Members of the Victoria Natural History Society accompanied ER warden Garry Fletcher on a field trip to Race Rocks this morning. Most of the members were avid birdwatchers so this time of year was ideal to view some of the many species that stopover at Race Rocks in their fall migration. See the census records submitted by Daniel Donnecke
Some of the birds seen on the trip”
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- A short-billed dowitcher and a Black Turnstone
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- 4 white fronted geese are still in the areaa
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- Brandt’s cormorants on middle rock
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- A flock of American pipits were feeding in the area where the vegetation was flattened by the sealions
Also on a trip on a ecotourism vessel, Liam Singh took this image of this wandering tattler which we had missed.
One branded california sealion was hauled out near the docks. The number was not clear.