Ecological Notes:
- 1 Male Elephant Seal, and 1 young Female elephant Seal on the island.
- When they meet on the boat ramp, one of two things normally happen. If the female is above, she holds her ground and makes the male go around. But if the male comes from above, the female will rush down to the water to get out of the way. She barely goes above the 2 lowest buildings (the tank room and the boathouse), even though she was more comfortable up in the grass area when she was here before.
Picture angle is deceiving, the female is much smaller than the male. I would guess 350 Kilos compared to maybe 1600 kilos.
- After the heatwave that did unfortunately cost some chicks lives, it’s nice to be reminded that life goes on. Fresh eggs hatching, and “families” out going about their business.
Newly hatching
Family stretching their legs
Visitors:
- Waterfront Coordinator delivered groceries, fresh water for the tank, and a new fire pump yesterday.
Facility Work:
- Fire pump allowed filling the salt water cistern so we could start up the desalinator. It appear to run well and produce nice clean water, but one of the gauges was running very high. We decided to wait and have it checked by the contractor Monday, as we couldn’t solve it over the phone.
Noted Vessel Traffic:
- Many Eco Tourism boats and private boat touring the reserve. No fishing in the reserve like was prevalent last weekend.
Weather Events:
- Fog off and on most of the day, leaving light haze in the evening. Westerly winds all day near to 15 knots, calm seas.
** 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: