Tag Archives: pup

0 SW

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Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind: 0-10 SW was 0 this morning, came up in the afternoon
  • Sky: Very Sunny
  • Water: Flat Calm

Boats/Visitors

  • quite a few boats out there
  • also quite a few visitors coming to take a quick tour of race rocks

Ecological

  • The males both seem to have gone off today, I haven’t seen them, I’ve only seen the pups along with the two juvenile tagged females

Visitors

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Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind: 15-20 W
  • Sky: Mostly Cloudy, rain in the late afternoon
  • Water: Waves 0-1 metre

Boats/Visitors

  • a few boats went by today,
  • some staff from the college along with a group of people came by the island today for a little tour

Ecological

  • Still the two males and 4 females, two of them tagged around the jetty

Another Tagged Elephant Seal

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Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind: 0-10 W
  • Sky: Very Sunny
  • Water: Flat Calm

Boats/Visitors

  • quite a few fishing boats and ecotours out today

Ecological

  • The oldest pup was in the water again today, I got some photos of her on the rocks near the water
  • another tagged female elephant seal showed up today could only make out the last 3 digits on the tag which were 019

Census

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Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind: 0-10 SE
  • Sky: Sunny
  • Water: Some waves this morning but calm later in the day

Boats/Visitors

  • a few boats went by today, ecotours and fishing

Ecological

  • An adult female elephant seal showed up today and the oldest pup was relaxing on the jetty with the sea lions
  • also the juvenile male had blood on him, there may have been a couple small puncture wounds but nothing serious
  • it was a beautiful afternoon, a bit difficult counting with all the movement

Census

  • stellar sea lions – 75
  • california sea lions – 112
  • harbour seals – 28
  • elephant seals – 2 male, 4 female
  • gulls – 324
  • cormorants – 35
  • pigeon guillemots – 37 (there were way more yesterday)
  • black turnstones – 18
  • harlequinn ducks – 12
  • oyster catchers – 11
  • fox sparrows – 2
  • geese – 12

Wednesday

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Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind: 10-20 NE
  • Sky: cloudy with sunny periods
  • Water: choppy, 1-2 metres

Boats/Visitors

  • Had the guys working on the project by the student house here today
  • Kyle came by with a student as well to show him around a bit
  • Had an ecotour and a couple fishing boats and a sailboat cruise by today as well

Ecological

  • Both pups still around this morning, the younger pup found a safe spot away from the males near the helicopter pad, so she did a bit of rock climbing to get there
  • also saw a few Killdeer birds around today

Visitors

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Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind: 0-10 NE
  • Sky: Sunny
  • Water: Pretty calm

Boats/Visitors

  • Had some people come by today to work on a project by the student house
  • Guy brought the Race Rocks boat by today and put it in the boat shed, will hopefully be getting trained next week

Ecological

  • The oldest pup came back today, I think she just went out for a swim yesterday
  • The younger pup has moved around a bit and she has mostly been left alone today too

Monday

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Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind: 10-15 SW
  • Sky: Cloudy with some sunshine
  • Water: pretty calm, a bit of chop

Boats/Visitors

  • Some boats were cruising by today, fishing and ecotour

Ecological

  • The oldest pup is nowhere to be found today, she was near the boat shed last night and I have walked around the island a couple times today but I have not seen her anywhere
  • there is a fourth male elephant seal swimming around, he looks pretty young and I think he has been here before
  • The youngest pup has been trying to fend off the other males today

Beautiful Day

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Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind: 0-10 SE
  • Sky: Sunny all day
  • Water: calm

Boats/Visitors

  • A few ecotours, fishing boats and divers today

Ecological

  • a bit of movement today, one of the younger males was chasing the older pup and the bug guy stepped in and chased and the younger male off
  • the geese are seem to be starting to nest so they are getting louder and more aggressive