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Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 0-15 SE
Sky: Overcast
Water: Flat
Boats/Visitors
A couple of small tours from the college the past few days
there have been some ecotour boats out there as well
Maintenance
Lately, I’ve just been trying to get that water tank filled
Ecological
The pups still have not gone into the water at all other than day Nemo was in the puddle
the alpha is still here but no other males that I’ve seen
not very many sea lions, I would say around 100
quite a few geese, they will start nesting in a couple of weeks so I’m not looking forward to that
there has also been an increase in seagulls
Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 0-10 NW
Sky: Partly Cloudy
Water: Calm
Boats/Visitors
A few ecotours and sailboats going by
Maintenance
Fence maintenance, some pressure washing
Ecological
Haven’t seen the pups today but am sure they are around, there are quite a few sea lions on all of the rocks
also some harlequin ducks today and plenty of cormorants
the past few days I’ve seen maybe 4 humpbacks
Census
Elephant Seal – 0
Harbour Seal – 178
California Sea Lion – 281
Stellar Sea Lion – 344
Sea Otter – 1
Harlequin Duck – 5 male 1 female
Cormorant – 117
Fox Sparrow – 12
Gull -421
Geese – 10
Black Turnstone – 15
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Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 0-10 NW
Sky: Overcast
Water: Calm
Boats/Visitors
Guy came by with Garry and David a Pearson alumni for a little visit
There are still plenty of ecotours around, also a lot of whales, I don’t think the ecotours are giving them enough space when they are cruising by
Maintenance
The fence is holding up very well, I still need to extend it though
Ecological
No elephant seals at the moment, haven’t seen any for a few days
saw two humpbacks today and an eagle so that was nice
the geese are also back today, they come and go day by day
not as many californias but even more stellars
Census
California sea lion – 311
Stellar sea lion – 264
Harbour seal – 70
Elephant seal – 0
Cormorants – 44
Seagulls – 297
Black turnstones – 12
Fox sparrows – 6
Geese – 8
Eagle 1
And I suspect 1 sea otter is in the north kelp bed
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Tagged california , census , cormorant , eagle , ecotour , foxsparrow , geese , harbour , humpback , seagull , seal , sealion , seaotter , stellar , turnstone , visitors
Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 5-15
Sky: Partly Cloudy
Water: Flat Calm
Boats/Visitors
Quite a bit of boat traffic, many ecotours, fishing boats and sailboats
Guy came by, we junked out the generator room a bit and he gave me a training session on the winch, soon I should be able to take the whaler out by myself
Maintenance
Had to repair the fence a couple times today, hope to extend the fence all the way to the helicopter pad as soon as I get more stick and pegs
Ecological
The Geese were around today
no elephant seals in sight
the blasting from the DND base was scaring the sea lions
also there were quite a few killdeer puttering around
Weather
Visibility: 5-10 miles
Wind: 10-20 knts W
Sky: Hazy
Water: Calm
After the strong winds cleared the haze day-before yesterday, the smoke has set in again since the winds died down
Boats/Visitors/Sightings
An average number of whale watching boats in the area
Quite a few private boats over the last couple of days trying to get a glimpse of the hauled-out sea lions
Bird notes
Spotted a lone pigeon on the island
The flock of geese are back on the island in search of food – about 9 of them
The juvenile seagulls have started to take flight – the highest I’ve seen one go is about 12 feet in the air, hanging in there for about a minute.
Marine mammals
The J-pod of orcas swam past late in the afternoon, going through Race Passage and slowly making their way towards victoria. See here for more details on the j-pod: https://orcaspirit.com/2012/05/the-resident-orcas-of-j-pod/
Sea lion numbers have started to stabilize over the last few days, but still growing slowly. Will get an accurate count in tomorrow’s census.
Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 15-25 NW
Sky: Partly Cloudy
Water: Waves under a metre
Boats/Visitors
a few ecotours went by today
many sailboats for the swiftsure race
Guy came by with his family for a little visit
Ecological
looks to be yet another goose nest near the tank shed
the seagulls should be nesting very soon
Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 20-35 NW
Sky: Partly Cloudy
Water: Waves 1-2 metres
Boats/Visitors
not much boat traffic today, its been pretty windy
Ecological
less elephant seals
also less sea lions
Census
stellar sea lions – 11
california sea lions – 15
elephant seals – 7 female, 1 male
gulls – 180
pigeon guillemots – 98
oyster catchers – 14
geese – 16
eagles – 2
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Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 15-25 NW
Sky: Partly Cloudy
Water: Waves under a metre
Boats/Visitors
a few ecotours went by today
Guy came by with some of the japan house students
Ecological
About a dozen elephants seals
not many sea lions around lately, some stellars on the south rocks and a few californias on the jetty
Census
stellar sea lions – 12
california sea lions – 15
harbour seals – 23
elephant seals – 11 female, 1 male
gulls – 180
cormorants – 12
pigeon guillemots – 124
harlequinn ducks – 12
oyster catchers – 14
fox sparrows – 8
geese – 16
eagles – 2
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Tagged california , census , cormorant , eagle , ecotour , elephantseal , foxsparrow , geese , gull , harbourseal , harlequinnduck , oystercatcher , pigeonguillemot , sealion , stellar , visitor
Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 0-20 NW
Sky: Partly Cloudy
Water: Calm
Boats/Visitors
a few ecotours went by today
along with two kayakers and a bunch of sailboats
Ecological
about a dozen elephants, quite a few different birds and not a lot of sea lions about today
a possible sea otter in the north kelp bed but I couldn’t see it, but there were boats circling around there
saw an oyster catcher nest as well
Census
stellar sea lions – 12
california sea lions – 25
harbour seals – 32
elephant seals – 11 female, 1 male
gulls – 180
cormorants – 18
pigeon guillemots – 220
harlequinn ducks – 12
oyster catchers – 14
fox sparrows – 10
geese – 16
eagles – 2
sea otter – maybe 1
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Weather
Visibility: 0-15 Miles
Wind: 10-25 SW
Sky: From dense fog to sunshine throughout the day
Water: A bit wavy, under a metre
Boats/Visitors
the middle of the day was nice so there were quite a few boats out
Guy stopped by today to get the big fuel tank
Ecological
Total of 9 female elephants and one young male
the geese I think are done laying eggs, but I’m not totally sure
it also looks like their might be some oyster catcher nests around, need to take a closer look
Other
the fog was pretty dense my fog horn was going off from 10pm last night to 7am this morning and again around 8-9 or 10am
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