Monthly Archives: February 2017
A snowy day for a lonely pup
Weather
North East Wind ,17knots at 8:00, Sky:Overcast ,Visibility :15miles and Air Temperature:0.3 degrees Celsius. It has been a very snowy day and the fog horn was on the most part of the day.
Ecological
When we wake up in the morning we understood why we could heard so well the elephant pup. Actually heading away from the others he must have fallen from the walls behind our house and we discovered him almost hidden by snow and totally asleep . he spent the whole day like that alone and moved a little farther late in the afternoon. Mum was not back. 10 geese were looking for some grass and water pool all around . we discovered the tracks of an River Otter like usual in the same area :closed and under the sea watershed
Mum gone :Pup called Piniata ( Born on the 16th) is alone
Weather
North to South -East Wind ,7 knots at 8:00AM,very dark and grey day. Air temperature:3 degrees, Water:6.5 degrees Celsius. A few flurries and fog horn later in the night.Cold in the evening :around 0 degree celcius
Ecological
Mating success with the 2nd female. The first one got her turn the day before and actually was gone in the following night.. During the process Mum and Baby got separated and the baby could was afraid to go down from the main path to the lawn so he went on the concrete path to the point he had to turn and come back by the same way. The mum following in the field. the whole thing took at least 1hour . After that she fed him for a while. the second pup was on his site above the field.
Pigeons – guillemots back
Weather
Very light wind,not stable going from West to East,calm sea, Sky:overcast to cloudy and rainy (light).Visibility :10 miles, Air temperature:3.9 degrees Celsius.
Ecological
Today for the first time this winter we saw a flock of guillemots :30 around.Chunk was gone fishing but back in the evening .12 geese almost all the time on the Rock.
Vessels
One watching vessel and a big fishing boat heading to the Ocean.
Census
Pigeons -guillemots:35
Elephants Seals : 5 to 6
Gulls :650
Californians Sea Lions :235. One tagged: no 486
Steelers sea Lions:55
Geese:12
Eagles:6 to 9
Harlequin Ducks:7
Harbour Seals:27
Cormorants:110
cold winter days
Weather
On the first it has been a windy day gusting at 39 knots .with the low temperature 1.9 degrees celsius it was very chilly on the rock. Wind was from the North East ,it was sunny with a good visibility and just 30% of humidity. On February 2nd the wind was lighter around 20 knots and 28 at the most.from North East which gave a big swell on the jetty and no sun.The Sunrise was at 7:41AM and Sunset at 5:20PM. The water temperature dropped under 7 degrees celsius. On the 3rd same conditions but very cloudy and a little of snow.
Ecological
We have now steady 6 Elephant seals on the place . Chunk managed to stay away from the family lawn but watched them all the time.he tried to come closer but as soon as the other one was aware of him he went back to the lighthouse area .The 2 pups look like 2 “pinatas “. Boss tried a few times to mate the female but without too much success. Now 10 to 12 geese
Vessels
In average we have 1 to 2 eco -tourism boat everyday
Maintenance
Because of the cold and windy weather we kept busy inside