Weekly Census
Observed today in between fog patches.
Mammals:
- Steller sea lion: 41
- California sea lion: 35
- Harbour seal: 105
Birds:
- Bald eagle: 1
- Canada goose: 4
- Cormorant: 37
- Gull: 495
- Black oystercatcher: 16 (including 3 chicks)
- Pigeon guillemot: 112
- Harlequin duck: 2
- Surfbird: 34
- Black turnstone: 68
Facility work:
- Check and top up battery water
- Weed whacking paths
Vessels:
- Ecotourism: 21
Weather:
- Sky: fog with occasional patches of visibility up to 2 km
- Wind: west 12-26 knots
- Sea: rippled
- Air temperature: low 12 °C, high 15 °C
- Seawater temperature at max flood: 10.7°C
Photos from today:
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- Fog shrouded tower
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- Lunch delivery for two glaucous-winged gull chicks
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- Relaxed sea sausage harbour seal
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- Gull siblings
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- Whistling pigeon guillemot that looks like they just got back from a fishing trip.
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- Foggy view from the lantern room of the Pearson College boat Pedder Explorer taking alumni on a tour of the ecological reserve.
*All wildlife photos are taken at the furthest distance possible, and may be cropped to improve detail.