Ecological Dec 21. Wind SE up 35-40 knots in the morning. This combined with a higher than normal high tide. Barometer dipped below 990. Dec 21. Nursing Northern sea lion seen on west side of Great Race, first time I have … Continue reading
I went to Race Rocks today with Val George for the Christmas bird Count. ( See other reports from today.) The highlight of course was the discovery of the first record for the Boreal Owl in Southern Vancouver Island . … Continue reading
December 28, 2014– Val George and myself were picked up at Pedder Bay By Alex Fletcher, (Ecoguardian at Race Rocks) and we went out to Race Rocks for the Sooke area Christmas Bird Count. It was a great day … Continue reading
Surf Scoters are often sighted off the shores of Taylor beach in the fall (see http://metchosinmarine.ca/gf/?p=3080 ) but only show up at Race Rocks occasionally .. see the Christmas Bird Count records: The first photographic record we have was taken … Continue reading
ER Warden’s Report by G. Fletcher. On December 28, 2013 I was out at Race Rocks doing the Christmas Bird Count. While there I made several observations concerning the Northern and California Sea lions. There are only a few California … Continue reading
For the use of the Ecoguardians in editing. To check on the posts tagged with a name below, use the “slug” name in the SLUG HERE space in the URL below. https://www.racerocks.ca/tag/ SLUG HERE/ Name Slug Posts airplane airplane 1 … Continue reading
This is a temporary file to retain the Ecoguardians notes on marine animal observations from 2003 to 2011. Eventually I will get these placed IN THE WORDPRESS LOG WITH a post for the specific date. -1, ‘2003-01-01’, ‘Other’, 1, ‘large … Continue reading
VALUES INPUT TABLE: for DFO Race Rocks MPA Advisory Board Process. Past, Present, Future Use Lester B.Pearson College’s first significant interaction with the area was in 1977 as a location for marine biology field trips and diving. Faculty and students … Continue reading
Race Rocks (XwaYeN) Proposed Marine Protected Area Ecosystem Overview and Assessment Report Executive Summary Background Race Rocks (XwaYeN), located 17 km southwest of Victoria in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, consists of nine islets, including the large main island, … Continue reading
Ryan J Murphy and Raïsa Mirza Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific, Victoria, BC :Race Rocks Marine Protected Area Designation: A Social, Economic, and Cultural Overview See the final version submitted in PDF form here: RRSocio-cultural-Murphyand-Mirza also originally here:http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/Library/344920.pdf … Continue reading