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Weather
- Visibility: 15 miles all day
- Wind: Light breezes throughout the day NE mostly
- Sky: mostly cloudy
- Water: a bit rough, one to two foot swells
Boats/Visitors
- Boat traffic was pretty minimum today again, saw one fishing boat go by
- No visitors today
Ecological
- There are now a total of 5 male elephant seals on the island. Two are full grown and the other three are adolescents.
- The two elephant seal pups are still around as well.
Census
- California Sea Lions – 78
- Stellar Sea Lions – 64
- Harbour Seals – 2
- Elephant Seals – 7
- Gulls – 58
- Cormorants – 16
- Bald Eagles – 2
- Black Turnstones – 6
Weather
- Visibility: 15 miles throughout the day, clearest day I’ve seen here since Dec 1
- Wind: Light breezes throughout the day
- Sky: very sunny
- Water: mostly calm
Boats/Visitors
- No visitors today
- Had the usual divers and whale watching boats go by
Ecological
- Still a lot of Sea Lions around. South Rock is almost always covered with Stellar and Californias.
- Consistent small groups of Canada Geese munching on the grass
- Two male Elephant Seals are still hanging around, sleeping mostly
Weather
- Visibility: 15 miles
- Wind: 6-10 NE throughout day
- Sky: cloudy with some sun
- Water: mostly calm, a bit choppy
Boats/Visitors
- had a few eco tour boats cruise by
- no visitors today
Ecological
Census:
- California Sea Lions – 120
- Stellar Sea Lions – 102
- Harbour Seals – 4
- Seagulls – 252
- Eagles – 5
- Cormorant – 22
- Canadian Geese – 12
- Black Turnstone – 3
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 20-15 NW
- Sky: overcast
- Water: calm
Boats/Visitors
Ecological
- 11 elephant seals scattered around today, mostly around the jetty to cool off in the water
Census
- Stellar Sea Lions: 33
- California Sea Lions: 23
- Elephant Seals: 11
- Harbour Seals: 161
- Unspecified Gulls: 212
- Pigeon Guillemots: 53
- Cormorants: 12
- Canada Geese: 19
- Oystercatchers: 8
- Harlequinn Ducks: 0
- Crows: 1
Notes
- The harbour seal numbers have significantly increased but all of the other numbers seem to have gone down
- The little elephant seal is back, I haven’t seen her for a few days
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 0-5 NW
- Sky: clear and sunny
- Water: calm
Boats/Visitors
- Many different boats around today
Ecological
- 14 elephant seals scattered around today, mostly around the jetty to cool off in the water
Other
Census
- Stellar Sea Lions: 42
- California Sea Lions: 44
- Elephant Seals: 14
- Harbour Seals: 36
- Unspecified Gulls: 321
- Pigeon Guillemots: 120
- Cormorants: 23
- Canada Geese: 16
- Oystercatchers: 8
- Harlequinn Ducks: 5 males (that I could see)
Notes
- I have not seen any eagles today but I saw them yesterday and they have been hanging around so I am guessing they are around here somewhere
- There is another Elephant seal
- An increase in sea lions as well as gulls
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: between 15-25 throughout the day
- Sky: partly cloudy
- Water: choppy, no more than a metre
Boats/Visitors
- A few ecotours came by today
Ecological
- 14 elephant seals on the island today
Other
- DND blasting today, the elephant seals don’t seem bothered by it but he sea lions really don’t like it
- Visibility: 10 Miles
- Wind: between 20-40 knots throughout the day
- Sky: few clouds
- Water: choppy, no more than a metre
Boats/Visitors
- Maybe one or two, too windy for many boats to be around
Ecological
- 14 elephant seals scattered around today