Zodiac Wildlife Adventure Nov 12 1pm

The weather has changed on the west coast this time of year. It is November and fall is well underway with more rain and cloud, however the wildlife is plentiful. Even if the Resident Orca are roaming further a field in search of Salmon and seen less, there are other marine mammals around. There is much more sea-bird life too on the waters these days with Common Murres , Ancient Murrelets and Bonaparte's Gulls moving in. Our 1pm Zodiac wildlife trip was a most informative one with Skipper Shaun at the wheel and guests from England, Holland, Vancouver and Alberta. We headed west from the harbour along the picturesque and rugged Vancouver Island shoreline under sunny skies. Here we saw two Bald Eagles, different colour morphs of harbour seals sunning themselves on rocks. Skipper Shaun explained to the guests the importance of the abundance of life in these waters with some 'show and tell' and hands on items, sea stars and bull kelp. A quick trip to Race Rocks Ecological Reserve gave us looks at the barking and growling Sea Lions occupying the rocks. We returned to Victoria harbour with the sun slipping behind the clouds that were building on the western horizon . It was another great Wildlife trip with ' Prince of Whales '.
Marie, Orca-Magic, photographer.