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Weather
- Visibility: 5 miles in the morning but cleared up throughout the day
- Wind: Quite windy throughout the day with gusts reaching upwards of 32 knots, calmed down by evening.
- Sky: Mostly cloudy with some sun
- Water: rough throughout the day, large swells
Boats/Visitors
- Boat traffic was pretty minimum today with the rough waters
- No visitors today
Ecological
- Saw a group of about 16 Cormorants and 8 Oyster Catchers amongst around 100 seagulls on the SW corner of the island
- Canada geese are still around in small groups
- Lots of Black Turnstones out on the grass the past few days
Other
- Didn’t get any snow on the island but could see lots of it on shore. Also had power and internet all day without interruptions.
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
Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 0-10 NE
Sky: cloudy and rainy
Water: a bit choppy this morning, calm now
Boats/Visitors
- Had a couple boats cruise by and a helicopter flew by a couple times
Census
- California sea lions – 215
- Stellar sea lions – 159
- Harbour seals – 22
- Elephant seals – 1 large male
- Gulls – 307
- Cormorants – 68
- Geese – 14
- Eagles – 4
Notes
- well I am off tomorrow and Mikey will be the new ecoguardian until my return in 5 weeks
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 15-30 SW throughout the day
- Sky: cloudy for the most part, bit of sun came through
- Water: a bit choppy today
Boats/Visitors
- Had a couple boats cruise by
Ecological
- slightly less sea lions
- also saw, oystercatchers, harlequinns
- a couple eagles
Notes
- looks like the wind is going to pick up again tonight
Census
- Stellar Sea Lions – 267
- California Sea Lions – 142
- Harbour Seals – 14
- Elephant Seals – possibly one on the outer rocks, not sure
- Gulls – 275
- Cormorants – 321
- Black Turnstones – 32
- Geese – 16
- Oystercatchers – 4
- Harlequinn Ducks – 16
- Eagles – 2
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 0-10 NE
- Sky: cloudy throughout the day
- Water: calm
Boats/Visitors
- Saw a couple ecotours cruise by
Ecological
- still more sea lions than I expected to still be here, no elephant seal either.
Census
- Stellar Sea Lions – 343
- California Sea Lions, 152
- Harbour Seals – 13
- Gulls – 317
- Cormorants – 119
- Harlequinn Ducks – 18
- Black Turnstones – 24
- Eagle – 1
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- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 20-30 NE throughout the day
- Sky: cloudy all day
- Water: very wavy at least a metre waves
Boats/Visitors
- Saw one ecotour boat braving the elements today
Ecological
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 15-30 NE throughout the day
- Sky: cloudy all day bit of sunshine came through in the afternoon
- Water: choppy today
Boats/Visitors
- Some ecotours skipping across the waves today
Ecological
- less sea lions today than last week
Notes
- DnD was blasting again today
Census
- Stellar Sea Lions – 105
- California Sea Lions – 286
- Elephant Seals – 2
- Cormorants- 634
- Gulls – 308
- Geese – 14
- Oyster Catchers 8
- Black Turnstones – 8
- Eagles – 2
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 0-15 SE
- Sky: clear most of the day
- Water: calm
Boats/Visitors
- Had plenty of ecotours cruising by
Ecological
- Not as many sea lions today, they might have peaked by now but last year they didn’t start leaving until mid november
- there were a couple injured sea lions plus a dead one
- only saw one elephant seal today but I’m sure the others are around
- So many stellars, mostly on the outer rocks
- there was also an eagle
- haven’t seen the otter or any oyster catchers
- also saw a few humpbacks out there (not included in census)
Notes
- plenty of solar input today
Census
- Stellar Sea Lions – 235
- California Sea Lions – 421
- Harbour Seals – 18
- Elephant Seals – 1(seen) I’m sure there are at least 3 or 4 more around
- Gulls (unspecified) – 456
- Cormorants – 713
- Black Turnstones – 22
- Geese – 8
- Eagle – 1
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 0-10 NE
- Sky: Overcast
- Water: calm, sort of, there was a bit of a swell out there
Boats/Visitors
- Kyle dropped off a food order and helped with some facility work other than that there were the usual ecotours
Ecological
- More sea lions than last week
- Same 5 elephant seals
- a lot of birds, gulls, turnstones, oystercatchers, geese, cormorants and an eagle
- Still not sure if the sea otter is out there, he is very hard to see from here
Notes
- DnD was blasting today
- The new generator is working great, just need more fuel
Census
- California Sea Lions – 512
- Stellar Sea Lions – 141
- Unspecified Gulls – 620
- Cormorants – 228
- Black Turnstones – 26
- Oystercatchers – 22
- Geese – 16
- Eagle – 1
- Harbour Seals – 30
- Elephant Seals – 5
- 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
