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Visibility: 10 Miles
Wind: 20-30 SW
Sky: cloudy all day
Water: pretty rough
Boats/Visitors
Didn’t see many boats today
Ecological
the sea lions have finally moved away from my house today and more off of the main island
Notes
its so windy and rainy, the island is pressure washing itself, desperately needed
Visibility: 5 Miles this morning then cleared to 15
Wind: 20-30 SE this morning but is now 10-15 NW
Sky: cloudy most of the day but the solar panels did get some sunlight
Water: pretty rough most of the day
Boats/Visitors
Ecological
plenty of sea lions as usual and the 5 female elephant seals
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 0-15 NE
Sky: overcast all day
Water: flat but the current was moving
Boats/Visitors
Ecotours and fishing boats coming by today
Ecological
plenty of sea lions around not sure if the numbers have peaked yet
saw humpbacks again out the kitchen window, they’ve been around for awhile
Notes
The water sample the last couple days has shown a temperature of 9 degrees which is the lowest I’ve seen it in awhile
The generator is working nicely
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 20-30 W this morning and switched to 0-5 N this evening
Sky: overcast throughout the day
Water: rough this morning and calmed down in the evening
Boats/Visitors
Some ecotours came by today
Ecological
planty of sea lions along with 5 beautiful female elephant seals of varying sizes
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 0-10 W
Sky: cloudy throughout the day and a but of a drizzle this morning
Water: calm, but the current was running pretty good
Boats/Visitors
The new generator was set up today so we had a few people to come in and set that up which is great
Ecological
even more sea lions this time, of both stellars and californias
also 2 more elephant seal showed up this morning, both female
Notes
tried to set up the electric fence again by the generator room but the sea lions tear back it down in minutes
Saw the sea lions today that was darted a couple weeks ago and he is still healing (pictures in gallery)
And the sea lion that currently has a band around its neck is still around
There was a stellar that I thought might have something around his neck but it was just a gash, possibly from other sea lion?
Census
Stellar Sea Lions – 62
California Sea Lions – 456
Elephant Seals – 5 (all female)
Harbour Seals – 128
Gulls (unspecified) – 524
Cormorants – 367
Black turnstones – 32
Sparrows – 43
Oyster Catchers – 6
Sea Otter ( I can’t sea it very well but I’m sure it was around ) – 1
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Tagged blackturnstones , california , census , cormorants , elephantseal , gulls , harbourseal , neckbanded , oystercatcher , sealion , seaotter , sparrows , stellar
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 20-30
Sky: partly cloudy throughout the day
Water: very choppy, a lot of whitecaps out there
Boats/Visitors
Had some ecotours come by today
Ecological
the 3 elephant seals and the sea lion with the neck band are still around
the majority of the sea lions are around the guest house
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 5-15 SE
Sky: clear today
Water: calm
Boats/Visitors
quite a few ecotours, saillboats and fishing boats around
Ecological
sea lions seem to want to be more on the main rock, trying to keep them away from the house and the generator room
the three female elephant seals are still here
Notes
the neck banded sea lion is by the guest house today, pictures at the end of the gallery
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 20-30 W
Sky: cloudy throughout the day
Water: a bit choppy, no more than a metre
Boats/Visitors
Some ecotours braved the winds and came by
Ecological
plenty of sea lions around they are coming up more to the middle island, which can be a problem, the elephant seals are up here too
Notes
Ran the generator for a few hours today, had a little power outage last night and can’t have that happen again
Everything else is going alright here, hopefully have the new generator up and running next week
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 10-20 NE
Sky: clear all day
Water: calm
Boats/Visitors
Had some visitors come by from Eagle Wing Tours
Ecological
The 3 female elephant seals are still here
Spotted some California Gulls today too
Notes
There was another sea lion with a band stuck around his neck, will alert DFO so they can come out here and help out the sea lion, the last pictures are of this sea lion
It was pointed out to me that I have not been including the sea otter in my census, I admit I have a hard time spotting him from here so I often forget about him
Census
stellar sea lions – 42
california sea lions – 286
gulls – 324
oyster catchers – 8
black turnstones – 18
sparrows – 32
harbour seals – 87
sea otter – 1
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Tagged blackturnstone , california , census , ecotours , elephantseal , gulls , harbourseal , neckbanded , pup , sealions , seaotter , sparrows , stellar , whalewatchers
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 0-5 SE
Sky: clear all day
Water: calm
Boats/Visitors
Ecological
the 3 elephant seals are still around
Notes
I have been getting beautiful sunsets every night but I am wishing for rain
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