Hello!

My name is Cedric,

I have been settling into this seagull run oasis known as Race Rocks over the last couple of days. I am enjoying figuring out the inner workings of the infrastructure and discovering the ever present ecosystem that makes this place important

I have had the opportunity to witness the beauty of the Salish sea marine life from a variety of floating mechanisms (kayaks, sailboats, powerboats, etc.) but never quite like this 😊. That being said, I have been away from the West coast of Canada for a while now and am greatly looking forward to diving back into the Salish’s magic!

I will be doing my best to share with you, every few days, my meteorological and ecological findings, some upkeep tasks, day-to-day life and whatever else I can come up with!

Ecology:

Today after talking a quick walk around the island I spotted a few common birds. Although they are not particularly uncommon to spot, I enjoy seeing these animals living their day to day routine in numbers and tranquility.

A walk to the jetty presented me with a few old friends, Pigeon Guillemots neatly lined up for a picture, one of which being quite vocal.

Meteorology:

This morning, as did yesterday, started with a dense fog that did not lift until very late into the morning.  Today the fog made a comeback and appeared for a second time around noon/early afternoon.  I found that quite interesting and wish I had been more attentive as to what caused it but was busy making myself lunch amongst other things.

This afternoon around 1600 I noticed a Cirrus and Strato-Cirrus cloud, these two were not alarming (as they were not particularly “whisky”) but could mean some overcast and minor chances of showers for me tomorrow. Possibly the end of the sunny clear skies I have had since I arrived.

(Pictures are not quite as clear as I would’ve liked because of the unfortunate sun positioning)

Although I do have a feeling that it will take me a little while longer to get a better pulse on what information the clouds are giving me in this microclimate.  We will have to wait and see how my predictions hold.

**Update**

The next day (and the day after) did have overcast but showers were limited to 30 seconds of sprinkling in the early afternoon.  Mostly right but not quite there

Westerlies have been blowing since I have arrived, today it has bounced around 12-20kn whereas the last two evenings it reached 30kn, will have to see if the trend continues.

Maintenance activities since I have arrived:

Solar panels (daily)

Washed windows (almost daily)

Topped up battery water

Cleaned interior (started exterior) of secondary residence

Moved old building material to better location