Happy to be back at my home away from home!
Ecological Notes:
- 3 female Elephant Seals, 1 Full Adult and 2 juveniles
- The juvenile females prefer this grassy are
- The Adult female moves around more based on sun,shade. and breeze
- The Gulls are slowly pairing off, no full courtship displays or nest building noted yet
- 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 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 8.5oC, High 10oC
- 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 7oC, High 11oC
- Saturday, April 05:
- Sky: Bright, high overcast
- Wind: W/WSW 16-37 kts
- Sea: calm seas
- Temperature Low 8oC, High 10oC
** 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: