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- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 15-25 NE in the morning 5-10 NW in the afternoon
- Sky: partly cloudy throughout the day
- Water: choppy, about 1 metre waves
Boats/Visitors
- Had some ecotours cruise by
Ecological
- Saw the Harlequin ducks for the first time in months
- still plenty of sea lions but less everyday
- haven’t spotted an elephant seal today but I’m sure they are around
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: It was Blowing 23 NW this morning but is now 5-10 NE
- Sky: Some clouds throughout the day with a bit of sunshine coming through
- Water: choppy this morning, calmed down in late afternoon
Boats/Visitors
- Had some ecotours cruise by today
Ecological
- sea lions are still in the way by the desalinator room
Notes
- Ran the generator and desalinator today for a few hours, and the solar panels are nice clean, brought in a decent amount of solar energy today
- 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: 0-5 NE
- Sky: clear all day
- Water: calm
Boats/Visitors
- Gorgeous weather means plenty of ecotours
Ecological
- the elephant seal made another appearance today, there were humpbacks, sea lions, and eagles
Notes
- power went out early this morning so I turned on the generator and gave the solar panels a scrub, so hopefully it doesn’t happen again
- 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
