant seals yet
• 34 Geese, I have never seen that many here before
• in one of the photos, you will see a pretty young steller too
• haven’t seen any neckbanded sea lions lately, too bad we weren’t able to help them before they left

Census

• California Sea Lions – 273
• Steller Sea Lions – 291
• Harbour Seal – 25
• Elephant Seal – 2 male
• Cormorants – 140
• Gulls – 233
• Fox Sparrows – 12
• Canada Geese – 34
• Black Turnstones – 41
• Eagle – 6
• Raven – 1
• Snow Bunting – 1
• Oyster Catchers – 12
• Harlequin Ducks – 10