New Bird list for Race Rocks Ecological Reserve #97
Link to Bird List on the Race Rocks Website: https://racerocks.ca/bird-list-race-rocks-ecological-reserve/
Race Rocks Ecological Reserve #97 Wardens report Dec. 2023
Race Rocks Ecological Reserve #97 Wardens Report December 2023
From Land to Sea .. Who Protects Race Rocks..
April 2023 BCIT News–Abby Francis and Richard Davis In April, 2023 BCIT students Abby Francis and Richard Davis went to Race Rocks ER and interviewed Ecoguardian Derek Sterling and Ecological Reserve Warden Garry Fletcher about the Ecological Reserve at Race Rocks
Zoom out – Zoom In .. A Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of BC Parks’ Ecological Reserves.
Often when we visit special ecological areas our observations are restricted to a limited view. In this video, we visited six diverse Ecological Reserves with the goal of revealing some of their special features from a distant viewpoint as well as a close up one. Under a special permit from BC Parks, Jamie Frith used
New Boreal Owl Record for Southern Vancouver Island for Race Rocks Ecological Reserve
Each year since 1997, Lester Pearson College has facilitated the Christmas Bird Count at Race Rocks . This year we established a new record for the distribution of the Boreal Owl in British Columbia. Below is the account of the event from the Race Rocks website. “December 28, 2014– Val George and myself were picked
Elephant Seal Pup born at Race Rocks Ecological Reserve January 14, 2014
Warden’s report by Garry Fletcher: In the early morning hours of January 14, a new elephant seal pup was born at the Race Rocks Ecological reserve. This was the 5th pup born to a female called Bertha since January 2009. Ecoguardian on the island Alex Fletcher reported that it was born in the night, some
Race Rocks Warden’s Report June, 2013
Link to the most recent warden’s report by Garry Fletcher: http://www.racerocks.ca/wp/category/er-warden-report/
Warden Report, March 1, 2013
Garry Fletcher went to Race Rocks to provide a tour and discussion for 6 students from Pearson College who were staying out there for their project week . See the Race Rocks ecoguardian’s log for images of some of their work. I was surprised to find another new location of Romanzoffia tracyi growing over by
Caspian Terns at Race Rocks
On Sunday June 10, 2012 Mike Robinson, the Lester Pearson College Ecoguardian at Race Rocks, reported in the Race Rocks log on Caspian Terns and provided this picture: He comments: ” I have noticed several (2-6) Caspian Terns (Hydroprogne caspia) in the area for a month or so. They have proven very challenging to photograph but
Race Rocks Species list
See the Race Rocks taxonomy and Image gallery…. All images have been taken at Race Rocks . Link to the Bird Species List as recorded on iNaturalist and the Race Rocks ER website
New Elephant Seal Birth in ER #97: January 2012
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
Development of Scientifically-based Guidelines for Viewing Seabirds
Seabird nest and roost sites are important to maintenance of BC’s biodiversity and many of the important nest colonies are protected in Ecological Reserves and Parks. Disturbance to wildlife is a major issue that park and wildlife managers routinely face, yet information to assess threat is often not available, —-Need to set guidelines based on
Race Rocks Digital Herbarium by Ryan Murphy 2002
Race Rocks Digital Herbarium by Ryan Murphy of Mt.Allison University Biology Department. 2002. A project that Ryan did while staying at Race Rocks as a summer student in 2002. Ryan took his own pictures underwater and organized this project. He was supported by the Leadership Mount Allison Academic Initiative. see https://www.racerocks.ca/race-rocks-digital-herbarium-archival-reference/ Also: The epiphytic community
The Evolutionary Systematics of the hydrocoral populations of Race Rocks
Alberto Lindner studied the systematics and evolution of hydrocorals using morphological and molecular biology methods for his Ph.D. thesis. He visited Race Rocks in the summer of 2002 to study the evolutionary systematics of the hydrocoral populations, and published on the species in 2011. See his explanation and reference to his research on the video
Intertidal Zonation of Halosaccion glandiforme: A focus on height and slope as factors of zonation
EXTENDED ESSAY IN BIOLOGY Intertidal Zonation of Halosaccion glandiforme: A Focus on height and slope as factors of zonation. ALEX C. FLETCHER, JANUARY 14, 2002 Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific See the original at this link ABSTRACT An intertidal study of the organism Halosaccion glandiforme was performed at Race Rocks Marine Protected Area
NOAA Marine Mammal Tracking Program: Branded sea lions at Race Rocks
We regularly report and record images of branded Sea Lions which haul out at Race Rocks. The images are sent to Pat Gearin of NOAA in the US who identifies the history of the animal which has been part of their research. In this report, there is a photo index of many of those animals
History of Race Rocks Ecological Reserve
Garry Fletcher wrote this history in 1996 for the Race Rocks website: In the fall of 1978, a small group of students of Lester B. Pearson College who were in marine science and diving, together with their teachers, Garry Fletcher and Marks McAvity and with the urging of the light keepers at Race Rocks, Trev