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Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 20-40 NW
Sky: Partly Cloudy
Water: Waves 1-2 metres
Boats/Visitors
a few ecotours went by today
Guy, dropped off a group of 8 students and 1 chaperone from Pearson College for a little overnight trip
Ecological
Seems to be less sea lions lately, and only about 9 elephants
Census
stellar sea lions – 23
california sea lions – 31
harbour seals – 42
elephant seals – 9 female
gulls – 150
cormorants – 28
pigeon guillemots – 152
black turnstones – 28
oyster catchers – 14
fox sparrows – 12
geese – 16
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Tagged blackturnstones , california , canadagoose , census , cormorant , ecotour , elephantseal , foxsparrow , geese , gull , harbourseal , oystercatcher , pigeonguillemots , sealion , stellar , visitors
Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 15-40 SW
Sky: Partly Cloudy
Water: Waves 1-2 metres
Boats/Visitors
haven’t seen much activity probably because it was blowing 40 knots but the DND was blasting today
Ecological
way less activity than usual probably because of the weather today, its supposed to calm down tomorrow
Census
stellar sea lions – 22
california sea lions – 43
harbour seals – 0
elephant seals – 3 female
gulls – 215
cormorants – 31
pigeon guillemots – 0
black turnstones – 18
harlequinn ducks – 12
oyster catchers – 8
fox sparrows – 2
geese – 14
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Tagged blackturnstones , california , cormorant , elephantseal , foxsparrow , geese , gulls , harlequinnduck , oystercatcher , pup , sealion , steller
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 0-10 W
Sky: cloudy throughout the day and a but of a drizzle this morning
Water: calm, but the current was running pretty good
Boats/Visitors
The new generator was set up today so we had a few people to come in and set that up which is great
Ecological
even more sea lions this time, of both stellars and californias
also 2 more elephant seal showed up this morning, both female
Notes
tried to set up the electric fence again by the generator room but the sea lions tear back it down in minutes
Saw the sea lions today that was darted a couple weeks ago and he is still healing (pictures in gallery)
And the sea lion that currently has a band around its neck is still around
There was a stellar that I thought might have something around his neck but it was just a gash, possibly from other sea lion?
Census
Stellar Sea Lions – 62
California Sea Lions – 456
Elephant Seals – 5 (all female)
Harbour Seals – 128
Gulls (unspecified) – 524
Cormorants – 367
Black turnstones – 32
Sparrows – 43
Oyster Catchers – 6
Sea Otter ( I can’t sea it very well but I’m sure it was around ) – 1
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Tagged blackturnstones , california , census , cormorants , elephantseal , gulls , harbourseal , neckbanded , oystercatcher , sealion , seaotter , sparrows , stellar
Visibility: 15 Miles throughout the day
Wind: 0-10 NW throughout the day
Sky: clear all day
Water: calm
Boats/Visitors
Mostly just whale watchers and other boats cruising by on this beautiful sunny day
Ecological
plenty of sea lions around but not as many as I thought there would be
Notes
DnD was blasting again today
I finally have a full fresh water tank so hopefully it rains soon so I can start pressure washing and cleaning the pathways and buildings off
Significantly less sea lions I expected I suspect many of them went for swim while I was doing the census because it was a rather hot day today but here are the numbers are I have right now
Census
Stellar Sea Lions – 68
California Sea Lions – 97
Harbour Seals – 72
Gulls – 153
Cormorants – 73
Black Turnstones – 21
Sparrows – 24ish, hard to see and fast to fly off
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Tagged blackturnstones , blasting , californiasealions , census , cormorants , dnd , ecotours , gulls , harbourseals , sparrows , stellarsealions , whalewatchers