Ecological Notes : After much effort to detour the Canada geese from nesting, I came home today to this Easter gift on my door step!
I have been Goosed!
Birds
Ecological Notes:. Canada Geese are nesting on the island. I found five nests this week. Canada Geese are not native to the island and are very aggressive to all the native birds. Both myself and my guest were aggressively charged by two sets of males guarding their nests. They have become more aggressive towards the gulls too!
Visitors: 1
Facility Work: Battery maintenance day. Cleaning the outside of buildings and solar panels.
Vessel Traffic: Two privet boats.
Weather– Current: http://www.victoriaweather.ca/current.php?id=72
Weather–Past: http://www.victoriaweather.ca/station.php?id=72
Gull. Pigeon Guillemot are making their nest on the edge of the helicopter pad and north wall below the camera.Spring is here!
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| DAILY SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE AND SALINITY OBSERVATIONS | |||||
| Institute of Ocean Sciences, North Saanich, B.C., V8L 4B2 | |||||
| Station | RACE ROCKS | ||||
| Observer | Rod King | March | |||
| YSI ID: | 24 | Year: 2021 | |||
| YSI | YSI | ||||
| Temp | Sal | ||||
| Day | Time | ºC | ppt | ||
| 1 | 15:00 | 7.9 | 32.1 | ||
| 2 | 19:00 | 7.9 | 31.9 | ||
| 3 | 9:00 | 7.5 | 31.6 | ||
| 4 | 17:30 | 7.8 | 31.4 | ||
| 5 | 20:10 | 7.8 | 31.7 | ||
| 6 | 20:37 | 7.7 | 31.6 | ||
| 7 | 19:59 | 7.7 | 31.6 | ||
| 8 | 21:08 | 7.7 | 31.5 | ||
| 9 | 23:30 | 7.8 | 31.5 | ||
| 10 | 13:00 | 8.0 | 31.0 | ||
| 11 | 11:38 | 8.0 | 31.5 | ||
| 12 | 10:40 | 8.0 | 31.5 | ||
| 13 | 10:00 | 8.0 | 31.5 | ||
| 14 | 18:00 | 8.0 | 31.6 | ||
| 15 | 19:21 | 8.0 | 31.6 | ||
| 16 | 21:27 | 8.0 | 31.9 | ||
| 17 | 20:22 | 7.8 | 32.0 | ||
| 18 | 21:10 | 7.9 | 31.9 | ||
| 19 | 20:23 | 7.9 | 31.5 | ||
| 20 | 19:12 | 7.9 | 31.4 | ||
| 21 | 8:20 | 7.9 | 31.5 | ||
| 22 | 9:07 | 7.8 | 31.4 | ||
| 23 | 11:37 | 7.8 | 31.4 | ||
| 24 | 11:01 | 8.0 | 31.0 | ||
| 25 | 11:11 | 8.0 | 31.2 | ||
| 26 | 20:12 | 8.1 | 31.4 | ||
| 27 | 16:00 | 8.2 | 31.6 | ||
| 28 | 15:50 | 8.2 | 31.4 | ||
| 29 | 22:50 | 8.0 | 31.5 | ||
| 30 | 18:11 | 8.2 | 31.8 | ||
| 31 | 20:05 | 8.2 | 31.7 | ||
Ecological Notes: River otter spotted on main island again.Surf Birds are around the island on the low tide lines today and Black Turn Stones.. Pearson students gone home.
Animal Tracking. California injured perhaps by an encounter with Orca.
Elephant seal pups: 4 molting
Elephant seal female: 3 molting
Current: http://www.victoriaweather.ca/current.php?id=72
Weather–Past: http://www.victoriaweather.ca/station.php?id=72
Ecological Notes: 3 female and 4 elephant seals pups molting
Pearson College: Today, the students arrived at the reserve for studies.
Facility Work: Clean sides of all buildings with power washer.
Weather– Current: http://www.victoriaweather.ca/current.php?id=72
Weather–Past: http://www.victoriaweather.ca/station.php?id=72