Common Murre breeding – Friends of Ecological Reserves

Sartine Island ER 15 Photos by Dana Haggarty

11AprilGarry Fletcher11, PhotosCommon Murre breeding, Cormorant

Dana Haggarty took these photos of Sartine Islands Ecological Reserve on a research trip on the Coast Guard Vessel the Vector, doing research on Rockfish. They appear on her Flickr site.

Notes on Recent Breeding Of Common Murres at Starlight reef and Cleland Island, BC

7FebruaryGarry Fletcher1, Marine Reserves, ResearchCommon Murre breeding, murre breeding, Trudy Chatwin

Breeding by relatively small numbers of Common Murres was reported in 1969-82 at Starlight Reef and 2006 at Cleland Island ( ER #1),—— ( as published in Wildlife Afield. ) See the Complete PDF: 3_2_Carter_Morgan_Chatwin_Bruhwiler

Kerouard Islands Purpose statement ER #96

30AprilGarry Fletcher96, Maps, Reports, Species ListCommon Murre breeding, sea lion rookery

‘a unique marine ecosystem, The Kerouard Islands supports B.C”s largest sea-lion rookery, and over 32,000 nesting pairs of seabirds—-” Topographic map included. This report also includes the recommendation for reserve status from Bristol Foster. Foster_&_Carson_1979_Purpose_size_map_Description