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Beautiful Day

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Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind: 0-10 SE
  • Sky: Sunny all day
  • Water: calm

Boats/Visitors

  • A few ecotours, fishing boats and divers today

Ecological

  • a bit of movement today, one of the younger males was chasing the older pup and the bug guy stepped in and chased and the younger male off
  • the geese are seem to be starting to nest so they are getting louder and more aggressive

Friday

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Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind: 5-15 NE
  • Sky: Cloudy with some sun in the afternoon
  • Water: on the calmer side today

Boats/Visitors

  • quite a few boats cruising around today

Ecological

  • All seems well with the elephants, they haven’t moved much today
  • the geese are getting a bit more annoying, looks like they will start nesting soon

Census

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Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind: 10-20 NE
  • Sky: Sunny all day
  • Water: Choppy 1-2 metres

Boats/Visitors

  • Saw some boats cruising by

Ecological

  • The pups are doing well, one of the younger males was attacking the oldest pup until Bernard came along and chased him off

Census

  • Stellar Sea Lions – 80
  • California Sea Lions – 62
  • Harbour Seals – 28
  • Elephant Seals – 2 female pups, 3 males
  • Geese – 12
  • Oystercatchers – 16
  • Eagles – 6
  • Harlequinn Ducks – 9
  • Gulls – 283
  • Cormorants – 60
  • Black Turnstones – 35

Feb 4th

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Weather

  • Visibility:15 Miles
  • Wind: 10-40 NW
  • Sky: Cloudy with sun in the afternoon
  • Water: waves 1-2 metres

Boats/Visitors

  • a couple ecotours went by this morning when it was more calm

Ecological

  • The first pup who’s mother has left started exploring today, I was a bit worried when I didn’t see her in front of the house this morning but she was just on the other side of the lighthouse

Notes

  • I will be heading out tomorrow morning, Mikey will be filling in for me and I will be back on Feb 28th

February 3rd

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Weather

  • Visibility:15 Miles
  • Wind: 0-15 NW
  • Sky: Cloudy
  • Water: Calm

Boats/Visitors

  • a couple ecotours went by today

Ecological

  • Some photos included of a possibly wounded female juvenile elephant seal that showed up yesterday that I haven’t seen since

Notes

  • finally replaced the flag, because the old one was getting pretty worn out, one of the red stripes was gone
  • ran the diesel and topped up the fresh water tank

Census and Visitors

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Weather

  • Visibility:15 Miles
  • Wind: 0-10 NE
  • Sky: Cloudy
  • Water: Calm

Boats/Visitors

  • a few ecotours went by today
  • I  had a couple visitors come from the college to take a little tour around the island

Ecological

  • Another mature female elephant seal showed up this morning, I am unsure if she is pregnant but I guess we will find out in a couple days

Census

  • Stellar Sea Lions – 92
  • California Sea Lions – 117
  • Harbour Seals – 22
  • Elephant Seals – 11 – 5 males, 4 female and 2 pups
  • Cormorants – 97
  • Gulls – 204
  • Eagles –12
  • Black Turnstones – 33
  • Black Oystercatchers – 34
  • Geese – 4
  • Harlequin Duck – 14

Beautiful Day

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Weather

  • Visibility:15 Miles
  • Wind: 0-10 SE
  • Sky: Some clouds, mostly sunny
  • Water: Flat calm for the most part

Boats/Visitors

  • Kyle, Jeff and Jack came by to deliver more batteries and help get that big log off the jetty
  • a couple ecotours and fishing boats went by

Ecological

  • the elephant seals are all doing well
  • as are the sea lions

Notes

  • Having some problems uploading the photos, will try fix it tomorrow