

I came across a male Stellar Sea Lion. He was here for the food……namely Salmon! They eat anywhere between 10 to 50 pounds of salmon each day!
I’ve decided to call him “Big Ben”…………because he weighs in at 2000 pounds!
I was down in Ucluelet today.I took some shots of a bunch of Lions on a float out in Ucluelet’s harbour.I didn’t notice it at the time,but it appears that someone has placed some spiked 2X4 strips around the perimeter to prevent the Lions from wanting to get up onto the float. Anyone who knows Sea Lions,know they love to hang out on wharfs,docks & floats barking away contently.
Whoever owns this float has done this on purpose with no regard to the Lions being injured by these 6 inch spikes! I am looking into this to see If I can get these spikes pulled or this float pulled from the water? The Lions are beginning to come back into the harbour for safe refuge from the storms.
I’m sure some have already been injured! Will keep you informed on how this unfolds?
The line up for that new slide ride looks brutal!
I was able to get out today! Finally!!!!!!
I needed that so badly! All my furry friends were in fine form.
This float is down in Cannery Bay (well,very close at least)and is used by the local Natives during the summer time. When it gets hot,many of them go down to this spot to cool off ,and it would appear that others go here in the winter to warm up! Seasonal irony I suppose?
The entire float was flush with the water level. Each one of these males can weigh in at half a ton! There may be 20 tons on this float right now! No wonder the float is almost submerged!
The light was good in the morning ,but by the time I got out(2pm) a high overcast covered us. I was alittle ticked,but soon realized that it was just passing through. I saw blue sky to the west and just waited for the cloud cover to pass over before I started shooting. Gave me time to have lunch with my friends and observe them.
It was a good day out! Lots of fun and adventure today!
Like a breath of fresh air……………..I needed that!
I was done for the night and went around the corner to have a look on the outside and came across 5 or 6 Sea Lions heading out of the harbour.
They were just cruising out of the harbour at sunset.
I got out tonight and the light lasted less than a hour. The fog came in and that Frontal system moved in as well. In other words the light was majorly SNUFFED!
I took a friend out with me tonight. She spotted those wolves last time and has good eyes for distance. We didn’t see any bears or wolves tonight. There were no eagles around either except for the Daredevil’s mate and she was lethargic. Pitiful. I think the Daredevil was at one of the salmon bearing streams near by?
We went down to Tsapee Narrows and thats were we saw this Sea Lion . He was just passing through to the east .
This guy was eating something for several minutes. They whip it from side to side ,slapping it onto the water again and again ,until they tear off a piece small enough to gulp down.
This sea lion was checking me out. I was just to the north of Morpheus and had the motor off. When I have the motor off,I can hear everything going on around me. A Sea Lion is loud when it exhales. The trouble is, that you just never know when or where they are going to come up. If I was elevated ,I would be able to see them coming up just before they breach! A crows nest maybe. However,I do not have that with my small boat.