Warden report by Many Vaughan Peter Hehl, Senior Park Ranger, and I, made a trip out to the Comox Bluffs ER late Friday afternoon, 26 July 2013. As you know, Peter and fellow ranger Jeff had been out there the week before and found an apparently extinguished fire still burning underground. On this trip, Peter
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
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I had asked ER Warden Kathryn McCourt for an update on the Lake since I was there last year and whether there had been any recent permits for research for the Ecological reserve as I wanted to use it as an example of a reserve with great potential for research where there had been significant
Warden’s report by Laurie Rockwell. I was in the ER for almost 3 hours early this morning. The weather was perfect at 12c with minimal wind and cloud and sunshine to warm me up later. The reserve is very green right now and looks healthy. I saw/heard 22 species of birds including 2 nest records.
Link to the most recent warden’s report by Garry Fletcher: http://www.racerocks.ca/wp/category/er-warden-report/
Warden’s report by Charley & Mandy Vaughan, May 2013 May 1: I made several visits to the reserve in May. The first was on May 1, when a frosty morning became a clear, warm day. I heard a number of birds singing, including Yellow-rumped warbler, Orange-crowned warbler, Townsend’s warbler, Pacific-slope flycatcher, Hammond’s flycatcher, Pacific wren,
Laurie Rockwell sends this report and photos. [ bulletlist] A good day to hike at 5c at 6.30 am, light, periodic breezes and sunshine. I saw/heard 15 species of birds including 6 blue-listed Gray Flycatchers ( 2 calling from a new area), many Cassin’s Finches and Townsend’s Solitaires and a Bullock’s Oriole, an infrequent visitor
I just had to celebrate my birthday with a hike in the reserve! I lucked out with the weather as it was 8c at 7.3am with some warm sun at times and periodically windy at the top. I saw/heard 11 species of birds including all 3 species of nuthatches,a hooting Dusky Grouse and my first
Visit to ER #76, Fraser River Islands, April 20, 2013 Ecological Reserve Wardens Bill and Bev Ramey Weather: Cloudy, sunny breaks, temperature about 8 degrees C, strong wind picked up during day and by afternoon there were whitecaps on Fraser River with waves running upstream. Purpose of tour: to review the boundary of the ER,
Annual Report For 2012. March 2013. by Terry Taylor. The reserve was visited six times during 2012 – February 29, March 11, April 30, May 9, July 7, and August 28. On the March 11 visit with vertebrate zoologist Greg Ferguson, Greg observed several cutthroat trout just south of Imperial Tail. Four northwestern salamander egg
Laurie Rockwell, warden for Trout Creek Er #7 submitted the following report: a mild morning at 5c at 7.45,minimal wind and lots of sunshine! A great start for my first tour of 2013.Snow coverage was from 0 to 8cm. I saw or heard 4 species of birds,including the expected hooting Dusky Grouse. I found my
This is the final draft version which is being published by BC Parks. It is also available in PDF. Click here for the link to the BC PARKS website about Ecological Reserve Wardens at that locaion a pdf version of the following handbook provided. BC Parks and Protected Areas March 2013 Photo credit: Judy
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
Vancouver Area( South Coast) Wardens and Parks staff meeting at the BC Parks office in Surrey. February 18, 2013 February 18, 2013 Fraser Room, South Coast Ministry of Environment office, 2nd floor, 10470 152nd Street, Surrey 1. Welcome and Introductions (Joanna Hirner, Conservation Specialist, BC Parks) BC Parks Update BC Parks Volunteer Program and Volunteer
Bev Ramey presented a warden’s report by a powerpoint presentation at the February 18 meeting of the Vancouver area/South Coast ER Wardens and Parks Staff meeting in Surrey. The gallery below represents the images she presented.
Click on the images in the gallery below which were part of a Powerpoint presentation by the new warden for Stoyoma Creek, Nick Yaniw at the February 18, 2013 meeting of Parks and ER Wardens for the Vancouver/South Coast region.
By Karen Willies, ER Warden #110 Date of visit 26 September 2012 Details Inspection Purpose of Visit This visit was to check on the condition of the centre of the Reserve, as previous visits have only been a walkabout outside the perimeter to check on the shape of the fence. Fire A large number of the