10:45 – called tour boat” Great Pacific adventure to close to West and of North rocks chased three sea lions into water. We talked to Andrew.
11:52 small blast, no wildlife disturbed. Nesting goals visiting nesting areas early a.m. but do not stay all day. There are more glaucous-winged gulls arriving every day. gulls that over wintered [probably Thayer’s] are all gone except for 30. On February 14 they had all left
February 15 , 5 tour boats through reserve.
Cleaning chimneys, furnace filters etc.
wins East 15 kn.Maintenance on desalinator – cracked pipe.
11:20 – series of small blasts with minimal bird movement.
13:44 – three large lasts, cormorants and seagulls took flight
13:48 – 60% of sea lions now into water. Only five harbour seals seen going into water.
13:50+15:02 medium blasts – birds took flight. T
wins North 12.
11:52 – – 11:57:4 blasts approximately 1 minute apart – –
2500 seagulls and comrades took flight. 200 sea lions [60%] into the water with first blast. All but three sea lions into the water on the second blast. 30% of the harbour seals were into the water by the third blast.
winds in Northeast 25 kn.
14:30– a large blast from military on then on Bentinck island shook the house and 200 birds took flight. 14:31 – – another blast approximately 100 sea lions went into the water. 14:32 – – blast, approximately 30 more sea lions went into water. 14:56 blast cleared rocks of gulls and cormorants, seals and sea lions were inserted but did not enter the water.
14 bald eagles including nine mature, five immature, on Great Race. total sea lions in the reserve: 350, including 150 Steller’s.