Monthly Archives: January 2018

Another Male Elephant Seal

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Weather

  • Visibility:15 Miles
  • Wind: 10-45 SW
  • Sky: Cloudy, some sun this morning
  • Water: Waves 1-2 metres

Boats/Visitors

  • a couple ecotours went by this morning

Ecological

  • Another large male elephant seal showed up today, he might’ve been the one that was here a couple weeks ago but he is the only new one since the pup has been born, he looks almost as large as the biggest male who has been sticking around mom and pup

 

Census

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Weather

  • Visibility:15 Miles
  • Wind: 0-10 NW
  • Sky: Cloudy
  • Water: Calm

Boats/Visitors

  • a couple ecotours went by today

Ecological

  • The pup is getting so big, elephant seal pups are supposed to gain about 10 pounds a day

Census

  • Stellar Sea Lions – 74
  • California Sea Lions – 107
  • Harbour Seals – 0
  • Elephant Seals – 5 – 3 males, 1 female and 1 pup
  • Cormorants – 88
  • Gulls – 182
  • Eagles – 6
  • Black Turnstones – 27
  • Black Oystercatchers – 12
  • Geese – 2

New Batteries

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Weather

  • Visibility:15 Miles
  • Wind: 5-15 SW
  • Sky: Partly cloudy, a bit of sun
  • Water: Large waves today1-2 metres

Boats/Visitors

  • a couple ecotours went by today
  • also Kyle, Jeff and Jake brought some new batteries for the battery bank that keeps this island powered, had to start up the crane and maneuver around a stubborn elephant seal to get the batteries where they needed to be

Ecological

  • The pup is doing well and so are all the other elephant seals
  • will update the census with photos tomorrow

High tides and big waves

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Weather

  • Visibility:15 Miles
  • Wind: 10-15 SE
  • Sky: Overcast
  • Water: Choppy 1-2 metres

Boats/Visitors

  • I have not seen any boats today

Ecological

  • The 8 day old pup is doing very well so is the mother and the big guy beside them

Notes

  • very large waves today and the tide seemed higher than usual
  • the wind speed has been going up down, from nothing to 15
  • also saw a very small pod of killer whales, maybe 3 or 4 of them

Jan 16th 2018

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Weather

  • Visibility:15 Miles
  • Wind: 5-10 NE
  • Sky: Partly cloudy, mostly sunny
  • Water: Choppy less than a metre

Boats/Visitors

  • a couple ecotours went by today

Ecological

  • The 7 day old pup is doing well
  • The mature male elephant seal is staying near the pup and mother
  • Saw one of the 3 juvenile males around but the other two were somewhere else today, didn’t even see them when I went to do the water sample by the jetty

Notes

  • had some beautiful sunrises and sunsets lately so I haven’t had to run the generator as much

 

January 15th 2018

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Weather

  • Visibility:15 Miles
  • Wind: 15-20 NE
  • Sky: Partly cloudy, some sunlight this morning
  • Water: Choppy less than a metre

Boats/Visitors

  • a few ecotours went by today

Ecological

  • The 6 day old pup is doing well
  • The other 5 elephant seals are doing well too
  • still quite a few sea lions around

Sunshine

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Weather

  • Visibility:15 Miles
  • Wind: 10-15 NE
  • Sky: Partly cloudy, mostly sunny
  • Water: Choppy less than a metre

Boats/Visitors

  • a couple ecotours went by today
  • also some snorkelers

Ecological

  • The 5 day old pup is doing well
  • The mature male elephant seal is staying near the pup and mother and the three juvenile males are scattered around the island

Green-winged Teal

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Weather

  • Visibility: 10-15 Miles
  • Wind: 15-25 NE
  • Sky: Cloudy
  • Water: Choppy about 1 metre

Boats/Visitors

  • a couple ecotours went by today

Ecological

  • The 4 day old pup is doing well
  • The largest male was on the other side of the lighthouse today but came “running” when he heard the mother yelling at one of the juveniles getting too close, the big guy came and chased him off so Springtide ecotours got a bit of show today
  • Also some Green-winged Teals today along with harlequins, oystercatchers and eagles