Attracted by a good supply of herring, sea lions and harbour seals have been hanging out off Oak Bay, making a cacophony of barks and growls that carry as far as Mount Tolmie
Every morning since early December, hundreds of California sea lions, Steller sea lions and harbour seals have been hauling out at Trial Islands off Oak Bay and letting loose with a cacophony of growls and barking.
“We haven’t seen anything like this for over 25 years,” said Sirois. “The last time sea lions were waking people up in the morning was 1997. Since then, we’ve had four or five sea lions here, but nothing like this.” He said California sea lions are especially vocal with their barks. Most of those at Trial Islands are males, which migrate north from Oregon and California to feed around Vancouver Island.
“I think it’s safe to say we only have about 10% of the herring we used to have,” said Sirois. “Now there are signs that we do have herring in the area again.” Sirois said flocks of “tens of thousands” of gulls have been spotted in the Otter Point area recently, and there are big flocks around Victoria’s outer harbour and breakwater. Such large numbers, he said, are usually seen in the Hornby Island and Denman Island area, where there is a herring fishery.
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