Drive to Ucluelet

I pack my bags, check out and meet with Martin Heubeck. We're going to drive over to the west side of Vancouver Island and spend a few days birding together. We pick up a hire car and set off on the journey. I'm tired, but manage to stay alert for the driving. The dirve would have been really pretty, except there was low cloud and occasional rain for most of the way. We manage to see two black bears crossing the road in front of us. Wow!

We found a motel in Ucluelet, and decide to take a walk around the lighthouse at Amphitrite Point, which is the southernmost part of the peninsula. We see a few migrants, such as yellow and the amazing Townsend's warblers. There were Swainson's and hermit thrushes grovelling in the undergrowth. Offshore we see 5-6 humpback whales and two bald eagles feeding in the sea nearby. Also we see a couple of marbled murrelets, and a steady stream of divers and scoters migrating offshore.

Coastline around Amphitrite Point