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Weather
Visibility: 15 miles
Wind: 10-15 knots West
In the evening, 20-26 knots West
Sky: mostly clear
Water: calm
Sun
rise
Ecological
Five elephant seals on Great Race today.
I spied a sea otter swimming through the South Channel!
Saw a couple of Short-billed Dowitchers, along with another mystery bird.
Alas, I had not the camera on me to document this bird; it may have been a Western Sandpiper though!
Also saw a swallow for the first time!
Sea otter
Pigeon guillemots and Harlequin ducks
Maintenance
Cleaned the solar panels.
Ran the desalinator.
Boats
Kyle dropped off two of my friends in Second Nature.
Several eco-tours came by.
Visitors
Ian and Stephen came over for a one night visit.
They are friends with yours truly, Riley Strother.
R. Strother at work.
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Weather
Visibility: 15 miles
Wind: 0-5 knots West
In the evening, 15-20 knots West
Sky: mostly overcast and a few drops of rain.
Water: calm
Ecological
There were six elephant seals on Great Race today.
Other than some brief interactions between two of them near the flagpole, all six kept far apart on separate parts of the island.
The weaner has only moved about 10 feet since yesterday.
Watched a bald eagle eat a meal on the driftwood lumber pile.
Boats
Only one eco-tour that I noticed today.
Weather
Visibility: 15 miles
Wind: 25-30 knots North East
In the afternoon, 20-25 knots West
In the evening, 10-15 knots West
Sky: mostly overcast and a few drops of rain.
Water: 1′ chop
A nice view of the snow on Hurricane Ridge in the morning.
Ecological
Four elephant seals on Great Race today.
The weaner slept all day beside the main house.
Maintenance
On this Earth Day, I would like to take the time to thank (however corny it made sound) the framework of the Ecological Reserve, which helps to maintain the wild beauty of these spectacular islands!
Boats
One fishing boat, and a couple of eco-tours came by today.
Weather
Visibility: 15 miles
Wind: 0-5 knots South.
From 17:00 onwards, 15-20 knots West.
Sky: clear and sunny most of the day.
From 17:00 onwards, some clouds and rain.
Water: calm
Ecological
Census day!
One sea lion was branded U958.
Colour wise it looks like a Steller, but if you look at the head I think it was a California.
Laura and her class found a sculpin (type of fish) head.
Four of what I suspect to be Short-billed Dowitchers today. Fun to watch!
Didn’t see the killdeer today, which is unusual.
Steller (Northern) Sea Lions: 66
Harbour Seals: 60
California Sea Lions: 57
Elephant Seals: 13 (4 on Great Race, 9 on Middle Rock)
Pigeon Guillemots: 269
Seagulls unspecified: 154
Surfbirds: 57
Canada Geese: 17
Black Turnstones: 17
Cormorants unspecified: 14
Harlequin Ducks: 9 (5 males and 4 females)
Black Oystercatchers: 6
Savannah Sparrows: 6
Short-billed Dowitchers: 4..https://www.racerocks.ca/short-billed-dowitcher/
Bald Eagles: 2 (2 adults, 0 immature)
Boats
A couple of eco-tours came by.
Second Nature came out multiple times, delivering 4 groups of students.
On her second last return, she had overheating issues, so Kyle had to come out in Haiku for the last trip.
Visitors
Kyle, James, Laura, and 26 students came out to Race Rocks today.
The students were doing a walk about with Laura, discussing marine biology for their upcoming final exam.
James did some work on the Davis Weather station and got most of it working again.
Other
Four DND blasts today.
10:05, 10:07, 11:24, and 11:26.
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Weather
Visibility: 15 miles
Wind: 5-10 knots West
Sky: overcast, sprinklings of rain in the afternoon
Water: calm
Ecological
Three elephant seals on Great Race, three on Middle Rock.
The newest elephant seal went over to the western part of the island, and seemed genuinely surprised to see me when I passed by.
The first time she saw me her eyes nearly popped out of their sockets at me.
She had some fresh minor wounds on her back.
I saw five eagles sharing a kill on the South Seal Rocks. There was a sixth one nearby.
Maintenance
Boats
Lots of eco-tours came by today. At least six.
I watched the odd looking Dutch cargo ship the Happy Ranger, with her Big Lift ability, wander through the strait.
Weather Visibility: 15+ miles
Mount Baker clearly visible!
Wind: 15-20 knots North East
Sky: clear and sunny
Water: 1′ chop
A nice sunrise!
Ecological
Two elephant seals on Great Race.
Maintenance
Cleaned the solar panels.
Some goose work.
Boats
A few eco-tours came by today.
Weather
Visibility: 15 miles
Wind: 5-10 knots North West
Sky: clear and sunny all day
Water: calm
Ecological
Two e-seals on Great Race.
Two e-seals
Crow & goose
Easter bouquet
Sea lions & eagles
Maintenance
Ran the desalinator.
Did some goose work.
Boats
A few boats wandered by.
The Mahimahi, a US container ship departed from Seattle, was especially noisy as it passed by.
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Tagged bald eagle , Black Oystercatcher , black-turnstone , branded , california sea lion , Canada goose , cormorant , crow , elephant seal , harbour seal , harlequin duck , kayak , nest , Northern sea lion , pigeon guillemot , river otter , savannah sparrow , seagull , Steller Sea lion , surfbird
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