Wildlife
More and more are showing up to haul out every day. The outer edges of the rocks are all populated with sea lions now. They’re still concentrated on the Northeast corner, but every shoreline has a least one or two.
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- Most of the time, the lions settle into tightly packed haul-outs.
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- This Cali Sea Lion was hauled out a few metres from the group. It looks like the rough play was a bit much!
Facility notes
– Cleaned panels
– Ran desal pump
– Generator fuel check
– Started inventory of student house pantry
Unfortunately, it seems like a thriving community of pantry beetles of some sort also moved in over the summer months; going through the student house kitchen to make an inventory revealed a fair amount of inhabited dry foodstuffs. We cleared out anything left open with visible unwanted additional protein, and wiped inside the cabinets and drawers to discourage their continued residence.
Tomorrow I will finish the task with the arrival of some solid, watertight storage bins for future pantry staples.
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- Daine and I found this boxful of pantry-beetle infested or expired food. Step one of the kitchen clean done for today!
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- There are a few types of small friends in the buildings- one darker beetle found in the flours and grains, and these book lice which seem to be attracted to paper products.
Weather
Sunny. Strong West-North-Westerly winds from 21 to 36 knots all day. Temperatures between 12 and 15 degrees.
Vessels
Ecotourism:
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Visitors
A wonderful delivery came in on the Pedder Explorer this afternoon! My partner has been dropped off to come visit for a few days. He doesn’t seem too eager to be outside with the birds so far- but he’ll be wielding his seagull broom like a pro in no time.
Laura and Sara from the Pearson Science Centre also came out for a brief tour of the student building, in preparation for the school term visiting program.