Sunny
Wind: 0-17 from varying directions throughout the day
Air Temperature: Low 9.2ºC, High 11.8ºC
Ocean Temperature: 9.0ºC
Today was spent preparing for the shift change. Anne Stewart will arriving tomorrow to take over as the Eco-Guardian.
There was one eco tour boat seen in the reserve today.
Here are the results of today’s megafauna census:
Steller Sea Lion: 58
California Sea Lion: 31
Harbour Seal: 79
Bald Eagle: 3
Cormorant: 16
Canada Goose: 24
Gull: 256
Crow: 2
Oystercatcher: 4
Pigeon Guillemot: 234
Surfbird: 8
Black Turnstone: 16
Savannah Sparrow: 1
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- A bald eagle perches above a group of harbour seals on Turbine Rock.
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- Four cormorants dry off on land.
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- A wooden object (possibly a dock) floats by a group of sea lions.
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- Sea lions and harbour seals share the same rock on the South Islands.
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- The steller sea lion in the centre of the pack is branded 790R. It was a pup in 2009, at Rogue Reef, Oregon.
