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Posted in Bird Notes , Ecoguardians Log , First Nations , Island Visitors , Mammal Notes , Marine Vessels
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Tagged bald eagle , Black Oystercatcher , Canada goose , Cheanuh , daffodil , elephant seal , grape hyacinth , Second Nature , weaner
Weather
Visibility: 15 miles
Wind: a steady 20-25 knots West
Sky: mostly sunny
Water: 1′ chop
Ecological
Census day!
The weaner was lounging by the house all day.
Discovered my first Canada Goose nests with eggs in them.
Harbour Seals: 143
California Sea Lions: 66
Steller (Northern) Sea Lions: 42
Elephant Seals: 1 weaner
Seagulls unspecified: 221
Surfbirds: 62
Cormorants unspecified: 27
Double Crested Cormorant: 4
Black Turnstones: 29
Canada Geese: 21
Rock Sandpipers: 11
Harlequin Ducks: 7 (5 males and 2 females)
Bald Eagles: 7 (2 adults, 5 immature)
Black Oystercatchers: 2
Killdeer: 1
Maintenance
Boats
At least one eco-tour came by today.
Posted in Animal census , Bird Notes , Ecoguardians Log , Mammal Notes , Marine Vessels
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Tagged bald eagle , Black Oystercatcher , black-turnstone , california sea lion , Canada goose , cormorant , double-crested cormorant , elephant seal , harbour seal , harlequin duck , killdeer , nest , Northern sea lion , rock sandpiper , seagull , Steller Sea lion , surfbird , weaner
Weather
Visibility: 10 miles in the morning, later 15.
Wind: 5-10 knots North
Sky: overcast and some rain
Water: calm
Ecological
Just the weaner on Great Race today.
He has a bit of a snotty nose. I suppose he has a cold?
I encountered my first pair of aggressive Canada Geese today.
Perhaps the nesting has begun?
Boats
The Pacific Scout Pilot boat passed through Race Passage today.
No eco-tours that I saw.
Other
Lots of DND blasting today.
There were blasts at the following times:
10:38, 11:05, 13:18, 13:20, 15:19, 15:21, and 15:49.
The first few blasts really startled the birds, especially the Pigeon Guillemots.
There was one final blast at 21:05. That is very unusual..
Weather
Visibility: 15 miles
Wind: 15-20 knots West, later 5-10 South
Sky: mostly clear, a few drops of rain
Water: 1′ chop
Ecological
The same two elephant seals on Great Race today.
The weaner spent the whole day snoozing beside the house.
The bigger fellah hardly moved all day, except the one time he tried to climb up the rock wall, and couldn’t!
Saw a killdeer again.
Maintenance
Transferred diesel from the Student House basement tank, into a barrel, and then into the tidy tank.
Ran the desalinator.
Weather
Visibility: 15 miles
Wind: 10-15 knots North, later NW
Sky: mostly clear
Water: 1′ chop
Ecological
The weaner was back on Great Race today, over by the base of the tower.
The other male is still here too.
I saw some rock sandpipers today. Perhaps I failed to pick them out from the surfbirds yesterday.
Rock sandpiper and Surfbirds
Maintenance
Hand pumped more diesel into the day tank.
Boats
Other
Lots of DND blasting today.
Big blasts at the following times:
9:48, 9:50, 10:06, 10:22, 12:00, and 12:02.
Bigger bangs at the following times:
14:09 and 14:12.
Posted in Bird Notes , Ecoguardians Log , Mammal Notes , Marine Vessels , Military Activity
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Tagged bald eagle , Canada goose , DND blasting , elephant seal , rock sandpiper , surfbird , weaner
Weather
Visibility: 15 miles
Wind: 5-10 knots North
Sky: overcast
Water: rippled
Ecological
Census day!
The weaner was gone this morning. Hopefully he is ok.
Normally I only ever see killdeer at night, but today I saw a pair off and on all day!
California Sea Lions: 85
Harbour Seals: 44
Steller (Northern) Sea Lions: 39
Elephant Seals: 1 male
Seagulls unspecified: 269 (same total two weeks in a row!)
Pigeon Guillemots: 241
Cormorants unspecified: 57
Surfbirds: 49
Harlequin Ducks: 32 (16 males and 16 females)
Black Turnstones: 22
Canada Geese: 13
Black Oystercatchers: 9
Bald Eagles: 6 (2 adults, 4 immature)
Killdeer: 2
Boats
Kyle stopped by for 1 minute to exchange the extra security camera for a new Wifi access point.
There were several fishing boats literally yards outside the Rockfish Conservation Area.
A few eco-tours came by.
Maintenance
Installed the new Wifi access point in the Students’ House.
Other
Lots of DND blasting today.
Small blasts at the following times:
10:25, 10:27, 10:45, and 12:34.
Larger blasts at the following times:
12:32, 12:53, 14:52, 14:54, and 15:11.
Posted in Animal census , Bird Notes , Ecoguardians Log , Island Visitors , Mammal Notes , Marine Vessels , Military Activity
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Tagged bald eagle , Black Oystercatcher , black-turnstone , california sea lion , Canada goose , cormorant , DND blasting , elephant seal , harbour seal , harlequin duck , killdeer , Northern sea lion , pigeon guillemot , seagull , Steller Sea lion , surfbird
Weather
Visibility: 15+ miles, Mt. Baker clearly visible
Wind: 20-25 knots NE in the morning and evening, down to near zero in the middle
Sky: mix of sun and clouds
Water: 1′ chop
Sunrise
Olympics
Mt. Baker
ditto
Ecological
The weaner went on a few adventures around the house. He even wiggled his way into the doorway, temporarily blocking me from entering the house.
Quite a few Canada Geese on the island.
Also some eagle action.
I saw one eagle flying around with a fish, but I couldn’t get a good photo.
Maintenance
Started checking the water levels in the battery room.
Tried to manually pump diesel into the day tank without much success.
Boats
Several eco-tours came by today.
A tug pulling a barge that had a couple of boats on it passed to the north of the reserve.
A bit redundant, transporting a boat over water, isn’t it?
Other
It was my birthday today.
Funny how it seems just like any other day when you are alone with no one to remind you.
A unique birthday vibe.
Weather
Visibility: 15 miles
Wind: 10-15 knots West, later 5 knots South, then 5-10 West
Sky: clear and sunny!
Water: rippled
Ecological
Census day!
Shortly before 15:30 as I was counting shorebirds, I heard a loud noise to my right. Glancing over, I was thrilled to see a whale surfacing in the South Channel. I managed to get some photos as it resurfaced farther south-west.
California Sea Lions: 79
Harbour Seals: 69
Steller (Northern) Sea Lions: 33
Elephant Seals: 3, all on Great Race, 2 young males, 1 weaner
Whale: 1 (I think it was an Orca)
Seagulls unspecified: 269
Pigeon Guillemots: 45
Cormorants unspecified: 30
Double Crested Cormorants: 9
Surfbirds: 37
Harlequin Ducks: 27 (15 males and 12 females)
Canada Geese: 24
Black Turnstones: 20
Bald Eagles: 20 (4 adults, 16 immature)
Black Oystercatchers: 6
Rock Sandpipers: 4
Crows: 3
Boats
A few eco-tours passed by today.
Second Nature came out with food supplies for me.
A large navy sailboat passed by north of the reserve.
Visitors
Kyle and Jeff came out in Second Nature.
Other
One helicopter flew just south of the reserve in the morning.
Posted in Animal census , Bird Notes , Ecoguardians Log , Island Visitors , Mammal Notes , Marine Vessels , Overflights
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Tagged bald eagle , Black Oystercatcher , black-turnstone , california sea lion , Canada goose , cormorant , crow , double-crested cormorant , elephant seal , harbour seal , harlequin duck , Northern sea lion , Orca , pigeon guillemot , rock sandpiper , seagull , Second Nature , Steller Sea lion , surfbird , whale
Posted in Animal census , Ecoguardians Log , Mammal Notes , Marine Vessels , Vessel Observations
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Tagged bald eagle , black-turnstone , branded , brandt's cormorant , california sea lion , Canada goose , cormorant , double-crested cormorant , dunlin , elephant seal , entanglement , glaucous-winged-gull , harbour seal , Northern sea lion , pelagic cormorant , savannah sparrow , sea lion stampede , seagull , Steller Sea lion , Thayer's gull
Weather
Visibility: 15 miles
Wind: 0-10 knots NW
Sky: mix of blue and clouds
Water: calm
Ecological
A gaggle of 19 Canada Geese arrived on Great Race today.
The birds and sea lions weren’t too pleased with all the DND blasting.
Maintenance
The usual chores.
Took some ash out of the wood stove.
Boats
Kyle came by in Second Nature to pick up Natasha.
A couple of eco-tours came by.
Visitors
Other
Lots of DND blasting today.
Small, medium, and large blasts.
10:59, 11:16, 11:18, 12:01, 12:04, 12:51, 1:07.
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