Ecological Notes:

• The four elephant seals have been busy near the boat ramp with lots of movement to and from the water.
• This morning, I saw four brown pelicans off the south side of the island.
• See the photo gallery below for the ecological happenings from the past two days.

Weather:

• Yesterday (July 31):
  • Sky: Clear, fog in evening
  • Wind: W 3-30 kts
  • Sea: Rippled in morning, then up to 2′ chop
  • Temperature Low 12 ^oC, High 18 ^oC
• Today (August 1):
  • Sky: Fog overnight, then partly cloudy at 07:30
  • Wind: W 18-35 kts
  • Sea: up to 3′ moderate
  • Temperature Low 12 ^oC, High 21 ^oC

Visitors:

• Abi and Jeremias, the two volunteers

Facility Work:

• Scrubbed and squeegeed solar panels, routine tidying and checking infrastructure around the island.
• Month end stats:
  • Water used: 1,843 L (average of 59.4 L/day)
  • Diesel used: 168 L
  • Generator hours: 28.3 (average of 0.91 hours/day)
  • Visitors: six people visited

DND Blasting:

• At sunset this evening, there was one large blast that shook the island from the DND lands at Rocky Point.

Vessel Traffic:

• Many Canadian and American ecotour boats have been nearby and heading through the waters of the ecological reserve.

Here are photo highlights from the past two days. Click on the photos for larger views and captions.