Weather:
- Visibility: 10-14 miles
- Wind: 10-20 knots
- Sky: Slightly cloudy clearing to sunny and clear
- Water: rippled
Boats/Visitors:
- Yesterday there were 20+ whale watching vessels in the reserve.
- Today we had a group of 9 from Pearson College visit and tour the island.
Ecological:
- Lately we have been having very low tides, and today we spotted two gumboot chitons on the jetty track in an area that would not normally be exposed.
- The younger goslings are learning to swim!
- The two large male elephant seals appear to be beginning to moult. Today we noticed that one of them has some cracking skin in his chin area.
- Over the past few days we have noticed more bald eagles, and notably a few young ones.
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- One of two gumboot chitons spotted on the jetty this afternoon.
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- Foot, gills, mouth and mantle cavity of the gumboot chiton.
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- One of the male sea lions making his way from the jetty to our “lawn”. They like to rest on the soft pineapple weed.
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- A young eagle perched on the camera tower.