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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: 5-10 knts W
Sky: Partly cloudy
Water: Ripply
Boats/Visitors/Sightings
Quite a few ecotour boats today
One of the whale watching boats entered the channel on the East side of the main island. I was busy trying to get them to reverse out and couldn’t run to get a picture unfortunately. I’ll be on the lookout for the same boat again.
Guy brought several volunteers and visitors to the island today! The volunteers helped Guy place some of the old batteries on the upper shelves of the battery room. Guy was also able to help me with the desalination and power washer issues. We were also able to test the YSI meter to confirm that it is giving inaccurate readings and needs to be fixed.
Marine Mammals
There were 3 female and 1 male Elephant Seals on the island today. The second male from yesterday was nowhere in sight.
Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 15-25 NW
Sky: Partly Cloudy
Water: Waves under a metre
Boats/Visitors
a few ecotours went by today
Lauras marine science class had their final exam here today which was about 45 students so that was fun
Ecological
about a dozen elephant seals, one male still here, the rest female
I am so sure I got the final goose nest today and am hopefully done addling
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Tagged addling , Canada goose , ecotour , elephant seal , goose , students , visitors
Weather
Visibility: 0-15 Miles
Wind: 5-25 NW
Sky: Partly Cloudy
Water: Calm
Boats/Visitors
a lot of ecotours along with sailboats and fishing boats out today
I have a group of students staying in the student house tonight
Ecological
still a dozen elephant seals, one male among them
looks like the sea otter was out in the kelp again today, I can only tell because ecotour boats kept circling the kelp patch
Other
Fog horn started going off at 1am last night and continued until maybe 7 this morning
Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 10-20 NW
Sky: Partly Cloudy
Water: Calm
Boats/Visitors
a few ecotours went by today
Guy, brought by a group of Lauras marine science students to do a transect study at low tide today
Ecological
9 female elephants, one of them I’m still not sure if its the pup or not and one more elephant that I am now sure is a young male
Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 10-20 NW
Sky: Cloudy
Water: Calm
Boats/Visitors
a few ecotours went by today
Guy brought the overnight group back to campus today, and I don’t think I have anymore visitors for a few days
Ecological
About 9 adult female elephants hanging around today
not many sea lions lately
Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 15-25 NW
Sky: Cloudy
Water: A bit wavy less than a metre
Boats/Visitors
a few ecotours went by today
Guy picked up the visitors from lastnight and a dropped off a new group of overnight visitors
Ecological
10 adult female elephants all together
hardly any sea lions around
Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 20-40 NW
Sky: Partly Cloudy
Water: Waves 1-2 metres
Boats/Visitors
a few ecotours went by today
Guy, dropped off a group of 8 students and 1 chaperone from Pearson College for a little overnight trip
Ecological
Seems to be less sea lions lately, and only about 9 elephants
Census
stellar sea lions – 23
california sea lions – 31
harbour seals – 42
elephant seals – 9 female
gulls – 150
cormorants – 28
pigeon guillemots – 152
black turnstones – 28
oyster catchers – 14
fox sparrows – 12
geese – 16
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Tagged blackturnstones , california , canadagoose , census , cormorant , ecotour , elephantseal , foxsparrow , geese , gull , harbourseal , oystercatcher , pigeonguillemots , sealion , stellar , visitors
Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 0-15 NW
Sky: Partly Cloudy
Water: Choppy, under a metre
Boats/Visitors
quite a few ecotours went by today
Guy brought some people by to work on the coastal radar system and he also brought some students from the college for a tour
Ecological
10 adult female elephant seals, all lying around the front yard today soaking in the sun
Weather
Visibility: 15 Miles
Wind: 0-10 NW
Sky: Sunny
Water: a bit choppy in the afternoon, under a metre
Boats/Visitors
plenty of boat traffic today, ecotours, fishing, sailboats
a group of the marine science students came by for a bit today, I think they are getting ready for their final exam
Ecological
about 11 mature female elephants seals around, mostly gathered by the desal building and the others by the jetty
the second pup left this morning which was to be expected she is 3 months old and a couple days
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