It’s been a busy couple of days out here!

The humpbacks have been breaching, tail lobbing, lunge feeding, and lounging in and around the reserve. You really can’t look out any window here and NOT see one.

Yesterday we had a diesel drop off, the battery room door is now new and functional, and we have a new YSI that turns on!

An oil change was also done on the generator so we are good to go!

This morning the fence didn’t need any repairs (a true miracle), and thanks to a text from my cousin who happened to be on a nearby ecotourism boat, I saw a fur seal!

A northern fur seal doing what we call “jug handling”

The Pearson students arrived this afternoon and will be staying until tomorrow morning, it’s always nice to have visitors!

Facility Work:
Topped up battery electrolytes
Diesel delivery
Topped up diesel in generator
Oil chance generator

Vessels:
Private: 5
Ecotourism: 16

Census:

Mammals:

• Steller sea lion: 455
• California sea lion: 902
• Harbour seal: 105
• Elephant seal: 1
• Northern fur seal: 1
• Humpbacks: 20+

Sleepy elephant seal

Harbour seal defending its rock!

Ouch

Birds:

• Gulls: 520
• Cormorants: 832
• Canadian geese: 10
• Oyster catcher: 1
• Sparrows/Swallows: so many but I can’t ID them without a photo and they were flitting around too fast for me to get any!