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posted by Carol or Mike S at 7:15 PM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 5:45 AM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 6:40 PM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 6:34 AM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 6:53 PM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 6:08 AM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 6:17 PM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 6:44 AM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 7:56 PM

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HUMAN INTERACTION: 27 ecotour boats and 4 pleasure craft today.
posted by Carol or Mike S at 6:54 PM

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WEATHER: Part Cloudy »» Vis 15 Miles >> Vis. South East >> South West 3 Miles Fog »» Wind West 23 Knots »» Sea 2 - 3 Foot Moderate
posted by Carol or Mike S at 6:32 AM

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MARINE LIFE: Occasionally see adult gulls feeding young, young that are as big as the parent gulls! Still a good supply of food fish. The young gulls are very noisy off and on during the night but the noise on the roof has diminished considerably.Look forward to the cleansing rains of fall, really notice the smell of bird droppings after being in town for a few hours and then returning.
HUMAN INTERACTION: 28 Ecotour boats, 1 dive charter and 3 pleasure craft today. Hyaku in, Ryan to say goodbye and Kiprop((returning for his second year) for a few day's visit.
posted by Carol or Mike S at 6:18 PM

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WEATHER: Sky Part Cloudy »» Vis 15 Miles »» Wind West 27 Knots »» Sea 3 - 4 Foot Moderate Low South West Swell »» Remarks Vis. South East >> South West 5 Miles Fog
posted by Carol or Mike S at 5:35 AM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 6:17 PM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 5:38 AM

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HUMAN INTERACTION: The fog finally lifted just before 11:00 and we counted 25 Ecotour boats, 2 sailboats and 1 dive charter,also station boat to Pedder Bay and return.
posted by Carol or Mike S at 6:19 PM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 5:37 AM

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Very chilly with the fog in and out all day, heard boats going by but visibility too poor to see them.
posted by Carol or Mike S at 6:15 PM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 5:26 AM

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MARINE LIFE: The gulls are spending less time ashore now preferring to fish from the kelp beds. A group of about 20 cormorants spent the morning on the east end of the southeast rocks and the black turnstones seem to favour the little east bay.
There were 7 Ecotour boats and 2 pleasure craft through today also the Hyaku was in with Angus and 2 guests.
posted by Carol or Mike S at 6:09 PM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 5:33 AM

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MARINE LIFE: There is plenty of fish around but many of the sealions have left and wonder if the high level of boat traffic is having an impact.Between noon and 13:00 a small group of Orca passed through between Gr. Race and North Rks. heading west.
HUMAN INTERACTION: 36 Ecotour boats through today also Second Nature in for two dives off the dock and one dive late afternoon at West Race.The station boat to Pedder Bayand back.
posted by Carol or Mike S at 6:14 PM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 5:34 AM

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HUMAN INTERACTION: There were 45 Ecotour boats through today unfortuately sealions were disturbed to the point of being scared into the water by Malaspina Express, Ocean Explorations(Wahoo) and Prince of Whales(Countess)
posted by Carol or Mike S at 6:26 PM

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WEATHER: Sky Obscured »» Vis. 1/8 Fog »» Wind West 19 Knots »» Sea 2 - 3 Foot Chop
posted by Carol or Mike S at 5:41 AM

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MARINE LIFE: A correction on the tag number for the California sealion that has been hauling out on the dock, closer look shows the number 624 branded on his back and yellow tags on the front flippers show # 568
HUMAN INTERACTION: At 09:00 Orca Spirit travelled too close to islands and too fast. There were 19 Ecotour through the reserve today.
posted by Carol or Mike S at 6:08 PM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 5:40 AM

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MARINE LIFE: The young gulls are quite skilled now in their flying so there are few incidents of fights because of landing in other gull territory.Most seem to be feeding themselves although there are still some young that get very agressive, pecking at the parent's bill and face to be fed.The parents swing their heads, walk away and if the harassment continues fly away.Nice to see a healthy generation of young gulls this year about 120 fully fledged so far.
HUMAN INTERACTION:There were 25 Ecotour boats, 3 pleasure craft,the 3M boat,1 dive boat in the reserve and Second Nature made 2 trips today.
posted by Carol or Mike S at 6:07 PM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 6:21 AM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 7:17 PM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 5:41 AM

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MARINE LIFE: A few more sea lions arrived during the night, total count approx. 70 California and 11 Northern. The Californian branded # 62 spent most of the day hauled out on the end of the dock, a bit of a loner. At 09:20 a Coast Guard chopper landed on the grass next to the south side of the tower, the adult gulls flew off but the young were scattered about and subsequently attacked by some adults. A call to Coast Guard has remedied the problem- in future we will give them a reminder heads-up at the start and end of nesting season. Thank you Marc and Phil.The 7 geese made a short- about 1 hour - visit just after 6 this morning.
HUMAN INTERACTION:There were 24 Ecotour boats, 3 pleasure craft and 2 Zodiac Military Police boats through the reserve today. Unfortuately the 2 military and 1 ecotour boat the 'Tsunami' breached the 'no wake' policy, passed this info on to D.F.O.
posted by Carol or Mike S at 6:45 PM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 6:01 AM

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MARINE LIFE: Most of the young gulls are flying now but still hesitant about landing in the water.They continue to have problems with safe landings but getting better, not so many fights today.
HUMAN INTERACTION: There were 27 Ecotour boats, 8 pleasure craft and Second Nature through the reserve today.
posted by Carol or Mike S at 7:05 PM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 5:19 AM

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MARINE LIFE: The number of sea lions continues to increase,most seem to arrive in little groups during the night.This morning counted over 50 hauled out and several small groups floating about in the kelp. There were 6 Northern sea lions swimming along the south shore when the Orcas passed by just after 20:00.The whales were headed east after feeding near Beechey Head and surfaced only twice as they went through the reserve.The geese did not visit today, guess that is it for this year,miss them in a way but there are better places for geese! The young gulls are still spending a lot of time practising the art of landing and there were a lot of close calls with several chicks getting quite a 'roughing-up' from some of the more agressive adults.Saw 4 young with pecks on their heads that drew blood and some tail feathers pulled out. The adults fly out just off shore and call to the young but they are very reluctant to follow , so it gets quite noisey at times.One California sea lion hauled out for a couple of hours on the end of the dock, he had # 62 branded on his back.
HUMAN INTERACTION: There were 33 Ecotour boats and 9 pleasure craft through today, Hyaku did a tour through in the evening.
posted by Carol or Mike S at 6:33 PM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 6:15 AM

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MARINE LIFE: Happy to report, missing adult goose back with the group today, no signs of trauma and no clue to explain it's absence.The geese arrived mid-morning and flew off again late sfternoon. Saw a group of about 16 Canada Geese in the familiar V formation fly over William Head this evening so I guess it's that time of year already! Another sign of the coming fall season is the nightly arrival of small groups of sea lions. This morning there were 8 Northern and over 30 California sea lions hauled out, mostly on the rocks just northeast of Middle rock. By noon some Californians were scattered along the ridge of North rocks and several small groups just floating about in the kelp beds. 1 California sea lion has the # 1233 branded on it's back and saw another with yellow tags on it's flippers but could not read the number although this evening we tried to get close enough in the boat. Many of the young gulls are finally in the water, the sea conditions were perfect today with barely a ripple, the usual afternoon westerlies did not materialize and it was one of those rare warm evenings on Race Rocks.There were quite a few gulls in the kelp just to the east of Gr. Race, some were Heermann's gulls with their unmistakable plumage, black feet and red bills.I expect it was much cooler than sitting here on the hot rocks -the young gulls were all panting in the heat.
HUMAN INTERACTION: There were 51 ecotour boats, 13 pleasure craft, the Hyaku in from P.C. with Garry and guests about 13:30 and again about 18:30 -Ryan at the wheel- with a group tour of the M.P.A.
posted by Carol or Mike S at 7:37 PM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 5:15 AM

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MARINE LIFE: The geese, 1 adult and the 5 young, flew in late this morning and stayed around until about 16:00, then headed over towards Pedder Bay.They still come every day but there is really not much for them to eat, I expect they will eventually stop coming altogether any day now.We are used to the 'barking' sea lions all night, but the 30+ gulls landing and taking off from the roof still wake us often, why they fly at night I don't know but they are noisey.
HUMAN INTERACTION: There was one dive boat, 6 Ecotour boats and 9 pleasure craft in the reserve today. Unfortuately there are still sports fishers who have either not familiarized themselves with the fishing regulations or are just ignoring them but today, because the tide was too low to launch the station boat we had to call Chris to come out in the Hyaku from the campus to speak with a group taking fish just off shore on the west side of Gr. Race. It is the responsibility of people to be informed of the current regulations as stated in the Tidal Waters Sports Fishing Guide issued by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.Race Rocks is a Marine Protected Area and is a no take Zone.The monitoring policy is that if you are seen fishing we will ask that you move out of the area and any fish caught be thrown back, your boat registration and/or operator's name recorded and submitted to Fisheries. The boat in Question today is 14K 29105.
posted by Carol or Mike S at 6:14 PM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 5:43 AM

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MARINE LIFE: Middle rock is the favoured haul out spot for the 20 or so California sea lions now in the reserve, the fishing is good and have seen several good sized salmon caught. There is great activity as the sea lion shakes the fish back and forth at the water surface and the gulls rush over to pick up any bits that break away.Many of the gull chicks are able to fly but are still not following the adults out to sea to feed, they peck persistantly at the adult's bill hoping for food and do eventually get some but the push is on for them to learn how to feed themselves.There are fewer Pigeon Guillemots coming ashore everyday now and the Black Oyster Catchers are away for long periods of time.
HUMAN INTERACTION:There were 25 Ecotour boats, 1 pleasure craft and the Marine Mammal Monitor boat in the reserve today. The station boat made a return trip to Pedder Bay and a trip to the Campus in the afternoon to return Ryan back to civilization - Thank you Ryan!
posted by Carol or Mike S at 6:31 PM

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posted by Ryan Murphy at 5:33 AM

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MARINE LIFE: The Canadian Geese returned again today, still without the one adult. I first heard the one adult honking and then looked up to see the 6 geese near Mike and Carol's home. Orcas may very well have gone by the reserve today, but with the fog followed by glare on the waves throughout the day, I could only see a lot of boat traffic.
HUMAN INTERACTION: 34 tour boats through the reserve today, many boats toured the reserve early today in the thick fog. With visibility severely limited, many pushed too close to the islands under current regulations. As well, with so many boats and so little visibility, some tight maneuvering on the part of some parties to get out of the way of others was needed... here's an idea: don't give a tour in thick fog. At a quarter to 4 one tour zodiac decided to disregard the no-wake regulation and sped past Great Race, an unfortunate incident not repeated by other tour boats today.
posted by Ryan Murphy at 7:19 PM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 5:29 AM

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MARINE LIFE: The gull chicks are growing rapidly, a lot of wing flapping, unfortuately getting airbourne has it's risks.Several chicks have been blown into unfriendly territory ie- a neighbouring nest, been attacked and have died. Most of the wounds were around the head and neck. The chicks still unable to fly in any organized way, run but in a panic just get farther from the safety of their nesting area. The adults treat a chick from a neighbouring nest as they would any other threat to the safety of their own young, they chase and peck at it and of course the squawking attracks other gulls and so there is the helpless chick set upon by 20 or so adult gulls. Fortuately most of the time the chick is able to get to neutral territory and by trial and error make it's way back to the relative safety of it's own nesting area.Six of the geese were back this morning, one of the adults was missing - we know the missing one is an adult because the five young are still making the 'peeping' sounds and do not show the 'threat' behavior of neck waving and hissing. Just before 20:00 they flew off towards Pedder Bay, wonder what happened to the 'missing' goose? There was another group of California sealions in the area last night just after 2 a.m. - sounded like a larger group, maybe 15 or so judging from the barking
which woke me up but this morning counted only 6 floating about in the kelp.
HUMAN INTERACTION: There were 23 Ecotour boats and 4 pleasure craft in the reserve today.
posted by Carol or Mike S at 6:40 PM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 5:52 AM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 6:07 PM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 5:02 AM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 6:10 PM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 5:17 AM

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HUMAN INTERACTION: There were 17 ecotour boats and 8 pleasure craft through the reserve today, also Ryan in the college Zodiac.
posted by Carol or Mike S at 6:43 PM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 6:53 AM

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MARINE LIFE: Heard a group of California sealions just after 2 a.m. this morning, three were hauled out on the southeast rocks until just after 7 a.m.
HUMAN INTERACTION: There were 53 ecotour boats and 13 pleasure craft though the reserve today!
posted by Carol or Mike S at 6:23 PM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 6:41 AM

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HUMAN INTERACTION: There were 21 ecotour boats and 9 pleasure craft through the reserve today.
posted by Carol or Mike S at 6:41 PM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 5:11 AM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 5:11 AM

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MARINE LIFE: The elephant seal hauled out on the boat ramp early this morning for a couple of hours then returned to the area near Middle Rock.The east bay was a favourite today with about 15 harbour seals and their pups. The mothers and pups that frequent the dock area did not show up until around noon, I think they avoid the elephant seals especially with the pups still quite small.
HUMAN INTERACTION: Ryan and Alex were out in the Hyaku. There were also 6 ecotour boats and 7 pleasure craft through the reserve.
posted by Carol or Mike S at 6:59 PM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 5:51 AM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 6:16 PM

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posted by Carol or Mike S at 5:53 AM