Facility work: Contractor over today to measure up the new stairs to main house front and back.Due to high exposure to salt spray over many years, the wood has decomposed.
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Weather
Sun and clouds today check this link for weather updates. http://www.victoriaweather.ca/station.php?id=72
Census February 28, 2021
The island is busy with activity. Spring is seeing a rise in the bird population. California sea lions are back after the snow has melted. Here is the census:
Mammals
- Steller sea lion 79
- Harbour seal 75
- California 62
- Elephant seal male 2
- Elephant seal female 1
- Elephant seal pup 4
- Sea otter 1
Birds
- Bald eagle adult 2
- Bald eagle juvenile 6
- Turnstones 18
- Killdeer 0
- Gulls 84
- Cormorants 665
- Pigeon guillemots 54
- Oyster catcher 6
- Canadian geese 6
- Harlequin 9
Boats in the Ecological Reserve today
Dive boat in reserve.
Private boat speeding in the reserve.
Private vessel with two divers Sunday.
Three Eco tour vessels respectively viewed animals in main channel.
Wind is back again today SW 37 to 40 knots.
Solid whit caps around the island seas 4 to 5 foot with a big swell. Scatter clouds and sun patches.12 NM visibility.
Halibut fishing on again
The wind has stopped for a day.Wind NE .50 calm seas ski clear visibility 15nm
small boats fishing Pedder bay Beachy Head and halibut spots.
The island is full of life today. Elephant seals have been busy moving all over the island. Birds are very active today. Gaggles of Canadian geese are arriving to the island. Pigeon Guillemots are looking to nest , lots of eagles today. Spring is in the air at Race Rocks.
Earth quake this morning
Feb 23 2021 Woke up to the rumble of a earth quake this morning. Wind from the west all night all morning steady 30+ knots. 10 nm Visibility with rain sun cloud hail all morning. Sea state 3 to 4 bigger in tide lines.
Census and Orcas.
Animal Census: Feb 17 2021
Gulls 68
Cormorants 738
Pigeon Guillemots 54
Eagles 12
Black Turnstones 28
Harlequin ducks 7
Steller sea lions 77
California sea lions 39
Pacific Harbour seal 62
elephant seal male 2
elephant seal female 2 pups
orca 4
Biggs orcas 7 East bound Southern Resident Lpod J, k pod west bound.
Weather– Current: http://www.
Weather–Past: http://www.
wind west 20 knots sky over cast and rain visibility 10 nm sea state 3 foot chop.
4 Elephant seal pups remain
Well I was wrong. I should have spent more time looking for the injured elephant seal pup my bad. We still have 4 elephant seal pups on the Island. The one female elephant seal did leave boat ramp. Some of the southern resident L pod where west bound passing by Saturday in the morning. Heard that J and K pod were coming my way. So I stay up on top of the light till dusk looking no luck spotting them.
Wind is from the west this morning steady 22knots and raining.
Injured Elphant seal pup
Feb 20 2021 winds west 25.5 knots.
The oldest elephant seal pups mom came back to the boat ramp yesterday. Her pup had bad bite marks on his rump. All day yesterday the gulls would pick at the teeth mark spots on his rump.. I had hoped that he would go to the ocean. After seeing what he was going through it was the safest spot for him. Some time in the night mom and pup swam out to sea. We now have 3 pups 1 female 2 males.