Field notes on Rose Islands Ecological reserve visit

On July 11, 2014, Roger Allen ( warden) and BC Parks Staff  Trudy Chatwin and Hugh McDonald with Darrian (student at UVIC ),  visited Rose Islands Ecological Reserve.

Seabirds recorded on Rose Islets:

Double-crested Cormorants – 3 (2 adults, 1 immature) ,

Pelagic Cormorant – 9 (all immature),

Pigeon Guillemot – 3,

Harlequin Ducks – 8,

Black Oystercatchers  – 4,

Glaucous-winged Gull – 3

No nesting observed.