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- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 0-10 NE
- Sky: cloudy throughout the day
- Water: calm
Boats/Visitors
- Saw a couple ecotours cruise by
Ecological
- still more sea lions than I expected to still be here, no elephant seal either.
Census
- Stellar Sea Lions – 343
- California Sea Lions, 152
- Harbour Seals – 13
- Gulls – 317
- Cormorants – 119
- Harlequinn Ducks – 18
- Black Turnstones – 24
- Eagle – 1
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- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 20-30 NE throughout the day
- Sky: cloudy all day
- Water: very wavy at least a metre waves
Boats/Visitors
- Saw one ecotour boat braving the elements today
Ecological
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 15-25 NE in the morning 5-10 NW in the afternoon
- Sky: partly cloudy throughout the day
- Water: choppy, about 1 metre waves
Boats/Visitors
- Had some ecotours cruise by
Ecological
- Saw the Harlequin ducks for the first time in months
- still plenty of sea lions but less everyday
- haven’t spotted an elephant seal today but I’m sure they are around
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 15-30 NE throughout the day
- Sky: cloudy all day bit of sunshine came through in the afternoon
- Water: choppy today
Boats/Visitors
- Some ecotours skipping across the waves today
Ecological
- less sea lions today than last week
Notes
- DnD was blasting again today
Census
- Stellar Sea Lions – 105
- California Sea Lions – 286
- Elephant Seals – 2
- Cormorants- 634
- Gulls – 308
- Geese – 14
- Oyster Catchers 8
- Black Turnstones – 8
- Eagles – 2
- Visibility: 0 Miles in the morning 15 the rest of the day
- Wind: 0-10 SE
- Sky: Foggy this morning, mostly clear the rest of the day
- Water: calm
Boats/Visitors
- Had quite a few ecotours cruise around today
Ecological
- 2 elephant seals spotted today and 2 eagles on the outer rocks
Notes
- Ran the desalinator and generator today, the freshwater tank is almost full
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 0-15 SE
- Sky: clear most of the day
- Water: calm
Boats/Visitors
- Had plenty of ecotours cruising by
Ecological
- Not as many sea lions today, they might have peaked by now but last year they didn’t start leaving until mid november
- there were a couple injured sea lions plus a dead one
- only saw one elephant seal today but I’m sure the others are around
- So many stellars, mostly on the outer rocks
- there was also an eagle
- haven’t seen the otter or any oyster catchers
- also saw a few humpbacks out there (not included in census)
Notes
- plenty of solar input today
Census
- Stellar Sea Lions – 235
- California Sea Lions – 421
- Harbour Seals – 18
- Elephant Seals – 1(seen) I’m sure there are at least 3 or 4 more around
- Gulls (unspecified) – 456
- Cormorants – 713
- Black Turnstones – 22
- Geese – 8
- Eagle – 1
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 10-15 NE
- Sky: pretty cloudy most of the day
- Water: calm
Boats/Visitors
- Had some ecotours drive by
Ecological
- so many sea lions
- 5 elephant seals scattered around
- a gull with a broken wing
- and some california gulls around
- also saw the eagle again today
Notes
- go to run the desalinator for awhile today, its been difficult to get to with all the sea lions around
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 0-10 NE
- Sky: Overcast
- Water: calm, sort of, there was a bit of a swell out there
Boats/Visitors
- Kyle dropped off a food order and helped with some facility work other than that there were the usual ecotours
Ecological
- More sea lions than last week
- Same 5 elephant seals
- a lot of birds, gulls, turnstones, oystercatchers, geese, cormorants and an eagle
- Still not sure if the sea otter is out there, he is very hard to see from here
Notes
- DnD was blasting today
- The new generator is working great, just need more fuel
Census
- California Sea Lions – 512
- Stellar Sea Lions – 141
- Unspecified Gulls – 620
- Cormorants – 228
- Black Turnstones – 26
- Oystercatchers – 22
- Geese – 16
- Eagle – 1
- Harbour Seals – 30
- Elephant Seals – 5
- 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: 10 Miles
- Wind: 20-30 NW
- Sky: cloudy and rainy
- Water: choppy no more than a 1 metre tall waves
Boats/Visitors
- some ecotours braved the wind and rain and came by
Ecological
- saw and eagle today for the first time in a while
Notes
- So happy it is finally raining, makes it easier to pressure wash and clean the solar panels
