Wildlife notes
The wounded Olympic gull was not seen today, dead or alive. The carcass of the dead California sea lion on East Beach has gone from brown to pink, to white and is now being unwrapped. The birds have peeled back the skin on its skull!
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- January 19
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- February 4
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- February 1
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- February 4
On to more pleasant things… an image of the elephant seals, mom and the growing pup, asleep in the hollow. In the image below, on Sylvia’s chest just below her right front flipper is a round scar. I think she may have been here last spring to molt. In the May 18th 2025 post is a female with the same scar. Her hatred for the gulls is not new. In the May 31st 2025 post that same female is seen bellowing at a gull.
Sylvia and Ms. B. Lackie on day 16
Facility work
- cutting firewood
- helping Richard to finish the install of the new LED lights, hang the new framed marine charts and fix the down spout on the Keepers house.
Visitors
Two groups of students came to take notes on the wildlife and view the elephant seals.
Vessels
- Ecotourism: 2
- Private: 0
DND Activity
There were no detonations today but a lot of helicopter activity and impressive exercises. They were dropping inflatable boats and swimmers into the ebbing current in Race Passage.
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- Flying with an inflatable boat
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- Dropping the folded inflatble
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- A swimmer leaving the helicopter
Weather
Partly cloudy. Winds mostly light from the northeast. Day time temperatures 9 to 12 degrees.