Wildlife notes

One of the banded gulls observed in June was misidentified. The lighting was bad and a brown band appeared black in colour.  I was asked to rephotograph the gull to confirm the colour but it took a while for the bird to return. Now it seems to be a regular visitor to the Energy Building.  The misidentified gull who was banded in Haida Gwaii has been replaced with a gull who was banded in Port Renfrew. It is not so much of a long distance traveler and comes in second to gull from Tofino for furthest distance away. Below is the updated Race Rocks banded gull summary.

To learn more about the Salish Sea Gull Project and read their annual reports see this post.  To report a banded gull follow this link.

Facility work

• cleaned the solar panels
• ran the desalinator
• worked on the compost
• vacuumed flies

Vessels

• Ecotourism: 14
• Private: 0

Weather

Clear skies. Winds westerly 18 to 35 knots. Daytime temperature 12 to 18 degrees.