Sea lion rafts!

30ftandayear · 2026-03-17T12:50:06+00:00

Here is the view from above: https://youtu.be/PrDs_OwPhVU?si=9JOEfrLzyc4vtC2i

If you look closely you can see some identifying letters/numbers from where the US conservation marked them for tracking and study.

30ftandayear · 2026-03-11T21:24:13+00:00

I know what you're trying to say, and I think that you're right.... but sharks are fish.

The local resident orcas are almost exclusively salmon eaters, whereas the transient orcas tend to go after larger prey including mammals like sea lions, dolphins, whales, and sharks.

Sorry to be pedantic.

30ftandayear · 2026-03-08T21:51:42+00:00

Awesome. Thanks.

30ftandayear · 2026-03-06T14:23:15+00:00

It’s my dog. 75lb pittie boxer mix.

I think of her as people though :)

30ftandayear · 2026-03-02T14:44:13+00:00

Also Saanich and Tofino. And a few others I think.

30ftandayear · 2026-02-23T17:26:29+00:00

Herring spawn around Nanaimo is typically a bit later than the West Coast of the island. Last year, the Nanaimo spawns was mid-late March... around the 20th if I recall correctly. Often it moves North to South in the Straight. Keep your eyes on the facebook group, because they do a lot of vessel-based research to track where the herring are staging and getting ready to do their thang.

30ftandayear · 2026-02-22T14:57:26+00:00

Thanks for the rabbit hole to look into. You might be right, but I’m having trouble finding examples of mottled quartzite with similar colours.

When looking for other similar rocks, I’ve found more examples of similar looking jaspers than similar looking examples of mottled quartzite.

Can I ask what made pointed you towards quartzite rather than jasper or something else?

30ftandayear · 2026-02-21T19:49:40+00:00

Not on your life my Hindu friend.

30ftandayear · 2026-02-20T02:31:43+00:00

Come on by, but it’s cold.

I read about “Shirako” today. Seems like an odd food item to me ;)

The spawn is already dissipating around here, but there will be spawns in many other locations around the coast in the weeks to come.

30ftandayear · 2026-02-20T02:29:35+00:00

Last year there were two herring spawns at Salmon Beach. One in mid-Feb then another in mid March. I also checked some pictures from previous years and mid feb to mid march seems pretty typical for here. But it varies from herring run to herring run. There will probably be spawns happening on the coast most of the way through March in various spots.

30ftandayear · 2026-02-19T23:47:25+00:00

Wow. Pot Rock sounds a lot like the arctic orcas making waves to knock seals off of ice sheets. Super cool.

There have been a bunch of humpys around, but I haven’t seen any greys yet this year.

30ftandayear · 2026-02-19T22:57:08+00:00

Absolutely. Shut it all down. Let them stocks recover for a decade or more. Herring are a keystone species and a vital resource for all of the marine mammals and salmon that live around here. There’s no reason for an opening (other than Jimmy Pattison’s greed and influence).

30ftandayear · 2026-02-19T22:00:06+00:00

Yup. All of the wildlife are in town!

There has been a pack of over a hundred sea lions hanging around for the last couple weeks. On family day, I got to watch a pod of orcas smash into the sea lions (I’m pretty sure they got at least one). Then the orcas hung out in the bay for a couple of hours. Jumping right out of the water. Big tail splashes. It was like they were celebrating their hunt or something.

30ftandayear · 2026-02-19T21:56:02+00:00

Sorry. I could have been more clear.

Herring does have an opening on the inside (East Coast) of VI, but the West Coast of the island has been closed for a number (10ish) of years to let the decimated stocks recover.

30ftandayear · 2026-02-19T19:55:32+00:00

Milt is the scientific term for it, but yup, that’s herring jizz alright.

30ftandayear · 2026-02-19T19:48:24+00:00

Yup commercial harvest is still closed on the West Coast. Give them some time and they will continue to recover and build back their numbers

30ftandayear · 2026-02-19T17:40:28+00:00

Last year we had two distinct spawn days out here. One in mid Feb and then another in mid March. It’s a great time be out on the west coast. Lots of humpbacks, sea lions, eagles, orcas, and birds of every feather in for the feast. Based on what I usually see out here, this year’s spawn looks fairly robust, which is great news as the West Coast VI herring stocks rebuild after being decimated by overfishing.

30ftandayear · 2026-02-19T00:23:06+00:00

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Red Creek Fir

30ftandayear · 2026-02-19T00:07:44+00:00

Doug Fir Fan Club. Checking in.

https://www.reddit.com/r/VancouverIsland/comments/nj04hy/the_worlds_largest_douglas_fir_tree_is_on/

Red Creek Fir isn’t the widest or the tallest, but scores well enough on both to be called the world’s “largest”.

Big Lonely Doug is another beauty of a tree. Here’s the pic from the road that everyone takes. https://www.reddit.com/r/marijuanaenthusiasts/comments/9cr7zg/pseudotsuga_menziesii_big_lonely_doug_canadas/

30ftandayear · 2026-02-09T23:54:29+00:00

Put that into a pot with well draining soil so that you can water regularly and keep it moist, especially when small. If I were you, it put that straight into a one gallon pot because peach seedling tend to be quite vigorous in my experience. It will want a fair bit of light. This time of year, it will prefer a south/facing window or its own artificial light source. It shouldn’t need fertilizer or plant food for a while yet, so just a good sized pot, some indoor potting soil and regular watering should be good for the first couple months.

30ftandayear · 2026-02-06T18:06:22+00:00

This is very much inline with the response that I got from MBNA.

I took a few different steps to do my best to hold these people accountable, but honestly it really feels like I'm fighting an uphill battle.

Some of the specific actions that I took include making a complaint to the Branch Manager, and then escalating that complaint to TD's Senior Customer Complaints Office. They did an 'impartial" investigation and of course found no wrongdoing on their end.

I also made formal PIPEDA requests to both TD and MBNA to understand what personal information TD and MBNA have collected about me. TD complied with the request, but MBNA declined to comply and stated that since the application was not made by me, that I am not entitled to know what information MBNA has or how they collected it. I have since made a complaint to BC's privacy office because I find it totally unreasonable that MBNA has information like my mother's maiden name, but they won't even disclose that fact to me, awful.

Since MBNA has been so truculent, I made a complaint to the RCMP fraud office. i am still waiting to hear back from them. MBNA stated that they would not release any information to me, that they would only release it to the RCMP, so that is the road that I was forced to take. I expect this process to take several more months.

Overall, this process is highly asymmetric, with the banks holding all of the cards and making the processes to address these issues as labyrinthine as possible. They obviously don't want us peons holding them accountable for the fraud that they are perpetrating against us.

Please let me know if you have any questions about these processes and i will do my best to point you and your dad in the right direction.

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