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Weather
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 0-20 NW
- Sky: Partly Cloudy
- Water: Calm
Boats/Visitors
- a few ecotours went by today
- along with two kayakers and a bunch of sailboats
Ecological
- about a dozen elephants, quite a few different birds and not a lot of sea lions about today
- a possible sea otter in the north kelp bed but I couldn’t see it, but there were boats circling around there
- saw an oyster catcher nest as well
Census
- stellar sea lions – 12
- california sea lions – 25
- harbour seals – 32
- elephant seals – 11 female, 1 male
- gulls – 180
- cormorants – 18
- pigeon guillemots – 220
- harlequinn ducks – 12
- oyster catchers – 14
- fox sparrows – 10
- geese – 16
- eagles – 2
- sea otter – maybe 1
Weather
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 20-40 NW
- Sky: Partly Cloudy
- Water: Waves 1-2 metres
Boats/Visitors
- a few ecotours went by today
- Guy, dropped off a group of 8 students and 1 chaperone from Pearson College for a little overnight trip
Ecological
- Seems to be less sea lions lately, and only about 9 elephants
Census
- stellar sea lions – 23
- california sea lions – 31
- harbour seals – 42
- elephant seals – 9 female
- gulls – 150
- cormorants – 28
- pigeon guillemots – 152
- black turnstones – 28
- oyster catchers – 14
- fox sparrows – 12
- geese – 16
Weather
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 0-10 NW
- Sky: Sunny
- Water: Calm
Boats/Visitors
- a lot of boat traffic today, from ecotour to fishing boats and sailboats, great day to be on the water
Ecological
- about 9 elephant seals around, all female, and all in the process of molting
- the eagles were chasing around the seagulls today and there were quite a bit of pigeon guillemots around
Weather
- Visibility:15 Miles
- Wind: 5-15 NW
- Sky: Partly Cloudy
- Water: Waves about 1 metre
Boats/Visitors
- Kyle came by with electricians from Power to the People to set up the new inverters, next week they working on the new battery bank
Ecological
- the elephant seals are all doing well
- as are the sea lion
- and the pigeon guillemots are back, will update the census with photos tomorrow
