Field Notes
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Invasive Species in Mara Meadows
Oxeye Daisy is the most problematic invasive species in Mara Meadows. Neglected farm fields adjoining the Reserve generate massive quantities of seed which make their way through the meadow, especially along a ditch made by the farmer in an attempt to drain the meadow in the early 1970's The ecological wardens have been picking the daisies manually ...
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New Elephant Seal Birth in ER #97
Click on images for larger version: The continuing unusual incidence of Elephant Seal birthing in one of the most northerly haulouts for Elephant Seals has again happened for the fourth year at Race Rocks, The first pup born survived but was badly beaten by one of the resident males. In the last two years, both pups were eventually killed by the male. So far, ...
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Field Notes 2011 Trout Creek (#007)
2011 Warden Notes From Warden Laurie Rockwell On 11/04/2011 4:25 PM, Laurie Rockwell wrote: Mark, here are the news from my monthly tour: • I was in the ER from 6.50-9.05 am; walk in and out time was 50 minutes. • at 8.25 it was 7 degrees, with minimal wind and periods of sun. • I saw or heard 11 species of birds, twice the number I expected in the winter, including a hooting Dusky Grouse and ...
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Riccia frostii, a new find on the Sandbars of the Fraser River Islands.
Rosemary Taylor was along on the Fraser River Trip of October 7, 2011 doing photography. We came across a small green plant, at first thinking they were seedlings sprouting on a sandbank , I called over Terry Taylor for an identification . He immediately came up with the fact that it was a liverwort, not a ...
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Field Notes 2010 Trout Creek (#007)
2010 Warden Notes from Warden Laurie Rockwell ER 7 Trout Creek 16 March 2010 March hike in the Trout Creek Ecological Reserve I was in the actual park for 1.5 hours this morning. It was cool for the most part, but the increasing appearance of the sun warmed things up. The only wind was a little near the top. I saw or heard 9 species of birds, but none ...
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Field Trip by FoER Board members to Comox Lake Bluffs
On May 6, 2007, members of the Friends of Ecological Reserves Board joined retiring warden Chris Pielou current warden Helen Robinson along with Bowser ER warden Maggie Little and others for a trip to the slopes of the Comox Lake Bluff Ecological Reserve. Mouse over images will initiate comment on the image. Click for large version of image One serious management problem in the reserve is the presence of dirt bikes on the sensitive vegetation of ...
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Field Study of the Harbor Seal ( Phoca vitulina) ER #24
By Neil W. Pollock Aug 24, 1981, Marine mammal's 81 for K.S. Norris PDF file: harbour_seal_field_study
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Trout Creek Ecological Reserve Field Notes 1977
PDF file: Archival Report on Flora Fauna Weather, summer, 1977 By G.Sirk and L.Bayliss This archival PDF is a report on