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Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 5-15 SW
Sky: Partly Cloudy
Water: Calm for the most part
Boats/Visitors
A few ecotours going by today, some divers went by yesterday
Maintenance
Plan on stacking firewood today, and top up the water tank, I’m hoping to start pressure washing soon
Ecological
The third pup, is covered in bite marks and I really don’t know how long it’ll last but at the moment its still alive but one of the other mothers keeps attacking it
Chunk is here but hasn’t really come up past the jetty, which is good I think he is scared of Bernard
Census
California Sea Lions – 232
Steller Sea Lions – 106
Harbour Seal – 21
Elephant Seal – 2 male, 3 female plus 3 pups, 1 female, 1 male, and the third gender is undetermined
Cormorants – 417
Gulls – 507
Black Turnstones – 44
Eagle – 48
Oyster Catchers – 28
Harlequin Ducks – 8
Ravens – 2
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Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 5-25 NW
Sky: Partly Cloudy
Water: Choppy under a metre
Boats/Visitors
A few ecotours and sailboats going by
Maintenance
Fence needed a bit of a fix up today
Ecological
So many sea lions lately
I didn’t actually see the elephant seal today, I am just hoping she is still around
Haven’t seen the pup in a couple days either
As for the neck banded sea lions, they are difficult to keep track of with so many sea lions around but I’m sure they are still around
Census
Elephant Seal – 1
Harbour Seals – 60
California Sea Lions – 685
Stellar Sea Lions – 412
Harlequin Ducks – 4
Cormorants – 313
Gulls – 698
Fox Sparrows – 16
Geese – 10
Black Turnstones – 24
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Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 0-10 NW
Sky: Partly Cloudy
Water: Calm
Boats/Visitors
A few ecotours and sailboats going by
Maintenance
Fence maintenance, some pressure washing
Ecological
Haven’t seen the pups today but am sure they are around, there are quite a few sea lions on all of the rocks
also some harlequin ducks today and plenty of cormorants
the past few days I’ve seen maybe 4 humpbacks
Census
Elephant Seal – 0
Harbour Seal – 178
California Sea Lion – 281
Stellar Sea Lion – 344
Sea Otter – 1
Harlequin Duck – 5 male 1 female
Cormorant – 117
Fox Sparrow – 12
Gull -421
Geese – 10
Black Turnstone – 15
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Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 0-10 NW
Sky: Overcast
Water: Calm
Boats/Visitors
Guy came by with Garry and David a Pearson alumni for a little visit
There are still plenty of ecotours around, also a lot of whales, I don’t think the ecotours are giving them enough space when they are cruising by
Maintenance
The fence is holding up very well, I still need to extend it though
Ecological
No elephant seals at the moment, haven’t seen any for a few days
saw two humpbacks today and an eagle so that was nice
the geese are also back today, they come and go day by day
not as many californias but even more stellars
Census
California sea lion – 311
Stellar sea lion – 264
Harbour seal – 70
Elephant seal – 0
Cormorants – 44
Seagulls – 297
Black turnstones – 12
Fox sparrows – 6
Geese – 8
Eagle 1
And I suspect 1 sea otter is in the north kelp bed
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Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 0-10 NW
Sky: Overcast
Water: Calm
Boats/Visitors
Guy, Greg and Travis came by to help finish putting up the fence and also fix a couple things in the house
Still a lot of ecotours cruising by each day
Maintenance
The fence is up and working better than the old fence for keeping the sea lions out of certain areas
the washer is now also working, which is great for me
had to run the generator quite a bit today, the batteries have been running low
Ecological
About a hundred more sea lions than there were last weak
also seems to be more gulls and harbour seals
havent see the geese around today
also a sea lion with garbage wrapped around its neck, will contact the right people and keep an eye on him
Census
California sea lion – 371
Stellar sea lion – 184
Harbour seal – 77
Elephant seal – 1 female , there was another female but she left a couple days ago
Cormorants – 30
Seagulls – 486
Black turnstones – 25
Fox sparrows – 12
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Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 5-15 NW
Sky: Overcast
Water: Flat calm
Boats/Visitors
Quite a bit of boat traffic, most of it being whale watching tours
Guy came by with a couple more boat loads of students to give them a tour around the island
Maintenance
Didn’t have to do any pressure washing today thanks to the rain although I did have to run the generator a bit to make up for not getting any solar energy today
Ecological
An elephant seal showed up yesterday and she is still around today, so thats exciting
also there have been a few humpback whale sightings and Guy said he saw some killer whales on the way over here but I missed them unfortunately
plenty of sea lions, seems like there is more everyday
not as many gulls as last week and I haven’t seen any cormorants on the outer rocks today
Census
stellar sea lions – 132
california sea lions – 314
harbour seals – 94
gulls – 261
elephant seals – 1 female
black turnstones – 12
fox sparrows – 2
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Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 20-25 NW
Sky: Partly Cloudy
Water: Waves under a metre
Boats/Visitors
Quite a bit of boat traffic, most of it being whale watching tours
Guy, Greg and Mike came by today to take the old washer and dryer in for repairs
Maintenance
did some pressure washing today, but will probably do more of the solar panels tomorrow, need to fuel up the pressure washer first
Ecological
Quite a few sea lions, and harbour seals around
Birds consist of seagulls and cormorants, haven’t seen any eagles or harlequinns around, there aren’t even any geese here today
it looks like one of the young seagulls, there are still about 7 maybe 9 around of the really young ones, but it looks like one of them was pecked at around its head
Census
stellar sea lions – 104
california sea lions – 198
harbour seals – 55
gulls – 289
cormorants – 26
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Tagged california , census , ecotour , fledgling , harbour , juvenile , seagull , seal , sealion , stellar , visitors , whalewatcher
Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 20-35 NW
Sky: Partly Cloudy
Water: Waves 1-2 metres
Boats/Visitors
not much boat traffic today, its been pretty windy
Ecological
less elephant seals
also less sea lions
Census
stellar sea lions – 11
california sea lions – 15
elephant seals – 7 female, 1 male
gulls – 180
pigeon guillemots – 98
oyster catchers – 14
geese – 16
eagles – 2
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Tagged california , census , eagle , elephantseal , geese , gull , nesting , oystercatcher , pigeonguillemot , sealion , stellar
Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 15-25 NW
Sky: Partly Cloudy
Water: Waves under a metre
Boats/Visitors
a few ecotours went by today
Guy came by with some of the japan house students
Ecological
About a dozen elephants seals
not many sea lions around lately, some stellars on the south rocks and a few californias on the jetty
Census
stellar sea lions – 12
california sea lions – 15
harbour seals – 23
elephant seals – 11 female, 1 male
gulls – 180
cormorants – 12
pigeon guillemots – 124
harlequinn ducks – 12
oyster catchers – 14
fox sparrows – 8
geese – 16
eagles – 2
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Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 0-20 NW
Sky: Partly Cloudy
Water: Calm
Boats/Visitors
a few ecotours went by today
along with two kayakers and a bunch of sailboats
Ecological
about a dozen elephants, quite a few different birds and not a lot of sea lions about today
a possible sea otter in the north kelp bed but I couldn’t see it, but there were boats circling around there
saw an oyster catcher nest as well
Census
stellar sea lions – 12
california sea lions – 25
harbour seals – 32
elephant seals – 11 female, 1 male
gulls – 180
cormorants – 18
pigeon guillemots – 220
harlequinn ducks – 12
oyster catchers – 14
fox sparrows – 10
geese – 16
eagles – 2
sea otter – maybe 1
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