Happy to be back at my home away from home!

Ecological Notes:

• 3 female Elephant Seals, 1 Full Adult and 2 juveniles

• The Gulls are slowly pairing off, no full courtship displays or nest building noted yet

A few squabbles here and there

• So far, I’ve only found 2 of the 3 previously noted active Canada Goose nests…. I think the one by the composting are has been abandoned

The gulls are quite quick to take advantage of spoiled eggs

• The harbour seals on the southern rocks seem to be very skittish …… wondering if there have been undocumented orca hunts in the reserve, maybe at night(?)

Visitors:

• Just the waterfront coordinator during the Eco-Guardian exchange/transfer

Facility Work:

• fuel transfers
• Monthly report levels checks
• general quick facilities check on arrival, moving to scheduled routine checks

DND events:

• Heavy Blasting one one day

Noted Vessel Traffic:

• Some eco-tourism vessels, all following good practices and procedures
• 1 private vessel exploring the reserve

 Noted Infractions:

• Private vessel approached the haul out area by the crane/jetty area a little close and head on orientation, startling the sea lions, all moving and several entering the water…. I feel the nervousness of the sea lions was increased by the previous days blasting though

Weather Events:

• Thursday, April 03:
  • Sky: sunny and clear, very occasion cloud patches
  • Wind: Mostly W, 5-10 kts in the morning, dropping to very light in the afternoon, rising to near 20kts over the afternoon/evening
  • Sea: calm seas
  • Temperature Low 8.5^oC, High 10^oC
• Friday, April 04:
  • Sky: Mostly clear, with some high overcast at times
  • Wind: NE shifting to E 5-15 kts
  • Sea: calm seas
  • Temperature Low 7^oC, High 11^oC
• Saturday, April 05:
  • Sky: Bright, high overcast
  • Wind: W/WSW 16-37 kts
  • Sea:  calm seas
  • Temperature Low 8^oC, High 10^oC

** 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:

http://www.victoriaweather.ca/station.php?