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

Tranquille Ecological Reserve #29, Wardens report January 3, 2014

Ecological Reserve warden’s Annual Report for 2013 Ecological Reserve name; #29, Tranquille. Report date; January 3, 2014 Warden’s name; Joan Best Number of volunteer hours logged; 37 Mileage; 360 Extent of Reserve visited; all the lower reaches and part-way up the cliff bases. Not yet the complete network of gullies. Entire fence checked. New species

Black oystercatchers on the Front Line for Oil Spills.

On December 16, I  accompanied a tour to Race Rocks Ecological Reserve. On board was Todd Golumbia who, while working  for Environment Canada out of Sidney, Vancouver Island,  was involved with research on the Black Oystercatchers of the Salish Sea. (See research papers below) Today there were 31 Oystercatchers  in their favourite roosting area in

Tranquille Ecological Reserve #29 Warden’s Report for 2012 by Joan Best

Ecological Reserve Name; #29, Tranquille.     Report Date; November 30, 2013 Warden’s name; Joan Best.      Number of volunteer hours logged; 40         Mileage; 400 kilometres Extent of the Reserve visited; Not yet in its entirety.  Initially, almost all of my time was spent on fence repair.  After the Kitamuras became wardens, more exploration was carried out. 

Trout Creek Ecological Reserve Warden report, July 7, 2013

Laurie Rockwell writes this report for July 7, 2013 it was mild early morning at 15c,with little wind and later sunshine. I saw/heard 18 species of birds,none of them unexpected.I heard 3-4 blue-listed Gray Flycatchers. The White-breasted Nuthatch nest,with parents feeding nestlings, that I found last month was abandoned. I presume the nestlings fledged as

Darwin Core Archive Species identified in the Race Rocks Ecological Reserve in British Columbia

Garry Fletcher1, Mary Kennedy21 Lester B Pearson College, 650 Pearson College Drive, V9C 4H7, Victoria, Canada; 2 OBIS Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, B2Y 4A2, DartmouthCorresponding author(s): Garry Fletcher (garryf(use the at sign) gmail.com), Mary Kennedy (mary.kennedy(use the at sign)dfo-mpo.gc.ca) Received {date}; Revised {date}; Accepted {date}; Published {date} Citation: Combination of authors, year of data