Ecological Notes:
- 4 Elephant Seals still in the grassy area
- I’ve been watching an interesting behavior of one of the female Elephant Seals but can only speculate on the reason…. She has spent 3 days in the very thick Pineapple Weed. This plant produces as very sweet smell when crushed. Every time she wakes up, she moves forward, then thrashes about and slams her head into the fresh patch. She breaths deeply for a while, and falls back asleep!
Crushed trails
nestled in for a sleep
Facility Work:
- After confirming the need last week, and insuring the system was working properly, it was time to do some minor repairs and modifications to the pier electric fence. Sunlight, salt water, waves and animals can be hard on electricals!
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- Worked well until the sun wore it down
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- We’ll see how this holds up!
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- Everything deteriorates
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- New fence gate handle
Weather Events:
- Westerly winds of 20-30 knots all day. Large swell and chop until midday when the tide turned to a flood, which smoothed thing out a lot. Sunny with light haze at water level, but still pretty good visibility.
** All 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: