Glen Rasmussen, of the DFO Nanaimo office and a group of his counterparts from New Zealand made a trip with Garry and Chris to Race Rocks.
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Oystercatcher chicks
‘The painters today spotted twelve orcas including babies swimming through the reserve. A possibly dead elephant seal was noticed washed up in the intertidal -but still partially submerged) this morning. Black oystercatchers have chicks! In the S surge channel beneath the science house, two chicks were noticed with a parent. They are still very small. The three baby geese are growing still. Every day they are growing stronger and venturing further and further from their parents. There is an old goose on the SE side of the keeper”s house that is looking very frail -this has been going on for a while now). I would expect that it is on its last legs.’, ‘Adam’, ’12:29:50 ,
Columba livia: Rock Dove–The Race Rocks Taxonomy
Columba livia at Race Rocks
Surprisingly this is the first pigeon we have seen at Race Rocks The week this photo was taken on the remote camera by Pam Birley, it has been non-stop winds from the West over 25km/hr. Perhaps it was just blown away from its normal flock.
Note: Moisture and heat retention by breathing under the wings. This pigeon It appeared on June 15,2009.Most of the pigeons we see around Victoria are the typical grey body with dark bands
Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
SubphylumVertebrata
Class Aves
Order Columbiformes
Family Columbinae
SubfamilyColumbinae
Genus Columba
Species livia
Linnaeus, 1758
Common Name: Rock Dove, Rock Pigeon
| Other Members of the Class Aves at Race Rocks |
 Return to the Race Rocks Taxonomyand Image File |
 The Race Rocks taxonomy is a collaborative venture originally started with the Biology and Environmental Systems students of Lester Pearson College UWC. It now also has contributions added by Faculty, Staff, Volunteers and Observers on the remote control webcams.
Pam Birley |
Phidippus borealis: Red-backed Jumping spider–The race Rocks Taxonomy
| Phidippus borealis at Race Rocks, March 11, 2010. |
| This is our first photo of this spider , taken by Ryan Murphy |
“The spider I noticed from about 20m away! It’s about 2.5 cm (1 inch) long and the bright orange pattern with white spots was really shocking. It’s made a funnel web in the rocks near the house, a really interesting structure of woven grass.” RM
Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Arachnida
Order Araneae
Sub-order Araneomorphae
Family Salticidae
Subfamily Dendryphantinae
Genus Phidippus
Species borealis
Common Name: Red-backed Jumping spide
| Other Members of the Phylum Arthropoda at Race Rocks |
| Return to the Race Rocks Taxonomy and Image File |
| The Race Rocks taxonomy is a collaborative venture originally started with the Biology and Environmental Systems students of Lester Pearson College UWC. It now also has contributions added by Faculty, Staff, Volunteers and Observers on the remote control webcams.
Ryan Murphy(PC) |