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Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 15-25 NW
Sky: Partly Cloudy
Water: Waves under a metre
Boats/Visitors
a few ecotours went by today
Lauras marine science class had their final exam here today which was about 45 students so that was fun
Ecological
about a dozen elephant seals, one male still here, the rest female
I am so sure I got the final goose nest today and am hopefully done addling
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Tagged addling , Canada goose , ecotour , elephant seal , goose , students , visitors
Weather
Visibility: 0-15 Miles
Wind: 10-30 NW
Sky: Partly Cloudy to dense fog in the late afternoon
Water: Calm
Boats/Visitors
a few ecotours went by today
Guy, came by with a few guys to start moving out the old batteries so the new batteries will hopefully be lifted off the concrete soon and we won’t have to run the generator as much
Ecological
Still a dozen elephants, one young male among all the females
Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 0-10 W
Sky: Clear and sunny
Water: Flat calm
Boats/Visitors
many boats going by today, ecotours, sailboats, fishing boats
Guy also came by to pick up the students that stayed in the student house lastnight
Ecological
about a dozen elephants, one male and the rest female
not too many sea lions around though
Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 0-20 NW
Sky: Partly Cloudy
Water: Calm
Boats/Visitors
a few ecotours went by today
along with two kayakers and a bunch of sailboats
Ecological
about a dozen elephants, quite a few different birds and not a lot of sea lions about today
a possible sea otter in the north kelp bed but I couldn’t see it, but there were boats circling around there
saw an oyster catcher nest as well
Census
stellar sea lions – 12
california sea lions – 25
harbour seals – 32
elephant seals – 11 female, 1 male
gulls – 180
cormorants – 18
pigeon guillemots – 220
harlequinn ducks – 12
oyster catchers – 14
fox sparrows – 10
geese – 16
eagles – 2
sea otter – maybe 1
Posted in Animal census , Bird Notes , Ecoguardians Log , Mammal Notes , Marine Vessels
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Tagged california , census , cormorant , Eagles , ecotour , elephantseal , foxsparrow , geese , gull , harbourseal , harlequinnduck , kayak , nest , oystercatcher , pigeonguillemots , sailing , sealion , seaotter , stellar
Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 15-30 NW
Sky: Partly Cloudy
Water: Wave 0-2 metres
Boats/Visitors
a few ecotours went by today
Ecological
12 elephant seals all together, one young male and 11 females
will update census tomorrow
Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 15-25 NW
Sky: Partly Cloudy
Water: Waves under a metre
Boats/Visitors
a few ecotours went by today
Guy and Clarence came by for a fuel delivery, I needed to top up my big tank
Ecological
about 11 elephant seals today, 10 female, one young male
the elephants are blocking a goose off from its nest again, they seem to like the spot
Weather
Visibility: 0-15 Miles
Wind: 10-25 SW
Sky: From dense fog to sunshine throughout the day
Water: A bit wavy, under a metre
Boats/Visitors
the middle of the day was nice so there were quite a few boats out
Guy stopped by today to get the big fuel tank
Ecological
Total of 9 female elephants and one young male
the geese I think are done laying eggs, but I’m not totally sure
it also looks like their might be some oyster catcher nests around, need to take a closer look
Other
the fog was pretty dense my fog horn was going off from 10pm last night to 7am this morning and again around 8-9 or 10am
Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 10-20 NW
Sky: Partly Cloudy
Water: Waves under a metre
Boats/Visitors
a few ecotours went by today
as well as some sailboats and fishing boats
Ecological
a couple of the female elephants were blocking off a goose from her nest and the goose was pretty upset but the elephant seals could not be bothered and stayed napping there for a while
Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 5-30 NW
Sky: Partly Cloudy
Water: waves maybe a metre
Boats/Visitors
a few ecotours went by today along with many sailboats and fishing boats the wind was very low most of the day until late afternoon
Ecological
about 9 female elephants and one young male
Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 0-15 SW
Sky: Partly Cloudy
Water: Calm
Boats/Visitors
a few ecotours went by today alone with a bunch of sailboats and fishing boats in this beautiful weather
also a few divers around the island
Ecological
about 9 female elephants and one young male, they were all in and out of the water today
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