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- Clean solar panels
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- Despite some clouds, there was still a lot of power pumping into the batteries from the solar panels.
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- These little fellows are five weeks old today! Christine pointed them out to me on Wednesday, as she had been watching them grow from the day they hatched. They live on the northeast corner of the ecoguardian’s house.
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- A parcel of 20 black oystercatchers in the early afternoon on the west side of the island. They were not this congregated and easy to count yesterday on census day.
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- Steller sea lion in the south channel
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- Bald eagle on Turbine Rock
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- Ruddy turnstone being watched by a gull (and an ecoguardian)
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- The ramps are the elephant seal’s preferred ocean egress. Can you spot the elephant seal slug trail leading up the boat ramp?
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- Post swim nap for the elephant seals
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- Black oystercatchers on an evening fly by the island
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- Resting male California sea lion with orange flipper tag 13-2.
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- Zoomed in view of the tag on the sea lion’s front left flipper.
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- I think the sea lion could tell from afar that I was interested in their tag, so he showed the underside of their flipper.
I will contact NOAA and DFO to report the resighting of the California sea lion with the tag 13-2. The orange tags mean the sea lion was rehabilitated. The tag on the left flipper means the sea lion is a male. I will update the log when I hear back about his history. The rest of the California and Steller sea lions are currently hauled out on Middle Rocks. Perhaps this guy needs a break from the frat party.
Facility work:
- Clean solar panels
- Check guest house for supplies and cleanliness
Vessels:
- Ecotourism: 12
- Private: 3
Weather:
- Sea: rippled in morning, up to 3′ chop in afternoon/evening
- Sky: Partly cloudy
- Wind: variable light winds overnight; from 07:00-12:00 westerlies 8-20 knots; afternoon/evening westerlies 20-31 knots
- Air temperature: low 12°C, high 21°C
- Seawater temperature at max flood: 11.0°C
** All wildlife photos are taken at the furthest distance possible, and may be cropped to improve detail! **