Seeing as Merriam-Websters word of the day is vexillology (the study of flags), I thought it would be the perfect day to replace our wind ravaged, faded and torn Canadian flag. As with most things they seem to take longer than you expect. The retainer line (attaching the two ends of the flag halyard to make a continuous loop) was frayed so that was replaced first. I struggled a bit attaching the line on the bottom of the new flag and settled for an anchor bend knot and a half-hitch and left a long tail in case someone wanted to change the knot. A proud patriotic moment – Oh Canada….. was sung out loud.
Wildlife notes:
It was a glorious sunny and windy day. The currents and waves were lively. I watched a gull swallow an entire large chiton in one gulp and found a blue egg in the killing fields. I was worried at first that it was a pigeon guillemot egg but it seemed to be too large.
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- Gull with a chiton in its beak.
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- Chiton lump in its throat
Mysterious blue egg amongst the gull eggs.
Female elephant seal on day 11 of its molt.
Facility Work
- cleaned solar panels
- replaced the Canada flag
Weather
Fresh westerly breeze until early afternoon then blowing 30 knots for the remainder of the day. Skies partly cloudy. Daytime temperatures: low 10, high 12.