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- Visibility: 5 Miles this morning then cleared to 15
- Wind: 20-30 SE this morning but is now 10-15 NW
- Sky: cloudy most of the day but the solar panels did get some sunlight
- Water: pretty rough most of the day
Boats/Visitors
Ecological
- plenty of sea lions as usual and the 5 female elephant seals
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 10-15 SE today but it is supposed to blow up tonight
- Sky: overcast all day
- Water: calm, no waves
Boats/Visitors
Ecological
- plenty of sea lions around. not sure if their numbers have peaked yet
- the 5 elephant seals are more scattered around today
Notes
- The new generator is working really well
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 5-15 SW
- Sky: cloudy throughout the day but got a good amount of sunshine
- Water: calm
Boats/Visitors
- some ecotours and fishing boats came by
Ecological
- plenty of sea lions around and the 5 female elephant seals are still around
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 0-15 NE
- Sky: overcast all day
- Water: flat but the current was moving
Boats/Visitors
- Ecotours and fishing boats coming by today
Ecological
- plenty of sea lions around not sure if the numbers have peaked yet
- saw humpbacks again out the kitchen window, they’ve been around for awhile
Notes
- The water sample the last couple days has shown a temperature of 9 degrees which is the lowest I’ve seen it in awhile
- The generator is working nicely
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 20-30 W this morning and switched to 0-5 N this evening
- Sky: overcast throughout the day
- Water: rough this morning and calmed down in the evening
Boats/Visitors
- Some ecotours came by today
Ecological
- planty of sea lions along with 5 beautiful female elephant seals of varying sizes
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 0-10 W
- Sky: cloudy throughout the day and a but of a drizzle this morning
- Water: calm, but the current was running pretty good
Boats/Visitors
- The new generator was set up today so we had a few people to come in and set that up which is great
Ecological
- even more sea lions this time, of both stellars and californias
- also 2 more elephant seal showed up this morning, both female
Notes
- tried to set up the electric fence again by the generator room but the sea lions tear back it down in minutes
- Saw the sea lions today that was darted a couple weeks ago and he is still healing (pictures in gallery)
- And the sea lion that currently has a band around its neck is still around
- There was a stellar that I thought might have something around his neck but it was just a gash, possibly from other sea lion?
Census
- Stellar Sea Lions – 62
- California Sea Lions – 456
- Elephant Seals – 5 (all female)
- Harbour Seals – 128
- Gulls (unspecified) – 524
- Cormorants – 367
- Black turnstones – 32
- Sparrows – 43
- Oyster Catchers – 6
- Sea Otter ( I can’t sea it very well but I’m sure it was around ) – 1
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 0-5 S
- Sky: some clouds but a lot of sunlight today
- Water: calm
Boats/Visitors
- some ecotours came by and I believe a coast guard boat
Ecological
- plenty of sea lions around and those 3 female elephant seals
Notes
- Looks like Coast Guard was doing something with the green buoy to the south of me
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 20-30
- Sky: partly cloudy throughout the day
- Water: very choppy, a lot of whitecaps out there
Boats/Visitors
- Had some ecotours come by today
Ecological
- the 3 elephant seals and the sea lion with the neck band are still around
- the majority of the sea lions are around the guest house
- Visibility: 0 Miles at some points and 15 Miles at other points during the day
- Wind: 0-15 W
- Sky: overcast all day, with some fog banks rolling in
- Water: calm
Boats/Visitors
- a few ecotours came by today
Ecological
- the neck banded sea lion was by the guest house, pictures included
Notes
- having a difficult time keeping the sea lions away from the generator room
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 5-15 SE
- Sky: clear today
- Water: calm
Boats/Visitors
- quite a few ecotours, saillboats and fishing boats around
Ecological
- sea lions seem to want to be more on the main rock, trying to keep them away from the house and the generator room
- the three female elephant seals are still here
Notes
- the neck banded sea lion is by the guest house today, pictures at the end of the gallery
