Ecological Notes:
- 3 Male Elephant Seals, 1 sub adult, 1 yearling, 1 3 year old(?) tagged – K646 (other tag obscured)
- At least 20 Canada Geese, more adults than I have personally seen here before other than brief stop overs for migration
- At least 6 Humpback whales, 2 well in the reserve
Visitors:
- Contractors, working on the windows of the main house
Facility Work:
- topped up battery electrolyte levels for solar storage
Solar power battery bank
- Took delivery of 1300 litres fresh water for the the storage tank
How we transfer water to the storage tank
- Transferred a barrel of diesel to the main house tank, was a poor fall for wood salvage for the wood stove (so far)
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- saving current firewood
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- transfer to main house tank
Noted Vessel Traffic:
- Still regular Ecotourism vessels, and the school educational vessel
- 1 private vessel fishing in the reserve, left as soon as I contacted them on VHF
Weather Events:
- Saturday, November 04:
- Sky: Bright high cloud early, giving way mixed high and low rain clouds by mid-morning
- Wind: Low north winds in early morning, rising by noon to NW 35+ kts, dropping in the evening and overnight to light winds
- Sea: Morning rippled to 2′ chop
- Temperature Low 11oC, High 15oC
- Sky: Bright high cloud early, giving way mixed high and low rain clouds by mid-morning
- Sunday, November 05:
- Sky: Early morning fog giving way to high cloudy overcast
- Wind: morning NNW 5 kts, gradually shifting to N and rising to 20kts mid day
- Sea: light chop with a slight underlying swell
- Temperature Low 10oC, High 12.5oC
- Monday, November 06:
- Sky: Foggy until mid-afternoon, clear and sunny to overcast
- Wind: W/WSW 16-37 kts
- Sea: light chop turning to high waves by evening
- Temperature Low 12oC, High 13oC
- Tuesday, November 06:
- Sky: Clear and sunny to overcast by afternoon
- Wind: NNE 15 kts dropping and shifting to W 3kts through the day
- Sea: light chop , with underlying swell
- Temperature Low 10oC, High 12oC
- Sky: Clear and sunny to overcast by afternoon
** All 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: