Wildlife notes

It has been a regular day here with little to report on. The two female elephant seals are still here. The smaller of the two looks thinner each day. The larger of the two, who arrived on May 18th (Sunday surprise) looks as though she will start her molt soon. The brown pelicans haven’t been seen in days. The Canada geese haven’t run out of food yet, so they are still here. The eagles continue to fly overhead and send the birds to the skies.

Facility work

• cleaned the solar panels
• finished fixing and sorting the compost bins

As I needed to empty the composting toilet, I figured it was an opportune time to finish working on the compost bins. After the tiring and displeasing work (removing the grasses and invasive sow thistles and other items, consolidating the mushy toilet bags into one bin and distributing well composted material), it was kind of fun – I got to do some chainsaw carpentry!  I fixed the base rock work, cut and replaced the rotten bottom drop boards and cut and mounted new stringers. Now we have two bins – one which will be ready to disperse next year and one to add new material to. I finished it off by hand pulling the weeds from the perimeter and weed whacking the grass around it and it looks really nice now!

Sow thistle and grass in the compost bin

Bin on on the top – partially composted material for dispersal next year. Bin on the bottom – cleared out and ready for new material.

DND Activity

Several blasts were heard today. A few birds took flight.

Vessels

• Ecotourism: 10
• Private: 2

Weather

Clear skies. Winds variable 1 – 15 knots. Daytime temperatures: low 10, high 18.