Weather:
- Visibility 10 NM
- Sky overcast
- Wind 5-10 knots SW
- Sea state: calm
- Temperature 21°C
Visitors/Marine Traffic:
- Today Laura visited to do some surveying of intertidal species
- Greg did not come to land, as the tide was very low (jetty not accessible)
- Today we saw one whale watching vessel pass through very respectfully with the current. No animals were disrupted- well done!
Ecological:
- The goose nests continue to change- a few new ones this week, and a few have been ransacked by seagulls.
- No significant seagull changes- a few new nests scattered around the island.
- This morning a juvenile eagle landed on the lawn! It had been chased out of the air by seagulls, and they continued to swoop overhead until the eagle managed to find an opening and fly away.
- We have been contacted by a few different folks regarding a sea lion that was spotted in the San Juan Island area with a cross bow bolt in his face. We haven’t spotted this animal but there’s a chance that we may over the next few days. We have also been asked to keep an eye out for another sea lion with fishing gear entangled in his face.
Notes:
- This afternoon there was blasting/ammunition detonation on the Department of National Defense land. There were only 3 blasts but the birds all lifted into the air, or in the case of the sea lions, fled into the water.
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- Tiny jellies drifting past the jetty
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- Ornithogalum, or “Star Of Bethlehem”
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- Sea urchin shells left by birds
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- Juvenile Eagle landed on lawn this morning
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- Seagull swooping down at the young eagle (1)
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- (4)
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- Quite a commotion!
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- Finding a gap to escape…
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- … Making a break for it!
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- Remains of 2019 oyster catcher nest
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- Seagull snacking on a goose egg
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- Laura getting ready to hop onto land- no jetty access means we must use an area where the water is deeper.
