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Telephoto of the Olympic Mountains of Washington State. This was taken on a clear day- May 18, 2001 zoomed in on the remote camera. |
The tail end of a tugboat-drawn barge going up the Strait of Juan de Fuca, May 18, 2001 |
On a calm day, the area is a very popular site for observation of marine birds and mammals by the tour boats which take on passengers in Sooke or Victoria. May 18, 2001 |
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Captive tourists look out on the life of freedom enjoyed by the elephant seals and sea lions. May 18, 2001 |
May 18, 2001: Inflatable boats are used by many of the marine mammal tour boats. |
We get some glorious sunsets looking out from Race Rocks.This one has the Metchosin Hills in the foreground: June 11, 2001 |
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July 1, 2001, Canada Day fireworks over the provincial capital Victoria, B.C. Mike Slater lined up this scene on camera 3. |
July 4, 2001, American Independence Day fireworks over Port Angeles to the south of Race Rocks. |
Jean Dalphond captured this collage of images when he was staying at RR doing a project in early June, 2001. |
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Gull chicks hatching
July, 2001 |
Pigeon guillemots – nest in burrows in the rocks – use remote camera to find
July, 2001 |
There was an abundance of baby seals – born in mid July – 2001. Mike and Carol set the camera up on this scene on camera 2 . |
The Brandt’s cormorants on the west shore in
January, 2002
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May 2002 : yes, sometimes Race Rocks can be “golden”. This is camera 1 on the elephant seals. |
June, 2002 : We have had a successful year for gull hatching: 96 counted at one time and most of them survived. |
Pam Birley from England has sent us this eagle sequence, January, 2004. She has contributed her album of pictures to our daily log files. |
The OCEANQUEST exercises:use screen capture to contribute to a database |
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