Weather
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 20-30 SW
- Sky: cloudy, but lots of sun
- Water: rough
Boats/Visitors
- Kyle dropped off some fuel for me today
Ecological
- plenty of sea lions around and the 5 elephant seals
Notes
- Had some good solar input today
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Census Day
Weather
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 0-10 NE
- Sky: Overcast
- Water: calm, sort of, there was a bit of a swell out there
Boats/Visitors
- Kyle dropped off a food order and helped with some facility work other than that there were the usual ecotours
Ecological
- More sea lions than last week
- Same 5 elephant seals
- a lot of birds, gulls, turnstones, oystercatchers, geese, cormorants and an eagle
- Still not sure if the sea otter is out there, he is very hard to see from here
Notes
- DnD was blasting today
- The new generator is working great, just need more fuel
Census
- California Sea Lions – 512
- Stellar Sea Lions – 141
- Unspecified Gulls – 620
- Cormorants – 228
- Black Turnstones – 26
- Oystercatchers – 22
- Geese – 16
- Eagle – 1
- Harbour Seals – 30
- Elephant Seals – 5
Wind and Rain
Weather
- Visibility: 10 Miles
- Wind: 20-30 SW
- Sky: cloudy all day
- Water: pretty rough
Boats/Visitors
- Didn’t see many boats today
Ecological
- the sea lions have finally moved away from my house today and more off of the main island
Notes
- its so windy and rainy, the island is pressure washing itself, desperately needed
Very Windy Today
Weather
- Visibility: 5 Miles this morning then cleared to 15
- Wind: 20-30 SE this morning but is now 10-15 NW
- Sky: cloudy most of the day but the solar panels did get some sunlight
- Water: pretty rough most of the day
Boats/Visitors
- Some ecotours cruised by
Ecological
- plenty of sea lions as usual and the 5 female elephant seals
High Winds Tonight
Weather
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 10-15 SE today but it is supposed to blow up tonight
- Sky: overcast all day
- Water: calm, no waves
Boats/Visitors
- some ecotours came by
Ecological
- plenty of sea lions around. not sure if their numbers have peaked yet
- the 5 elephant seals are more scattered around today
Notes
- The new generator is working really well
Cold Seas
Weather
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 0-15 NE
- Sky: overcast all day
- Water: flat but the current was moving
Boats/Visitors
- Ecotours and fishing boats coming by today
Ecological
- plenty of sea lions around not sure if the numbers have peaked yet
- saw humpbacks again out the kitchen window, they’ve been around for awhile
Notes
- The water sample the last couple days has shown a temperature of 9 degrees which is the lowest I’ve seen it in awhile
- The generator is working nicely
Elephant Seals
Weather
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 20-30 W this morning and switched to 0-5 N this evening
- Sky: overcast throughout the day
- Water: rough this morning and calmed down in the evening
Boats/Visitors
- Some ecotours came by today
Ecological
- planty of sea lions along with 5 beautiful female elephant seals of varying sizes
Census day
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
Windy Day
Weather
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 20-30
- Sky: partly cloudy throughout the day
- Water: very choppy, a lot of whitecaps out there
Boats/Visitors
- Had some ecotours come by today
Ecological
- the 3 elephant seals and the sea lion with the neck band are still around
- the majority of the sea lions are around the guest house
Foggy Today
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
