Pam Birley sent this picture that she captured today of a pair of eagles.
she writes “The superb eagle pair were perched below Cam 5 today. ”
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Views From England
Today I received a nice note from Pam Birley, our devoted follower from Leicestershire Great Britain who often captures great images with our remote cameras. She writes: “Couldn’t resist taking these pics today. Spectacular views this morning at RR. ”
Note the nictitating membrane on the right
So I just went on camera 5 and found one of the eagles still in close range:
Census
Weather
- Visibility: clear, 15 miles throughout the day
- Wind: ranging from 9-22 knots throughout the day
- Sky: overcast for most of the day
- Water: calm, a bit choppy at times
Boats/Visitors
- Didn’t notice much boat traffic today aside from the usual busy commercial freighters
- No visitors today
Ecological
- More failed mating attempts by the young male elephant seals with the one female on the island.
Census
- Cormorants – 90
- Gulls – 275
- Elephant Seals – 6 (3 adolescent males, 1 adult male, 1 adult female and 1 pup)
- California Sea Lions – 120
- Stellar Seal Lions – 93
- Black Turnstones – 10
- Canada Geese – 4
- Bald Eagles – 7
Three males surround the single female currently on the island
