Weekly Census:
Mammals:
- Steller sea lion: 36
- California sea lion: 4
- Harbour seal: 129
Birds:
- Canada goose: 9
- Cormorant: 19
- Gull: 556
- Black oystercatcher: 10
- Pigeon guillemot: 102
- Short-billed dowitcher: 1
- Surfbird: 22
- Black turnstone: 52
Facility work:
- Clean solar panels and windows
- Tidy up the boat house
Vessels:
- Ecotourism: 21
Weather:
- Sky: Partly cloudy, fog in evening
- Wind: west 22-41 knots
- Sea: 3-4′ chop
- Air temperature: low 12 °C, high 17 °C
- Seawater temperature at max flood: 10.3°C
Photos from today:
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- Steller sea lions and one California sea lion on the South Islands. The K.J. Gardner, a 75m spill response vessel passes in the background.
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- A Pearson College alumni reunion tour in the Pedder Explorer pulled up as I was entering the tower door.
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- Seen through a window in the tower on my way up
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- Pigeon Guillemots with lunch
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- A bazaar of pigeon guillemots on the rocks west of the jetty
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- Lawn mowing Canada goose
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- Short-billed dowitcher
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- Glaucous-winged gull chicks
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- Glaucous-winged gull chicks in their awkward adolescence phase.
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- Surfbirds and black turnstones taking shelter in the East Bay, away from the west wind.
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- Harbour seals hauled out near the east bay
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- Harbour seals on South Seal Rocks. The small one is a pup.
*All wildlife photos are taken at the furthest distance possible, and may be cropped to improve detail.