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Weather
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 12-15 NE
- Sky: mostly sunny
- Water: mostly calm, a bit choppy
Boats/Visitors
- noticed one larger tour boat cruise by
Ecological
- elephant seal pup is back
- seemed to be more stellar sea lions around today than usual on the east rocks
- saw an eagle snatch a crow chick and fight off it’s parents in flight. RIP lil crow.
Notes
- the weather has been fantastic this week with lots of sun!
Weather
- Visibility: Very foggy early morning but cleared right up by 8:30am
- Wind: 11-16 NE throughout the day
- Sky: sunny with cloudy periods
- Water: mostly calm, a bit choppy
Boats/Visitors
- Had about 7 boats cruise by in the last week
- had a small tour come ashore last saturday morning of pearson college students
Ecological
- had a young harbour seal that was on the island for a few days but is gone now
- there are a pair of eagles hanging around for the last week
- large male elephant seal was here for 6 days and left last night
- caught a quick glimpse of what looked like a small sea otter running by the jetty yesterday morning
Other
- had a very large blast go off from Rocky Point that shook the house and startled birds.
Notes
- enjoyed my first week here at Race Rocks!
Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 0-10 NE
Sky: cloudy and rainy
Water: a bit choppy this morning, calm now
Boats/Visitors
- Had a couple boats cruise by and a helicopter flew by a couple times
Census
- California sea lions – 215
- Stellar sea lions – 159
- Harbour seals – 22
- Elephant seals – 1 large male
- Gulls – 307
- Cormorants – 68
- Geese – 14
- Eagles – 4
Notes
- well I am off tomorrow and Mikey will be the new ecoguardian until my return in 5 weeks
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 15-30 NW throughout the day
- Sky: cloudy for the most part, bit of sun came through
- Water: a bit choppy today
Boats/Visitors
- Had a couple boats cruise by
Ecological
- a few hundred sea lions still
- and one big male elephant seal in front of the house
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 5-15 SE
- Sky: cloudy but got a good amount of sun
- Water: calm
Boats/Visitors
- Had a few boats cruise by
Ecological
- same amount of sea lions
- one large male elephant seal
- plenty of harbour seals
- and I finally saw a pod of maybe 8 orcas today
Notes
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 20-45 SW throughout the day
- Sky: cloudy
- Water: choppy today, I would say waves came up to a metre
Boats/Visitors
- didn’t really see any passing boats today
Ecological
- still quite a few sea lions around
- and one big male elephant seal
- I haven’t seen the harbour seal pup today
Notes
- the wind is really picking now, in the 40’s tonight
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 15-30 NE
- Sky: cloudy
- Water: a bit choppy today
Boats/Visitors
- Had a couple boats cruise by, some divers
Ecological
- There a seal pup by the jetty that I took a lot of photos of
- a large male elephant seal showed up around 4pm, also by the jetty
- still plenty of eagles around
Notes
- looks like the wind is going to pick up again for a few days
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 15-30 SW throughout the day
- Sky: cloudy for the most part, bit of sun came through
- Water: a bit choppy today
Boats/Visitors
- Had a couple boats cruise by
Ecological
- slightly less sea lions
- also saw, oystercatchers, harlequinns
- a couple eagles
Notes
- looks like the wind is going to pick up again tonight
Census
- Stellar Sea Lions – 267
- California Sea Lions – 142
- Harbour Seals – 14
- Elephant Seals – possibly one on the outer rocks, not sure
- Gulls – 275
- Cormorants – 321
- Black Turnstones – 32
- Geese – 16
- Oystercatchers – 4
- Harlequinn Ducks – 16
- Eagles – 2
- Visibility: 0 Miles in the morning 15 in the afternoon
- Wind: 0-15 SW
- Sky: cloudy for the most part, bit of sun came through
- Water: a bit choppy today
Boats/Visitors
- Had a few boats cruise by
Ecological
- same amount of sea lions, no elephant seals yet
Notes
- had a good amount of fog in the morning, went away in the afternoon
