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Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 10-40 NW
Sky: Partly Cloudy
Water: Choppy, under a metre
Boats/Visitors
a few ecotours went by today
Ecological
Another tagged female elephant seal showed up today with a tag on her but I couldn’t get a good look at the tag, just that it was green
A turkey vulture flew around a few times before leaving
a killdeer was running around
Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 5-15 NE
Sky: Overcast
Water: Choppy under a metre
Boats/Visitors
a few ecotours went by today
a few other boats went by as well
Ecological
6 female elephant seals on island
the pups keep to themselves, the mature ones stick together
the black bellied plover was still around today
Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 5-15 NW up to 25 in late afternoon
Sky: Overcast with a few sunny spots
Water: Calm
Boats/Visitors
a few ecotours went by today
Ecological
6 female elephant seals all together, the pups are by the lighthouse the other 4 are the flag pole
saw a Black bellied plover today and got a few photos of it
the geeses are now laying eggs, saw 3 nests today
Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 5-15 W
Sky: Overcast
Water: Choppy about a metre
Boats/Visitors
a few ecotours went by today
Ecological
Another adult female elephant seal showed up today but she has no tag on her
the other 5 are still here
lost track of one of the pups, she must be around here somewhere
Weather
Visibility: 0-15 Miles
Wind: 5-15 SE
Sky: Overcast and had some fog
Water: Calm
Boats/Visitors
a few ecotours went by today
had a couple by to work on the generator
Ecological
Same 5 female elephant seals around, they moved around a bit today, the pups were in the water for a while this morning
Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 5-15 NE
Sky: Overcast
Water:Â calm
Boats/Visitors
quite a few ecotours went by this morning
Ecological
Same five female elephants around but less sea lions around
Census
stellar sea lions – 17
california sea lions – 28
harbour seals – 12
elephant seals – 5 female
gulls – 128
cormorants – 18
pigeon guillemots – 39
black turnstones – 18
harlequinn ducks – 12
oyster catchers – 14
fox sparrows – 2
geese – 14
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Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 5-20 NE
Sky: Overcast
Water: Calm this morning, waves in the afternoon 1-2 metres
Boats/Visitors
haven’t seen much boat activity but Guy did drop off a food order for me this morning
Ecological
the pups were playing together in the water this morning then came up to the front yard for awhile then all 5 female elephant seals went down to the water and they are there now
Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 0-10 SW
Sky: Overcast
Water: Calm
Boats/Visitors
a few boats went by today, including ecotour, fishing boats and a couple kayakers
Ecological
All 5 female elephant seals are still doing good
there were plenty of harbour seals around
the geese will probably start nesting soon but I haven’t seen any clear nests yet
and saw a common merganser by the harlequinn ducks
Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 15-30 NW
Sky: Sunny, clouds in the late afternoon
Water: Calm in the morning really picked up in the afternoon 1-2 metres
Boats/Visitors
a few boats went by this morning
Ecological
still the same 5 female elephant seals around, there was some movement with the pups, one of them was in the water for a bit this morning
Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 20-40 SW
Sky: Partly Cloudy
Water: Waves 1-2 metres
Boats/Visitors
Didn’t really see any boats today, its been blowing pretty hard
Ecological
the 5 female elephant seals are still around, no new ones today
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