Tag Archives: pup

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

Friday

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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

Census

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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

Helicopter Visitor

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Weather

  • Visibility:10-15 Miles
  • Wind: 3-10 SE
  • Sky: Cloudy
  • Water: Calm

Boats/Visitors

  • A coast guard technician and pilot came by today via helicopter to inspect the weather monitoring equipment for the lighthouse.
  • a couple ecotours went by today

Ecological

  • 15-20 harbour seals on the south east rocks for most of the day
  • The youngest elephant seal pup is very vocal! Always crying for milk

 

 

Feb 4th

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Weather

  • Visibility:15 Miles
  • Wind: 10-40 NW
  • Sky: Cloudy with sun in the afternoon
  • Water: waves 1-2 metres

Boats/Visitors

  • a couple ecotours went by this morning when it was more calm

Ecological

  • The first pup who’s mother has left started exploring today, I was a bit worried when I didn’t see her in front of the house this morning but she was just on the other side of the lighthouse

Notes

  • I will be heading out tomorrow morning, Mikey will be filling in for me and I will be back on Feb 28th