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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
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
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
Weather
- Visibility:15 Miles
- Wind: 0-10 NW
- Sky: Cloudy
- Water: Calm
Boats/Visitors
- a couple ecotours went by today
Ecological
- The pup is getting so big, elephant seal pups are supposed to gain about 10 pounds a day
Census
- Stellar Sea Lions – 74
- California Sea Lions – 107
- Harbour Seals – 0
- Elephant Seals – 5 – 3 males, 1 female and 1 pup
- Cormorants – 88
- Gulls – 182
- Eagles – 6
- Black Turnstones – 27
- Black Oystercatchers – 12
- Geese – 2
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: 0-10 NW
- Sky: partly cloudy most of the day, had some sun
- Water: calm
Boats/Visitors
- Had a couple ecotours cruise by
Ecological
- more sea lions, with the calmer weather today
Notes
- got some solar energy today, still ran the generator to keep the battery charge up
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 15-25 NE in the morning 5-10 NW in the afternoon
- Sky: partly cloudy throughout the day
- Water: choppy, about 1 metre waves
Boats/Visitors
- Had some ecotours cruise by
Ecological
- Saw the Harlequin ducks for the first time in months
- still plenty of sea lions but less everyday
- haven’t spotted an elephant seal today but I’m sure they are around
- 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
