Shorebirds of Mahoney Lake ER # 130

This gallery highlights the work of Tania Simpson who has posted images of Mahoney Lake on her Flickr site.  We  are most grateful for permission to use the images here and we urge you to check out her other images on Flickr as well.      Mahoney Lake Ecological Reserve  Mahoney Lake Ecological Reserve Female

Victoria’s Owl Clover Found on Trial Island

By Marilyn Lambert After a night of howling winds, the day we picked for this year’s Trial Island trip dawned bright, sunny and, most importantly, calm! Our usual trip leaders, Adolf  and Oluna Ceska, weren’t available this day, so we were fortunate to have Trial Island Ecological Reserve warden, Matt Fairbarns share his views on

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

Pine Tree and Storm Islands from a Kayak

Tom Howell kayaked through the Pine, Tree and Storm Islands of the Duke of Edinburgh Ecological Reserve in 2008. Some of his images from that trip are posted here. His Panoramio site carrying these images with locations on Google map is here: EAST TREE ISLAND STORM ISLAND PINE ISLAND Hover the Cursor on the images