Sky: cloudy in the morning then cleared up by afternoon
Water: mostly calm
Boats/Visitors
Saw a few ecotours go by today
Two workers from Environment Canada came by for a few hours to inspect the weather monitoring equipment on the top of the lighthouse.
Kyle came out to deliver fuel and brought a student from Pearson college to see the island.
Ecological
There are now three other male elephant seals hanging around.
The older elephant seal pup has been sleeping away from the elephant seal family (dominant male, female and weaner) for the last few days now and the other males are starting to become interested in it. I really hope they don’t attack it!
New batteries were installed for the main energy systems. The generator will only need to be run once a week for 2-4 hours rather than 2-4 hours a day! Huge decrease in carbon footprint.
Ecological
The sea lions and seals were enjoying the sun today
Lots of black turnstones running around the lawn throughout the day
An eagle flew right over me and my friend right when she arrived to say hi.
Kyle came by with some food and a new cart for wheeling fuel around. New batteries for the generator and energy system are getting installed tomorrow which will greatly reduce the amount of time we will need to run the generator! Very exciting.
Ecological
Haven’t seen the young tagged C887 seal again
The elephant seal pups are getting so big, can’t believe how fast they grow. The weaner is so noisy, especially at night.
Lots of eagles and black oyster catchers out again today.
Had a few ecotours and divers go by today, no visitors
Ecological
There has been a consistent number of bald eagles, cormorants and black oyster catchers the past few days.
Elephant seal pups and mother are doing well. Still hanging around very close to the main house.
A younger male started to approach the female today but Bernard (the dominant male elephant seal) was quick to assert his presence and drive the young bull off.
Been able to see Mount Baker very well the last few days with the sunshine and clear skies.
Not much boat activity today aside from the usual commercial freighters
Had some technicians come out to look at upgrading the internet routers for the island which is exciting. Lots of upgrades happening lately to the energy systems here which will greatly reduce the amount of fuel needed to burn everyday to keep things running out here.
Ecological
The pups continue to grow and get bigger by the day.
Lots of eagles and harbour seals on the south east rocks still.
The elephant seal family have been hanging around very close to the house lately, right in front of the door! They don’t seem to mind me coming and going and taking the odd picture too much though.
Census
Stellar Sea Lions – 97
California Sea Lions – 100
Harbour Seals – 12
Elephant Seals – 6 (3 males, 1 female and 2 pups)
Cormorants – 74
Gulls – 165
Bald Eagles – 11
Black Turnstones – 15
Black Oystercatchers – 7
Canada Geese – 2
Notes
Had gale force winds all day today, at least the sun was out though!
