March ended beautifully but early April has been mostly cool and at times misty. The roofers are here today finishing off the Guest House roof, and I continue to putter away cleaning up and reorganizing everything.

Race Rocks in Fog

The surfbirds have left but several Mergansers have been making the island home.

Common Merganser

I was lucky enough to see a Steller Sea Lion tearing apart an octopus and I caught a few pictures of a brief encounter between the sea lion and an eagle looking for scraps…

Eagle and Gull checking out a Steller’s octopus lunch

Apex predators face to face