burrow-nesting birds – Friends of Ecological Reserves

Ground Nest Survey of Cleland Island and Murre Reef (Jan 2004)

30JanuaryGarry Fletcher1, Reports, ResearchBlack Oystercatchers, brandt's cormorant, burrow-nesting birds, Common Murre, Glaucous-winged Gulls

(Jan 2004)  Author: Clarkson, P.; Bruhwiler, F.; Hunter, T. Cleland Island is British Columbia’s first Ecological Reserve and one of the largest seabird colonies along Canada’s west coast. It provides nesting habitat for a wide-variety of both ground and burrow-nesting birds. This report summarizes finding from 2 visits to the island during 2004 to survey