BONUS! 2- Spectacular Rainbows!
Up before sunrise and already feeling a good flow to my morning routine. Of course coffee! Light up the woodstove and head out to start the generator. Today I skipped the Desalinater as our cistern (where we store our water to run through the Desalinater) needs a top up. The rain scheduled for today and tonight with add a little and then when Greg is out we plan to get the pump in the ocean to refill.
Today is Animal Census Day! The Lighthouse is the perfect perch to count the wildlife among the southern rocks and spot the Sea lions that are difficult around the edges of Great Race Rocks.
After this mornings routine I grabbed my journal, clicker and headed out to start counting the animals at sunrise accompanied by low tide.
Low tide is a great time to count the seals lounging on the surrounding rocks.
Harbor Seals lounging at Low tide on the South Islands
Through out the day I spent wandering the out skirts of Great Race Rocks and up the lighthouse a few times.
Black Turnstones seemed the most active today out of the others I’ve been here, as well as the fox sparrows.
Black Turnstone
Fox Sparrow
Seemed like a slow day for the cormorants compared to others, however, my first Humpback Whale while here, made up for that!
Humpback Whale passing through on the South West.
Humpback Whale Diving 4-6 minutes
Animal Census:
1- Humpback Whale
1- Bald Eagle
1- Sanderling
1- Sea Otter
1- Western Sandpiper
3- Black Oystercatchers
9- Canada Geese
10- Fox Sparrow
15- Black Turnstone
18- Cormorants
194- Harbor Seals
199- Stellar Sealion
679- Glaucous-winged Gull – 2- injured unable to fly (1 passed morning of 20th)
882- California Sealion
Bonus:
2- SPECTACULAR Rainbows!
Bald Eagle out on North Rocks
Black Oystercatcher
Steamy California Sealions after a rain storm
Stellar Sealion male yawning
Facility Work:
Topped up water in Batteries
Animal Census
Weather:
Overcast on and off
Rain storms in the afternoon
Weather – Current: http://www.victoriaweather.ca/current.php?id=72
Weather – Past: http://www.victoriaweather.ca/station.php?
Environment Canada forecast: