Weather

• Visibility: 15 miles
• Wind: 20-25 knots NE, later 0-10 NE
• Sky: overcast
• Water: 1′ chop

Ecological

• Census day!
• In the morning there were 2 e-seals on Great Race, and 6 on Middle Rock.
• In the afternoon there were 3 e-seals on Great Race, and 4 on Middle Rock.
• As far as I am aware, there were only 2 e-seals in the reserve yesterday.
• Most of the addled eggs in the Canada goose nest near the Students’ House were cracked open and strewn about today around noon.
• I suspect a crow to be the culprit, having seen one hanging around that nest yesterday.
• Saw one branded California Sea Lion, but I couldn’t make out all the marks. U89[?]
• Four young bald eagles were unsuccessfully hunting the seagulls all morning.

1. Harbour Seals: 92
2. California Sea Lions: 69
3. Steller (Northern) Sea Lions: 43
4. Elephant Seals: 8 (2 on Great Race, 6 on Middle Rock)
5. Seagulls unspecified: 352
6. Pigeon Guillemots: 111
7. Cormorants unspecified: 26
8. Brandt’s Cormorants: 16
9. Pelagic Cormorants: 12
10. Double Crested Cormorant: 7
11. Surfbirds: 50
12. Black Turnstones: 30
13. Canada Geese: 18
14. Harlequin Ducks: 11 (6 males and 5 females)
15. Rock Sandpipers: 6
16. Bald Eagles: 6 (2 adults, 4 immature)
17. Black Oystercatchers: 6
18. Savannah Sparrow: 1
19. Unidentified Hawk: 1
20. Killdeer: 1
21. Crow: 1?

Maintenance

• Transferred diesel from the Students’ House tank into the Tidy Tank.
• Some goose work.