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Census day

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Weather

  • 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

Foggy Today

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Weather

  • Visibility: 0 Miles at some points and 15 Miles at other points during the day
  • Wind:  0-15 W
  • Sky: overcast all day, with some fog banks rolling in
  • Water: calm

Boats/Visitors

  • a few ecotours came by today

Ecological

  • the neck banded sea lion was by the guest house, pictures included

Notes

  • having a difficult time keeping the sea lions away from the generator room

Neck Banded Sea Lion

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Weather

  • 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

Census Day

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Weather

  • 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