Weather: 

• Sky: Overcast
• Visibility: 15+ miles
• Wind: 5-15 knots NE
• Water: flat

Boats/Visitors: 

• Not as many boats out lately
• some visitors to work on projects around the island having to do with energy, infrastructure, desalination

Ecological

• Over a period of a few days the sea lions left in big numbers
• Census
  • Sea Lions – 370 (200 Steller and 170 California)
  • Harbour Seals – 24
  • Gulls – 360
  • Cormorants – 150
  • Fox Sparrows – 10ish, harder to count these guys
  • Canada Geese – 22
  • Black Turnstones – 30
  • Eagles – 6
  • Haven’t seen any humpbacks in a little while, I would expect most of them to be well on their way south by now
  • At least 2 male elephant seals around as well
  • some of the stellers look pretty young

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