Wildlife notes

The east beach black oyster catchers have moved their nest. They now have two eggs in a different location about two feet away. I am not sure if they moved the first egg that distance (picked it up or rolled it over a rock to get there?) or if they started over again after the first egg was taken. I have to correct my comment in the post presenting the black oystercatcher nests on the island, suggesting they laid the same number of eggs this year as hatched in 2024. I’ll have a look in a week and see what the status is on their eggs.

Locations of the black oystercatcher nests on the Energy Building beach in 2024 and 2025

Facility work

• cleaned solar panels
• topped up battery fluid levels
• did a manual run on the generator
• measured specific gravity
• started on the first part of the walkway to the Student Building

Started clearing the pathway to the Student Building – the right fork.

Vessels

• ecotourism: 6
• private: 0

Weather

Periods of fog with visibility <1 mile in the morning and for short periods in the afternoon. Winds light WSW in the morning, moderate westerly breeze in the afternoon.  Daytime temperatures: low 8, high 10.