Weather

• Visibility: 15+ miles (Mt. Baker visible)
• Wind: 5-10 knots North
• Sky: clear and sunny
• Water: calm
• A very beautiful day, with a nice sunset
• A good night for stargazing!

Ecological

• Conducted the weekly animal census.
• Saw several branded sea lions today.
• California sea lions: U690, U105, and 8427 (I think I got those correct)
• Steller sea lions: 420Y and 347Y (those are definitely correct)
• Also saw one sea lion with a neck ring, presumable from plastic.
• No harlequin ducks today.
• One of the male elephant seals was trying to mate with the female.
• This seems like an odd time of year for that?

1. California Sea Lions: 728
2. Northern (Steller) Sea Lions: 493
3. Harbour Seals: 48
4. Elephant Seals: 5 Great Race (4 males, 1 that I think is a female)
5. Seagulls unspecified: 672
6. Thayer’s Gulls: 247
7. Glaucous-winged Gulls: 30
8. Cormorants unspecified: 329
9. Double Crested Cormorants: 24
10. Pelagic Cormorants: 11
11. Brandt’s Cormorants: 2
12. Black Turnstones: 19
13. Canada Geese: 6
14. Black Oystercatchers: 6
15. Dunlins: 2
16. Savannah Sparrows: 2

Maintenance

• Cleaned the solar panels.
• Tidied up a few odds and ends.
• The usual chores.

Boats

• A few eco-tours today.
• One rental boat came through the middle of the reserve.

Visitors

• No visitors today.
• Quite a nice, relaxing day today.
• The kind of day that makes one appreciate being alone.