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Weather
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 10-20 NE
- Sky: Sunny all day
- Water: Choppy 1-2 metres
Boats/Visitors
- Saw some boats cruising by
Ecological
- The pups are doing well, one of the younger males was attacking the oldest pup until Bernard came along and chased him off
Census
- Stellar Sea Lions – 80
- California Sea Lions – 62
- Harbour Seals – 28
- Elephant Seals – 2 female pups, 3 males
- Geese – 12
- Oystercatchers – 16
- Eagles – 6
- Harlequinn Ducks – 9
- Gulls – 283
- Cormorants – 60
- Black Turnstones – 35
Weather
- Visibility:15 Miles
- Wind: 0-10 NE
- Sky: Cloudy
- Water: Calm
Boats/Visitors
- a few ecotours went by today
- I had a couple visitors come from the college to take a little tour around the island
Ecological
- Another mature female elephant seal showed up this morning, I am unsure if she is pregnant but I guess we will find out in a couple days
Census
- Stellar Sea Lions – 92
- California Sea Lions – 117
- Harbour Seals – 22
- Elephant Seals – 11 – 5 males, 4 female and 2 pups
- Cormorants – 97
- Gulls – 204
- Eagles –12
- Black Turnstones – 33
- Black Oystercatchers – 34
- Geese – 4
- Harlequin Duck – 14
Weather
- Visibility:15 Miles
- Wind: 10-15 SE
- Sky: Cloudy
- Water: Choppy under a metre
Boats/Visitors
- Kyle and Mike came by today to finish setting up the new inverter, next week they set up the new battery bank
Ecological
- noticed another large male elephant seal out on middle rock, he’s been there for a little while now but I don’t see any other elephant seals out there
Census
- Stellar Sea Lions – 167
- California Sea Lions – 94
- Harbour Seals – 61
- Elephant Seals – 5 males, 1 female and 1 pup
- Cormorants – 84
- Gulls – 260
- Eagles – 16
- Black Turnstones – 27
- Black Oystercatchers – 12
- Pigeon Guillemots – 12
- Harlequinn Ducks- 14
Weather
- Visibility:15 Miles
- Wind: 0-10 NW
- Sky: Cloudy
- Water: Calm
Boats/Visitors
- a couple ecotours went by today
Ecological
- The pup is getting so big, elephant seal pups are supposed to gain about 10 pounds a day
Census
- Stellar Sea Lions – 74
- California Sea Lions – 107
- Harbour Seals – 0
- Elephant Seals – 5 – 3 males, 1 female and 1 pup
- Cormorants – 88
- Gulls – 182
- Eagles – 6
- Black Turnstones – 27
- Black Oystercatchers – 12
- Geese – 2
Weather
- Visibility: 10-15 miles
- Wind: ranging 20-30 NE
- Sky: cloudy
- Water: choppy 1-2 metres
Boats/Visitors
- Not much boat traffic, saw a couple helicopters though
Ecological
- The pup born on tuesday is doing well
- The larger male is keeping the smaller 3 males away from the mom and pup
- still a few sea lions around
Census
- California Sea Lions – 76
- Stellar Sea Lions – 58
- Elephant Seals – 6 (4 males, 1 female and 1 pup)
- Harbour Seals – 32
- Cormorants – 128
- Gulls – 94
- Oyster Catchers – 24
- Black Turnstones – 27
- Eagles – 4
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 15-30 SW throughout the day
- Sky: cloudy for the most part, bit of sun came through
- Water: a bit choppy today
Boats/Visitors
- Had a couple boats cruise by
Ecological
- slightly less sea lions
- also saw, oystercatchers, harlequinns
- a couple eagles
Notes
- looks like the wind is going to pick up again tonight
Census
- Stellar Sea Lions – 267
- California Sea Lions – 142
- Harbour Seals – 14
- Elephant Seals – possibly one on the outer rocks, not sure
- Gulls – 275
- Cormorants – 321
- Black Turnstones – 32
- Geese – 16
- Oystercatchers – 4
- Harlequinn Ducks – 16
- Eagles – 2
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 0-10 NE
- Sky: cloudy throughout the day
- Water: calm
Boats/Visitors
- Saw a couple ecotours cruise by
Ecological
- still more sea lions than I expected to still be here, no elephant seal either.
Census
- Stellar Sea Lions – 343
- California Sea Lions, 152
- Harbour Seals – 13
- Gulls – 317
- Cormorants – 119
- Harlequinn Ducks – 18
- Black Turnstones – 24
- Eagle – 1
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- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 0-10 NW
- Sky: partly cloudy most of the day, had some sun
- Water: calm
Boats/Visitors
- Had a couple ecotours cruise by
Ecological
- more sea lions, with the calmer weather today
Notes
- got some solar energy today, still ran the generator to keep the battery charge up
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 15-30 NE throughout the day
- Sky: cloudy all day bit of sunshine came through in the afternoon
- Water: choppy today
Boats/Visitors
- Some ecotours skipping across the waves today
Ecological
- less sea lions today than last week
Notes
- DnD was blasting again today
Census
- Stellar Sea Lions – 105
- California Sea Lions – 286
- Elephant Seals – 2
- Cormorants- 634
- Gulls – 308
- Geese – 14
- Oyster Catchers 8
- Black Turnstones – 8
- Eagles – 2
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 0-15 SE
- Sky: clear most of the day
- Water: calm
Boats/Visitors
- Had plenty of ecotours cruising by
Ecological
- Not as many sea lions today, they might have peaked by now but last year they didn’t start leaving until mid november
- there were a couple injured sea lions plus a dead one
- only saw one elephant seal today but I’m sure the others are around
- So many stellars, mostly on the outer rocks
- there was also an eagle
- haven’t seen the otter or any oyster catchers
- also saw a few humpbacks out there (not included in census)
Notes
- plenty of solar input today
Census
- Stellar Sea Lions – 235
- California Sea Lions – 421
- Harbour Seals – 18
- Elephant Seals – 1(seen) I’m sure there are at least 3 or 4 more around
- Gulls (unspecified) – 456
- Cormorants – 713
- Black Turnstones – 22
- Geese – 8
- Eagle – 1
