Dan and I went for a late morning paddle around the islands. We had great conditions and I spent some time checking out Griffin Island as I am becoming an assistant warden for the ecological reserve. I saw plenty of birds, but not enough to count them all! So the bird list uses present for many of the species. 18 total which is not bad - the highlight was seeing a long-tailed duck for the first time this season.
https://ebird.org/canada/checklist/S96859324
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16 km, YTD 687 km
Dan and I paddled over to Loon Bay to do some rolling. I am happy to say that I can still do forward and reverse finishing standard rolls, butterfly rolls, storm rolls, norsaq rolls and hand rolls! I am definitely a tad rusty and not as limber as I would like to be!
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I paddled out to Cadboro Point to join dan and Paulo for a paddle around Chatham and Discovery Islands. It has been a while since I have done a longer paddle so this was quite hard work, but it felt good! Fortunately the forecast winds did not appear, though there was quite a bit of "Salish swell". I saw lots of the usual winter birds: https://ebird.org/canada/checklist/S96493798 It was nice to see Heerman's gull on its way through the area!
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I managed to get out for a few paddles while I was up in the Great Bear Rainforest on Cascadia.
Once in Kitlope anchorage, Once in McMicking Inlet on Campania and twice in Chief Matthews Bay. Given the season and the rains I was happy to get out even this much.
Kitlope anchorange Sept 20 - 2 km
Chief Matthews Bay 30 Sept - 6 km
MckMicking Inlet 9 Oct - 2 km
Chief Matthews Bay Oct 11 - 6 km
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| click to enlarge - Kitlope 29 Sept |
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| click to enlarge - Campania 09 Oct |
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| click to enlarge - Chief Matthews Bay - 30 Sept |
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| click to enlarge - Chief Matthews Bay 11 Oct |
16 km, YTD 643 km
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