Had a few ecotours and divers go by today, no visitors
Ecological
There has been a consistent number of bald eagles, cormorants and black oyster catchers the past few days.
Elephant seal pups and mother are doing well. Still hanging around very close to the main house.
A younger male started to approach the female today but Bernard (the dominant male elephant seal) was quick to assert his presence and drive the young bull off.
Been able to see Mount Baker very well the last few days with the sunshine and clear skies.
The elephant seal family have been hanging around very close to the house lately, right in front of the door! They don’t seem to mind me coming and going and taking the odd picture too much though.
Census
Stellar Sea Lions – 97
California Sea Lions – 100
Harbour Seals – 12
Elephant Seals – 6 (3 males, 1 female and 2 pups)
Cormorants – 74
Gulls – 165
Bald Eagles – 11
Black Turnstones – 15
Black Oystercatchers – 7
Canada Geese – 2
Notes
Had gale force winds all day today, at least the sun was out though!
Got a photo of the juvenile female on the east side of the island, her tail was tagged D-018, she seemed to be doing alright, no clear injuries
The younger pup seems to be cuddling up to both moms quite a bit, she tried to nurse off the other mom again, I didn’t catch her actually nursing off the other mom but included a photo of her trying
I suspect the new pup is female as well but I am not completely sure
Notes
quite a bit of the roofing came off the tank shed in the last big storm a couple days, I collected it and managed to get most of it in one spot
