quite a few boats the last couple days, from canoes to sailboats and some people from the college
Maintenance
There has been so much solar, I don’t need to run the generator very much, so thats been really nice
Ecological
There was a pretty young sea lion pup on the rock by the crane today
the pups have not gone in the water today but they are wandering around quite a bit, so they will probably be splashing around soon, I think the female pup might have put her flipper in for a moment but I’m not sure
One of the mothers came back very briefly, the tagged female, pink tag T562, who gave birth to the female pup on Jan 4th was here for maybe a couple hours then she went back into the water
a few boats out today, fishing sailing and ecotours
Maintenance
Ran the desal for awhile, tank is topped up, hopefully, no more running it for hours every day
Ecological
It looks like the female pup might have gone in today, if she didn’t then she was very close, I will check again tomorrow morning if the pups are in the water
the male pup has been beside the house all day, so I know he didn’t go in
still one other male elephant on island, Bernard, the alpha
closer to 200 sea lions today, maybe due to the nice weather we’ve been having, also a lot of harbour seals on the south rock
the number of gulls is slowly increasing, at least from the noise level it seems like it
The desal quit on me a couple of times last night so I’m trying for a longer run tonight
Ecological
The pups still have not gone into the water, haven’t even gone near the jetty, they are both still beside the main house, they have been chewing on the grass a bit
the pigeon guillemots are back, looks to be a couple hundred of them
still around 100 sea lions, and about 50 harbour seals all together on the surrounding rocks
there are about 16 geese which I’m sure are starting to look for good nesting spots, there is also an increase in seagulls, I can tell from how noisy they are
Guy and Greg came by on Tuesday to help me with a fuel transfer which can get tricky when there’s a big elephant seal blocking the way
Maintenance
Going to move some more firewood around today, still unsure about pressure as my desalinator speed can’t quite keep up
Ecological
The pups have been hanging out together but still haven’t gone for a swim, should be soon the female pup is over 2 months old and the male pup is only a week younger than her
There are still 3 large males on the island, the youngest one will chase the pups around but no major injuries so far just a couple little bite marks
no other females on the island
by the looks of it, there are only around 100 sea lions left, wonder if they’ll stick out the summer until their buddies come back
No visitors lately, there have been a couple of ecotours cruising by
Maintenance
Just running the generator and trying to get the fresh water topped up so I can do more pressure washing
Ecological
The male pup found a puddle and was splashing around for a bit yesterday, the female pup was heading down there until the youngest male decided to go after them again.
There are 3 males on the island and the youngest one is always harassing the pups, the alpha is not as protective of these ones as he was of the two female pups last year. The pups have not been harmed just chased around a lot.
Yesterday the Live it crew was here doing a live stream, they stayed over night
Maintenance
We managed to get a few of the sheds organized today and Alex and Rick installed the new inverter
Ecological
The pups are exploring a bit but haven’t made it down to the water yet. Dory like hanging out on the back porch, Nemo is in the front and has started trying to catch his own tail
there are still 2 other males on the island, the alpha and the youngest beta, the beta chases the pups around until the alpha gets involved
Saw a few boats out there today including the coast guard boat doing maintenance on the green buoy
Maintenance
Walked around picking up all those roofing shingles that blew off in the last big wind, would like to continue cleaning up by pressure washing but I don’t have nearly enough fresh water and the desalinator is not running very well, hopefully, this is resolved soon
Ecological
the pups are not together but don’t stray too far from each other, they haven’t gone in the water yet
there are still 4 mature males on island and one molting young female
