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Another Male Elephant Seal

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Weather

  • Visibility:15 Miles
  • Wind: 10-45 SW
  • Sky: Cloudy, some sun this morning
  • Water: Waves 1-2 metres

Boats/Visitors

  • a couple ecotours went by this morning

Ecological

  • Another large male elephant seal showed up today, he might’ve been the one that was here a couple weeks ago but he is the only new one since the pup has been born, he looks almost as large as the biggest male who has been sticking around mom and pup

 

Census

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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

January 15th 2018

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Weather

  • Visibility:15 Miles
  • Wind: 15-20 NE
  • Sky: Partly cloudy, some sunlight this morning
  • Water: Choppy less than a metre

Boats/Visitors

  • a few ecotours went by today

Ecological

  • The 6 day old pup is doing well
  • The other 5 elephant seals are doing well too
  • still quite a few sea lions around

Green-winged Teal

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Weather

  • Visibility: 10-15 Miles
  • Wind: 15-25 NE
  • Sky: Cloudy
  • Water: Choppy about 1 metre

Boats/Visitors

  • a couple ecotours went by today

Ecological

  • The 4 day old pup is doing well
  • The largest male was on the other side of the lighthouse today but came “running” when he heard the mother yelling at one of the juveniles getting too close, the big guy came and chased him off so Springtide ecotours got a bit of show today
  • Also some Green-winged Teals today along with harlequins, oystercatchers and eagles

Jan 12th 2017

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Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind: 5-10 S
  • Sky: Cloudy
  • Water: Choppy about 1 metre

Boats/Visitors

  • Kyle came by today to help me fuel the generator

Ecological

  • The pup seems to be doing well, the largest male is staying near the mom and pup and is chasing the 3 smaller males off when they get too close
  • There appears to be a small female sea lion, stellar by the colouring by the jetty that doesn’t appear to be doing too well

Census and update on pup

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Weather

  • Visibility: 10-15 miles
  • Wind: ranging 20-30 NE
  • Sky: cloudy
  • Water: choppy 1-2 metres

Boats/Visitors

  • Not much boat traffic, saw a couple helicopters though

Ecological

  • The pup born on tuesday is doing well
  • The larger male is keeping the smaller 3 males away from the mom and pup
  • still a few sea lions around

Census

  • California Sea Lions – 76
  • Stellar Sea Lions – 58
  • Elephant Seals – 6 (4 males, 1 female and 1 pup)
  • Harbour Seals – 32
  • Cormorants – 128
  • Gulls – 94
  • Oyster Catchers – 24
  • Black Turnstones – 27
  • Eagles – 4

Break from the rain

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Weather

  • Visibility: 15 miles
  • Wind: 5-10 NE
  • Sky: Cloudy
  • Water: mostly calm

Boats/Visitors

  • A few boats around, fisherman and ecotours
  • A coast guard helicopter flew over numerous times today

Ecological

  • The same 4 males and 1 female elephant seals
  • still about 100 sea lions I think, mostly stellar
  • A lot of eagles around

Also included photos I took of some oyster catchers I saw on Dec 1st the day I left for my winter break