Ecological Notes:
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The younger Elephant Seals left after just a short visit. The adult female stayed and rested for about 4 days.
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The sub-adult male is still onsite, nestling in the bushes in the center of the island. At one point, the contractors left the basement door open on the main house, and we caught the male bee-lining for the door! Luckily, he stopped once someone called out to him.
As he slowly turned back towards his favorite spot by the tall bush.
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Sealion numbers are down to about 1/3 since the big storms left (will do a count on Monday)
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Many Black Turnstones present at this time.
Many nestled in the rocks
Visitors:
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Window Contractors, and deliveries by both Greg and Jeff.
Facility Work:
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Almost continuous repairs and upgrades to electric fencing.
Sometimes it’s lucky and they just knock down the posts without damaging anything.
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Collecting wood brought in by the storms.
Pulled up by hand and pipe pole!
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I keep an eye on the Web Cams by checking them daily. A little water got in, and this happened!
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- Found them
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- Quite a few!
DND events:
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Detonations most of the week, some very heavy ones. Marine Mammal Observers were on the water, keeping an eye out for cetaceans. Noted sealion disturbance, they have seemed to be very edgy since the storms subsided.
Noted Vessel Traffic:
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Mostly just daily visits from Ecotourism operators, and a couple private vessels, also primarily looking at the birds and wildlife.
Weather Events:
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Variable weather, medium winds and rain showers.