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Ecological Notes:
- 2 Adult Female Elephant Seals, 1 expecting, 1 with calf below
- 1 Elephant Seal Pup, 2 weeks old
- 1 Juvenile Male Elephant Seal (yearling?). He is determined to be with the others, but they keep chasing him away. He does a big loop around the flagpole mound and returns
- Still finding gull remains from the Eagle hunts, but have also seen the eagles swoop diving on the Turnstones as well
- Have seen all 3 types of Cormorants this last week – Pelagic, Double Crested, and Brandt’s
- Most gulls present are Iceland (formerly Thayer’s)
- Thanks to Ann Nightingale for helping me to learn to ID more birds!
Visitors:
- Cedric brought 2 groups of 6 students with their Teacher over to see and learn about the Elephant Seals and pup
Weather Events:
- Primarily N/NE winds for the last week, overcast with lots of snow
- Tuesday January 10:
- Sky: Slight haze, light haze, mostly sunny in the morning
- Wind: N/NE winds 10-15 Kts in the morning
- Sea: Flat calm
- Temperature Low 7 oC, High 9 oC
- Wednesday January 11:
- Overcast with a mix of sunny periods
- Wind: N/NE 10-20kts
- Sea: 1 meter waves
- Temperature Low 8oC, High 10oC
Weather – Current:
http://www.victoriaweather.ca/current.php?id=72
Weather – Past: