Records for 1997 to 2011— See links to following years below: THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT AT RACE ROCKS This data below may be highlighted, copied and pasted to an open EXCEL file. It will then be usable for statistical … Continue reading
Overcast, wind light. I went off island in the morning and dropped two visitors off at Pedder Bay. At 0930 I Picked up Garry Fletcher and local bird expert, Val George for the annual Christmas bird count. We traveled, slowly, … Continue reading
Also-Warden’s Report for Dec 28, 2013. Link to the Index for the past records of the Christmas Bird Counts Ecoguardian Alex Fletcher picked up Val George and myself from the Pearson College docks mid- morning and we started our count … Continue reading
In most years since 1997 we have been able to contribute to the Christmas Bird Count for the Sooke/Victoria area. This website contains all the past records: This year, Garry Fletcher was picked up with the station boat by the … Continue reading
2012 Christmas Bird Count – Summary Date _Dec 29___Area or Sub-Area______127 Ha___ Leader Garry Fletcher Temp ______ to ______ Wind NE, 3.5Kn Time Start_10_a.m. Finish_12noon____p.m. Snow ________inches A.M. cloudy light rain P.M. cloudy light rain Still Water Please report totals here for your entire count team … Continue reading
2001-12-24′, ’16:00:20′, ‘Yesterday Angus Matthews took Alan MacLeod, Andrew Harcombe, and Ron Satterfield out in the Pearson College boat, 2nd Nature for the annual Sooke Christmas bird count. The trip was postponed from the 22nd because of the 40knt. north … Continue reading
See the Index of the Christmas Bird Count. Thanks to Angus Matthews and the Pearson College boat, Andrew Harcombe, Ron Satterfield and I were able to get to Race Rocks this morning to count birds. Forty-knot northerlies prevented us from … Continue reading
Monday, December 24, 2001 Good Evening TEMPERATURE: Max 8.0C — Min 4.9C — Reset 6.7C — Rain 0.0 Merry Christmas To One And All!!! MARINE LIFE: Yesterday Angus Matthews took Alan MacLeod, Andrew Harcombe, and Ron Satterfield out in the … Continue reading
Weather Visibility: 10-15 miles throughout the day Wind: light breezes throughout the day, 4-11 knots Sky: overcast this morning then cleared up a bit by late afternoon Water: mostly calm, a bit choppy at times Boats/Visitors The usual commercial freighter and … Continue reading
Weather: West wind, 30 knots reaching up to 40 knots. Visibility limited by rain. Ecological: While doing the Christmas Bird count I came across a female elephant seal on the West side of Great Race. She is flipper tagged, green, c-586 and appears … Continue reading