Saturday

Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind: 5-15 NE
  • Sky: Very Sunny
  • Water: Calm

Boats/Visitors

  • Saw quite a few boats today, tour boats, fishing boats and sailboats

Ecological

  • Seems like the seals and sea lions spent most of the day either lazing in the sun or cooling off in the water, the gulls seem to be extra rowdy today, not sure why

Other

  • the batteries don’t seem to be taking in enough solar power, I find it odd that I still have to run the generator today even though its been very sunny for the past few days

Census

Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind: 15-25 SW this morning, down to 5-15 SW this afternoon
  • Sky: Very Sunny
  • Water: Waves about a metre this morning, to flat in the afternoon

Boats/Visitors

  • a few boats went by today, saw some tour boats, fishing boats and sailboats

Ecological

  • Quite a few of the sea lions were in the water today, with their fins up, soaking in the sunlight

Census

  • Stellar Sea Lions – 35
  • California Sea Lions – 38
  • Harbour Seals – 27
  • Elephant Seals – 2 females and 3 males
  • Gulls – 213
  • Cormorants – 24
  • Eagles – 5
  • Harlquin Ducks – 14
  • Black Turnstones – 18
  • Black Oyster Catchers – 8
  • Geese – 12
  • Fox Sparrows – 2

Wednesday

Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind: 10-20 NE
  • Sky: cloudy with sunny periods
  • Water: choppy, 1-2 metres

Boats/Visitors

  • Had the guys working on the project by the student house here today
  • Kyle came by with a student as well to show him around a bit
  • Had an ecotour and a couple fishing boats and a sailboat cruise by today as well

Ecological

  • Both pups still around this morning, the younger pup found a safe spot away from the males near the helicopter pad, so she did a bit of rock climbing to get there
  • also saw a few Killdeer birds around today

Visitors

Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind: 0-10 NE
  • Sky: Sunny
  • Water: Pretty calm

Boats/Visitors

  • Had some people come by today to work on a project by the student house
  • Guy brought the Race Rocks boat by today and put it in the boat shed, will hopefully be getting trained next week

Ecological

  • The oldest pup came back today, I think she just went out for a swim yesterday
  • The younger pup has moved around a bit and she has mostly been left alone today too

Monday

Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind: 10-15 SW
  • Sky: Cloudy with some sunshine
  • Water: pretty calm, a bit of chop

Boats/Visitors

  • Some boats were cruising by today, fishing and ecotour

Ecological

  • The oldest pup is nowhere to be found today, she was near the boat shed last night and I have walked around the island a couple times today but I have not seen her anywhere
  • there is a fourth male elephant seal swimming around, he looks pretty young and I think he has been here before
  • The youngest pup has been trying to fend off the other males today

Beautiful Day

Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind: 0-10 SE
  • Sky: Sunny all day
  • Water: calm

Boats/Visitors

  • A few ecotours, fishing boats and divers today

Ecological

  • a bit of movement today, one of the younger males was chasing the older pup and the bug guy stepped in and chased and the younger male off
  • the geese are seem to be starting to nest so they are getting louder and more aggressive

Friday

Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind: 5-15 NE
  • Sky: Cloudy with some sun in the afternoon
  • Water: on the calmer side today

Boats/Visitors

  • quite a few boats cruising around today

Ecological

  • All seems well with the elephants, they haven’t moved much today
  • the geese are getting a bit more annoying, looks like they will start nesting soon

Census

Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind: 10-20 NE
  • Sky: Sunny all day
  • Water: Choppy 1-2 metres

Boats/Visitors

  • Saw some boats cruising by

Ecological

  • The pups are doing well, one of the younger males was attacking the oldest pup until Bernard came along and chased him off

Census

  • Stellar Sea Lions – 80
  • California Sea Lions – 62
  • Harbour Seals – 28
  • Elephant Seals – 2 female pups, 3 males
  • Geese – 12
  • Oystercatchers – 16
  • Eagles – 6
  • Harlequinn Ducks – 9
  • Gulls – 283
  • Cormorants – 60
  • Black Turnstones – 35