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Weather
Visibility: 10 miles in the morning, later 15.
Wind: 5-10 knots North
Sky: overcast and some rain
Water: calm
Ecological
Just the weaner on Great Race today.
He has a bit of a snotty nose. I suppose he has a cold?
I encountered my first pair of aggressive Canada Geese today.
Perhaps the nesting has begun?
Boats
The Pacific Scout Pilot boat passed through Race Passage today.
No eco-tours that I saw.
Other
Lots of DND blasting today.
There were blasts at the following times:
10:38, 11:05, 13:18, 13:20, 15:19, 15:21, and 15:49.
The first few blasts really startled the birds, especially the Pigeon Guillemots.
There was one final blast at 21:05. That is very unusual..
Weather
Visibility: 15 miles
Wind: 0-5 knots North, later 15-20 West
Sky: overcast
Water: calm in the morning, later a 1′ chop
Ecological
Two elephant seals on Great Race today.
Adult male and the weaner.
They both went down to the water by evenfall.
e-seal
same e-seal with friend
Maintenance
Hand pumped more diesel into the day tank.
Cleaned the solar panels.
Topped up more of the battery bank. Over half finished now!
Boats
Only saw one eco-tour.
A few fishing boats just outside the reserve.
DND zodiac out and about during blasting.
Other
Lots of loud DND blasting today.
There were blasts at the following times:
10:48, 10:50, 11:10, 11:25, 13:36, 13:38, 13:56, 14:19, 14:34, and 14:51.
Weather
Visibility: 15 miles
Wind: 5-10 knots NE, later N
Sky: overcast, sprinklings of rain
Water: calm in the morning, later 3′ chop on the eastern half of the reserve, calm on the western half.
It’s hard to get a photo that accurately conveys how big the waves were!
Ecological
Two elephant seals on Great Race.
I spied a couple of crows, perhaps up to mischief.
Other
One float plane passed over the reserve.
Weather
Visibility: 15 miles
Wind: 15-20 knots West, later 5-10 South
Sky: mostly clear, a few drops of rain
Water: 1′ chop
Ecological
The same two elephant seals on Great Race today.
The weaner spent the whole day snoozing beside the house.
The bigger fellah hardly moved all day, except the one time he tried to climb up the rock wall, and couldn’t!
Saw a killdeer again.
Maintenance
Transferred diesel from the Student House basement tank, into a barrel, and then into the tidy tank.
Ran the desalinator.
Weather
Visibility: 15 miles
Wind: 10-15 knots North, later NW
Sky: mostly clear
Water: 1′ chop
Ecological
The weaner was back on Great Race today, over by the base of the tower.
The other male is still here too.
I saw some rock sandpipers today. Perhaps I failed to pick them out from the surfbirds yesterday.
Rock sandpiper and Surfbirds
Maintenance
Hand pumped more diesel into the day tank.
Boats
Other
Lots of DND blasting today.
Big blasts at the following times:
9:48, 9:50, 10:06, 10:22, 12:00, and 12:02.
Bigger bangs at the following times:
14:09 and 14:12.
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Tagged bald eagle , Canada goose , DND blasting , elephant seal , rock sandpiper , surfbird , weaner
Weather
Visibility: 15 miles
Wind: 5-10 knots North
Sky: overcast
Water: rippled
Ecological
Census day!
The weaner was gone this morning. Hopefully he is ok.
Normally I only ever see killdeer at night, but today I saw a pair off and on all day!
California Sea Lions: 85
Harbour Seals: 44
Steller (Northern) Sea Lions: 39
Elephant Seals: 1 male
Seagulls unspecified: 269 (same total two weeks in a row!)
Pigeon Guillemots: 241
Cormorants unspecified: 57
Surfbirds: 49
Harlequin Ducks: 32 (16 males and 16 females)
Black Turnstones: 22
Canada Geese: 13
Black Oystercatchers: 9
Bald Eagles: 6 (2 adults, 4 immature)
Killdeer: 2
Boats
Kyle stopped by for 1 minute to exchange the extra security camera for a new Wifi access point.
There were several fishing boats literally yards outside the Rockfish Conservation Area.
A few eco-tours came by.
Maintenance
Installed the new Wifi access point in the Students’ House.
Other
Lots of DND blasting today.
Small blasts at the following times:
10:25, 10:27, 10:45, and 12:34.
Larger blasts at the following times:
12:32, 12:53, 14:52, 14:54, and 15:11.
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Tagged bald eagle , Black Oystercatcher , black-turnstone , california sea lion , Canada goose , cormorant , DND blasting , elephant seal , harbour seal , harlequin duck , killdeer , Northern sea lion , pigeon guillemot , seagull , Steller Sea lion , surfbird
Weather
Visibility: 15 miles
Wind: 5-10 knots West in the morning
Around 15:30 the wind picked up to 25+ knots West. 18:00 peak at 42 knots.
Sky: overcast, then some blue sky, then some rain
Water: no visible wave crests, but lots of surge
Ecological
One of the larger male e-seals returned in the morning.
The weaner is still around.
Lots of bald eagles in the reserve.
harlequin ducks
Maintenance
Kyle and I took a look at the diesel hand pump and the desalinator.
Boats
Kyle came out in Second Nature with the 2 person film crew to take some footage.
Several eco-tours came by later on.
A few boats out fishing halibut just beyond the reserve.
Visitors
Kyle and the film crew were on the island for about 2 hours.
Other
Lots of DND blasting today.
There were blasts at the following times:
10:00~, 12:50, 12:52, 13:12, 13:20, 13:23.
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Tagged bald eagle , DND blasting , elephant seal , gale warning , halibut , harlequin duck , weaner
Weather
Visibility: 15 miles
Wind: 20-25 knots N/NE in the morning, down to zero in the evening
Sky: overcast
Water: 1′ chop
Ecological
The weaner did more wandering around today.
I observed/listened to a pair of bald eagles talking to each other.
Maintenance
Checked and topped up over 1/4 of the battery bank.
Boats
Kyle brought out a small film crew in Second Nature to film the Steller sea lions.
However it was too choppy at the jetty to land, so they simply did a boat tour instead.
A couple of eco-tours came by later on.
Weather
Visibility: 15+ miles, Mt. Baker clearly visible
Wind: 20-25 knots NE in the morning and evening, down to near zero in the middle
Sky: mix of sun and clouds
Water: 1′ chop
Sunrise
Olympics
Mt. Baker
ditto
Ecological
The weaner went on a few adventures around the house. He even wiggled his way into the doorway, temporarily blocking me from entering the house.
Quite a few Canada Geese on the island.
Also some eagle action.
I saw one eagle flying around with a fish, but I couldn’t get a good photo.
Maintenance
Started checking the water levels in the battery room.
Tried to manually pump diesel into the day tank without much success.
Boats
Several eco-tours came by today.
A tug pulling a barge that had a couple of boats on it passed to the north of the reserve.
A bit redundant, transporting a boat over water, isn’t it?
Other
It was my birthday today.
Funny how it seems just like any other day when you are alone with no one to remind you.
A unique birthday vibe.
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