Neck Banded Sea Lion

Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind:  5-15 SE
  • Sky: clear today
  • Water: calm

Boats/Visitors

  • quite a few ecotours, saillboats and fishing boats around

Ecological

  • sea lions seem to want to be more on the main rock, trying to keep them away from the house and the generator room
  • the three female elephant seals are still here

Notes

  • the neck banded sea lion is by the guest house today, pictures at the end of the gallery

Windy Day

Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind:  20-30 W
  • Sky: cloudy throughout the day
  • Water: a bit choppy, no more than a metre

Boats/Visitors

  • Some ecotours braved the winds and came by

Ecological

  • plenty of sea lions around they are coming up more to the middle island, which can be a problem, the elephant seals are up here too

Notes

  • Ran the generator for a few hours today, had a little power outage last night and can’t have that happen again
  • Everything else is going alright here, hopefully have the new generator up and running next week

Rain!

Weather

  • Visibility: 10 Miles
  • Wind:  20-30 NW
  • Sky: cloudy and rainy
  • Water: choppy no more than a 1 metre tall waves

Boats/Visitors

  • some ecotours braved the wind and rain and came by

Ecological

  • saw and eagle today for the first time in a while

Notes

  • So happy it is finally raining, makes it easier to pressure wash and clean the solar panels

Sunsets

Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind:  0-5 SE
  • Sky: clear all day
  • Water: calm

Boats/Visitors

  • Plenty of ecotours today

Ecological

  • the 3 elephant seals are still around

Notes

  • I have been getting beautiful sunsets every night but I am wishing for rain

Elephant Seal Pup and Visitors

Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind:  0-5 NE
  • Sky: clear all day today
  • Water: calm

Boats/Visitors

  • Had some visitors come by from Eagle Wing Whale Watching Charters today with Kyle which was really nice

Ecological

  • 3 female elephant seals on island and one of them is baby which I am very excited about

 

More Elephant Seals

Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind:  10-15 SW
  • Sky: cloudy this morning, cleared up in the afternoon
  • Water: calm

Boats/Visitors

  • Quite a few ecotours

Ecological

  • plenty of sea lions around and we now have 2 female elephant seals

Notes

  • Sunny again today, was hoping for more rain but maybe sometime soon

An Elephant Seal

Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind:  10-15 SW
  • Sky: cloudy this morning had a bit of fog then cleared up in the afternoon
  • Water: calm

Boats/Visitors

  • Had a few ecotours and personal vessels cruise by today

Ecological

  • plenty of stubborn sea lions along with one female elephant seal mixed in with them

Notes

  • It was nice to see an elephant seal around, I walked around taking a few pictures today
  • The sea lions were very stubborn today, I couldn’t fix the fence by the student house because they would charge me whenever I got close

Windy Day

Weather

  • Visibility:15 Miles
  • Wind:  20-30 NW today
  • Sky: cloudy today with bits of sunshine
  • Water: choppy at least a metre at one point

Boats/Visitors

  • Some ecotours braved the ind and came around today

Ecological

  • plenty of sea lions around and a bird I have not identified yet but included photos

Notes

  • Very windy today and even a little bit rain but not as much as we would’ve liked

Beautiful Sunsets

Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind:  0-15 SE
  • Sky: cloudy this morning, cleared up in the afternoon
  • Water: calm

Boats/Visitors

  • Had some visitors come out for a sunset cruise, my coworkers had to drop off another spot checker for me

Ecological

  • plenty of sea lions around and it almost seems like there is more birds too, census tomorrow

Notes

  • DnD was blasting again today
  • Having some issues with spot checker, hopefully this other one works well
  • Here are some pictures of the beautiful sunset tonight and lastnight
  • and a photo of a sea lion who looked like there was something wrong with his hind flipper

Wishing for Rain

Weather

  • Visibility: 10 Miles this morning cleared up to 15 in the afternoon
  • Wind:  0-5 SE throughout the day
  • Sky: overcast this morning, clear skies in the afternoon
  • Water: calm all day

Boats/Visitors

  • quite a few ecotours

Ecological

  • plenty of sea lions around

Notes

  • having a hard time with the fence between the generator room and the guest house, the sea lions tear it down every couple hours
  • Also I have not seen the sea lion around that recently had the garbage removed from around its neck, I’ve been looking around for him
  • We could use some rain though, it would be easier to pressure wash around here if it rained first