Weather

• The 7:00 weather report (plus developments).
• Visibility: 10 miles (later 15)
• Wind: 0-5 knots South (15-25 knots West noon onwards)
• Sky: overcast and raining (sun in the afternoon)
• Water: calm

Ecological

• All the elephant seals except for the smallest guy were off island today.
• I did see 6 of them playing in the water near the jetty.
• Improved my seagull identification skills today.
• This was the first day I noticed many Heermann’s Gulls.
• Fun to watch the lone cackling goose wander with the larger Canadians.
• Saw one branded California Sea Lion: U975
• Saw one California Sea Lion with a plastic neck ring.
• Conducted an all day animal census.

1. California Sea Lions: 434
2. Northern (Steller) Sea Lions: 219
3. Harbour Seals: 59
4. Elephant Seals: 7
5. Seagulls: 1077 (Tentative 85% Thayer’s, 15% Glaucous-Winged)
6. Cormorants: 375 (Tentative: 30 Pelagic, 25 Double Crested, 14 Brandt’s.)
7. Heermann’s Gulls: 50
8. Black Turnstone: 24
9. Canada Geese: 11
10. Black Oystercatchers: 10
11. Harlequin Ducks: 3 (1 male, 2 female)
12. Cackling Goose: 1
13. Savannah Sparrow: 1
14. Bald Eagle: 1 adult on South Rock

Maintenance

• Extended my new fence set up.
• Removed the fence in front of the students’ house.
• It was never very effective, and is less needed now.
• Ran the desalinator in the afternoon.

Boats

• Several eco-tours came by today.
• One small boat was observed speeding in the reserve.