Opuntia fragilis – Friends of Ecological Reserves

Trout Creek ER : Wardens Report Oct 10, 2016

9OctoberGarry Fletcher7, Invasive Species, Warden Reportscactus, Opuntia fragilis, Rabbit, ruby-crowned kinglet

On 10/9/2016 4:28 PM, Ecological Reserve Warden Laurie Rockwell wrote: mild at 9c with little wind, and overcast sky and some sunshine. Needless to say it was very quiet. I heard 6 species of forest birds, except for one migrating Ruby-crowned Kinglet( Regulus calendula), more of a deciduous,riparian specialist. there were no insects and only

Trout Creek Ecological Reserve Warden’s Report June 10, 2014

10JuneGarry Fletcher7, Invasive Species, Rare Species, Warden Reportsbiological control, Brickellia oblongifolia, Chryxus Arctic, Empidonax wrightii, Gray Flycatchers, Narrow-leaved Brickellia, Opuntia fragilis, Prickly-pear cactus, Pyrocomma carthamoides

Ecological Reserve Warden Laurie Rockwell has provided this report based on his most recent trip to Trout Creek ER # 7 on June 0, 2014. a magnificent early morning 3 hour hike ; 17c at 6:30, some periods of wind and a few scattered clouds. I saw or heard 18 species of birds, but no young;

Haynes Lease Photos by Rosemary Taylor

29JanuaryGarry Fletcher100, Photos, Rare Speciescactus, Chrysemys picta bellii, Opuntia fragilis, pricly pear, Western Painted turtle., wild hollyhock

Thanks to Rosemary Taylor who sent these pictures from a trip she made through the area in June of 2012. She wrote— “A few days later we got to Haynes Lease, and wandered around in a big field there, so here are a couple of pictures of the prickly pear which were in flower at

The Osoyos Arid Biotic Area

8AprilGarry Fletcher100, Reports, Species ListAmbystoma tigrinum slater, Antelope Brush, Antrozous pallididus cantwelli, bitterroot, Canyon wren, Eumeces skiltonianus, Great-basin spadefoot toad, Lewisia rediviva, myotis leibii melananorhinus, Opuntia fragilis, Pallid bat, Purshia tridentata, Scaphiopus intermontanus, short-horned lizard, small footed bat, Tiger salamander, western skink

G.G.E. Scudder of the Dept of Zoology, UBC The Osoyoos-arid Biotic Area has a distinctive faunal assemblege found nowhere else in Canada. Some of the species are found nowhere else in British Columbia. While they may not all be endangered, that they occur to the south, the populations in BC are peripheral ones. See the