Weather

• Visibility: 15 miles
• Wind: 20-25 knots West in the morning, picking up to 30-35 by noon.
• Sky: overcast
• Water: 3′ chop

Ecological

• I oversaw an enthusiastic day long census with Maya, Tazi, and Ali.
• Discovered a new Black Oystercatcher nest with 3 eggs!
• Maya and Tazi discovered a new Canada Goose nest.
• I begin to suspect that our new elephant seal male is actually Chuckles.
• If he did nothing but eat for 3 months straight, that would explain his girth.
• Saw a Steller Sea Lion branded 9628.
• We found a blood star, and Maya showed us various chitons.
• Maya and Tazi did a transect.

1. Harbour Seals: 190
2. California Sea Lions: 42
3. Steller/Northern Sea Lions: 39
4. Elephant Seals: 15 (13 on Great Race, 2 in the Southern waters)
5. Seagulls: 225 (Glaucous-winged)
6. Pigeon Guillemots: 82
7. Canada Geese: 36 (14 on Great Race, 22 flyovers)
8. Black Oystercatchers: 8 (plus 2 nests with a total 5 eggs)
9. Harlequin Ducks: 3 (2 male, 1 female)
10. Cormorants: 3
11. Barn Swallows: 2

Maintenance

• We cleaned the solar panels.
• Finished cleaning the boathouse floor with T.S.P.
• Repainted some rusty propane tanks.
• Sanded the westward facing bench by the Students’ house.

Boats

• Several eco-tours came by in the morning, but as wind picked up they disappeared.