November 17th

Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind:  0-15 SW
  • Sky: cloudy for the most part, bit of sun came through
  • Water: a bit choppy today

Boats/Visitors

  • Had a few boats cruise by

Ecological

  • same amount of sea lions, no elephant seals yet

Notes

  • looks like the wind is going to pick up again tonight

Census

Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind:  0-10 NE
  • Sky: cloudy throughout the day
  • Water: calm

Boats/Visitors

  • Saw a couple ecotours cruise by

Ecological

  • still more sea lions than I expected to still be here, no elephant seal either.

Census

  • Stellar Sea Lions – 343
  • California Sea Lions, 152
  • Harbour Seals – 13
  • Gulls – 317
  • Cormorants – 119
  • Harlequinn Ducks – 18
  • Black Turnstones – 24
  • Eagle – 1

November 15th

Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind:  0-10 NW
  • Sky: partly cloudy most of the day, had some sun
  • Water: calm

Boats/Visitors

  • Had a couple ecotours cruise by

Ecological

  • more sea lions, with the calmer weather today

Notes

  • got some solar energy today, still ran the generator to keep the battery charge up

November 14th

Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind:  0-15 SE
  • Sky: cloudy all day
  • Water: choppy, less than a metre

Boats/Visitors

  • saw a couple ecotours cruise by earlier

Ecological

  • significantly less sea lions, will update the census on thursday

Notes

  • had a little power outage at the college and didn’t have wifi here so I did not do the log report yesterday

November 11th

Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind:  10-15 NE
  • Sky: cloudy
  • Water: calm

Boats/Visitors

  • Had some ecotours

Ecological

  • some sea lions in front of the house
  • one sea lions with a neckband
  • also about a dozen harlequin ducks

 

Very Windy

Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind:  20-30 NE throughout the day
  • Sky: cloudy all day
  • Water: very wavy at least a metre waves

Boats/Visitors

  • Saw one ecotour boat braving the elements today

Ecological

November 6th

Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind:  10-20 N this morning, 10-15 NE this afternoon
  • Sky: cloudy this morning, cleared up a bit in the afternoon
  • Water: a little choppy today

Boats/Visitors

  • Had a couple ecotours come by but not as many as last month

Ecological

  • I saw another neck band on a sea lion today (photos below)
  • did not see any elephant seals today

Harlequin Ducks are Back

Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind:  15-25 NE in the morning 5-10 NW in the afternoon
  • Sky: partly cloudy throughout the day
  • Water: choppy, about 1 metre waves

Boats/Visitors

  • Had some ecotours cruise by

Ecological

  • Saw the Harlequin ducks for the first time in months
  • still plenty of sea lions but less everyday
  • haven’t spotted an elephant seal today but I’m sure they are around