Category Archives: Marine Vessels

Friday

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Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind: 0-20 SE
  • Sky: Overcast
  • Water: Waves 1-2 metres
  • Hardly any wind today but the waves were a good size and there was a light rain throughout the day

Boats/Visitors

  • a few ecotours went by today
  • Guy and Mike came by to make sure the generator and all the new batteries and inverters were running well

Ecological

  • 6 adult female elephant seals in front of the house, one pup stayed near the jetty and I have not seen the other pup today, I think she is might be out hunting which is great, she’s lost a lot of baby fat

Census

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Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind: 10-20 NW
  • Sky: Partly Cloudy
  • Water: Calm

Boats/Visitors

  • a few ecotours went by today
  • Guy, Dan and Travis dropped by today to work on the internet and help me with a couple chores

Ecological

  • Yet another 2 females came by today making a total of 9 elephant seals all of them female

Census

  • stellar sea lions – 28
  • california sea lions – 35
  • harbour seals – 12
  • elephant seals – 9 female
  • gulls – 150
  • cormorants – 28
  • pigeon guillemots – 52
  • black turnstones – 18
  • harlequinn ducks – 12
  • oyster catchers – 14
  • fox sparrows – 2
  • geese – 12

Turkey Vulture

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Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind: 10-40 NW
  • Sky: Partly Cloudy
  • Water: Choppy, under a metre

Boats/Visitors

  • a few ecotours went by today

Ecological

  • Another tagged female elephant seal showed up today with a tag on her but I couldn’t get a good look at the tag, just that it was green
  • A turkey vulture flew around a few times before leaving
  • a killdeer was running around

Black Bellied Plover

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Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind: 5-15 NW up to 25 in late afternoon
  • Sky: Overcast with a few sunny spots
  • Water: Calm

Boats/Visitors

  • a few ecotours went by today

Ecological

  • 6 female elephant seals all together, the pups are by the lighthouse the other 4 are the flag pole
  • saw a Black bellied plover today and got a few photos of it
  • the geeses are now laying eggs, saw 3 nests today

Census

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Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind: 5-15 NE
  • Sky: Overcast
  • Water: calm

Boats/Visitors

  • quite a few ecotours went by this morning

Ecological

  • Same five female elephants around but less sea lions around

Census

  • stellar sea lions – 17
  • california sea lions – 28
  • harbour seals – 12
  • elephant seals – 5 female
  • gulls – 128
  • cormorants – 18
  • pigeon guillemots – 39
  • black turnstones – 18
  • harlequinn ducks – 12
  • oyster catchers – 14
  • fox sparrows – 2
  • geese – 14

Kayakers

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Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind: 0-10 SW
  • Sky: Overcast
  • Water: Calm

Boats/Visitors

  • a few boats went by today, including ecotour, fishing boats and a couple kayakers

Ecological

  • All 5 female elephant seals are still doing good
  • there were plenty of harbour seals around
  • the geese will probably start nesting soon but I haven’t seen any clear nests yet
  • and saw a common merganser by the harlequinn ducks

 

Monday

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Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind: 15-30 NW
  • Sky: Sunny, clouds in the late afternoon
  • Water: Calm in the morning really picked up in the afternoon 1-2 metres

Boats/Visitors

  • a few boats went by this morning

Ecological

  • still the same 5 female elephant seals around, there was some movement with the pups, one of them was in the water for a bit this morning

Saturday

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Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind: 0-15 W
  • Sky: Sunny
  • Water: Calm throughout the day

Boats/Visitors

  • quite a few boats our there today, ecotours and fishing boats

Ecological

  • Another juvenile female showed up today, I think its the same one from a few days ago that doesn’t have a tag on her, she is staying close to the two larger females but the pups aren’t anywhere near them