Ecological Notes:
- 2 juvenile female Elephant Seals, hauled out in the main grass area, but visiting the water once or twice a day.
- Noted a California Sea Lion with damage to one of his pectoral fins …. bone and tendons appear to be ok. Looks like a patch of about 6X12 inches of skin removed.
- The Northern Fur Seal was reported to me as being on his second favorite rock out here, near the NW end of the reserve
- Sea Otter (reported as being Ollie) in the kelp to the west
- Lots of Pigeon Guillemots spreading around the main area, pairing off with courting behaviour
Visitors:
- 1 – Richard from the shore front team delivered Diesel and groceries
Facility Work:
- Replace another faulty light switch in the main house
- Transferred fuel to drums and moved most to the generator building, and added some to the furnace tank in the main house. I find it safer and easier to transfer in drums when by myself.
- Split and transferred more firewood
- Oil filter, oil, and fuel filter changed on Generator.
- Batteries electrolyte levels topped up
- Noticed drop in daily battery percentage over the last 2 weeks, found specific gravity readings were very low, trying an equalization charge
- Main house window cleaning
- Collected up fencing blocks left spread around after the last modifications to the fencing system
DND events:
- More radio simulations of boater conflict ….. again, no mention before or during, causing some discussion among other boaters
Noted Vessel Traffic:
- A solo kayaker, travel through and around the reserve on Tuesday.
- More Eco-Tourism vessels
- Several people fishing just outside the reserve, pulling lines and visiting the main area without fishing
Weather Events:
Mostly typical spring weather, changing direction, but lots of clear sky days with slight haze. Only a couple days of higher winds
- Monday, April 21:
- Sky: Slight haze, but mostly sunny all day
- Wind:mostly W mixed 5-20kts
- Sea: rippled to slight chop
- Temperature Low 8oC, High 12oC
- Tuesday, April 22:
- Sky: Very slight haze, but mostly sunny all day
- Wind:ESE 2-12kts changing to W 15 kts by evening
- Sea: flat calm
- Temperature Low 9oC, High 13oC
- Wednesday, April 23:
- Sky: Very slight haze, but mostly sunny all day
- Wind: low ESE winds, shifting to SE 10kts mid day
- Sea: calm all day
- Temperature Low 7oC, High 13oC
- Sky: Very slight haze, but mostly sunny all day
** Any wildlife photos taken at the furthest distance possible, and may be cropped to improve detail! **
Weather – Current:
http://www.victoriaweather.ca/current.php?id=72
Weather – Past: