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- Visibility: 15 miles
- Wind: 6-10 NE throughout day
- Sky: sunny with cloudy periods
- Water: mostly calm
Boats/Visitors
- had one whale watching boat cruise by
- no visitors today
Ecological
- saw a large brown raptor of some kind. I think it was a Red-tailed Hawk
- lots of killdeer around
- large elephant seal male is still on the island
Other
- a lot of DND blasts today, very startling for the sea lions.
Weather
- Visibility: 15 miles
- Wind: 5-13 NE throughout day
- Sky: sunny with cloudy periods
- Water: mostly calm
Boats/Visitors
- didn’t see any eco tours today
- lots of shipping vessels in the distance as usual
- no visitors today
Ecological
- number of sea lions hanging around seems to be going slightly down
- consistent number of seagulls and cormorants
Other
- lots of DND blasts today.
Weather
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 12-16 NE throughout the day
- Sky: sunny, very few clouds
- Water: mostly calm, a bit choppy
Boats/Visitors
- Had one large eco tour boat full of passengers sneak up on me and yell “Hello” as a group. That was fun (:
- lots of large shipping vessels passing by including two huge logging barges
Ecological
- still a decent amount of sea lions around
- there is another, smaller harbour seal pup hanging out now too
- Bernard (the elephant seal) is back!
- haven’t seen any canadian geese in a few days
Other
- had more large DND blasts go off from Rocky Point that shook the house and startled birds today.
Weather
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 12-15 NE
- Sky: mostly sunny
- Water: mostly calm, a bit choppy
Boats/Visitors
- noticed one larger tour boat cruise by
Ecological
- elephant seal pup is back
- seemed to be more stellar sea lions around today than usual on the east rocks
- saw an eagle snatch a crow chick and fight off it’s parents in flight. RIP lil crow.
Notes
- the weather has been fantastic this week with lots of sun!
Weather
- Visibility: Very foggy early morning but cleared right up by 8:30am
- Wind: 11-16 NE throughout the day
- Sky: sunny with cloudy periods
- Water: mostly calm, a bit choppy
Boats/Visitors
- Had about 7 boats cruise by in the last week
- had a small tour come ashore last saturday morning of pearson college students
Ecological
- had a young harbour seal that was on the island for a few days but is gone now
- there are a pair of eagles hanging around for the last week
- large male elephant seal was here for 6 days and left last night
- caught a quick glimpse of what looked like a small sea otter running by the jetty yesterday morning
Other
- had a very large blast go off from Rocky Point that shook the house and startled birds.
Notes
- enjoyed my first week here at Race Rocks!