Ecology of Silva Bay, its watershed, and Flat-top Islands
Ecology of Silva Bay, its watershed, and Flat-top Islands includes nearshore ecosystems, all the birds in Silva Bay, waterbirds, shoreline and terrestrial, and marine and shoreline mammals.
FoSB Data Collection ProjectsSilva Bay, its watershed, and Flat-top Islands
Eelgrass Mapping
Mapping: One of the goals of the FoSB is to map all the eelgrass beds in the Silva Bay and Flat Top Islands region.
The FoSB are currently working with the Community Mapping Network to incorporate our eelgrass mapping data into the province wide eelgrass mapping initiative.
BC Coastal Waterbird Survey
We record and count all the birds in Silva Bay. All the waterbirds and several other species are entered into the BC Coastal Waterbird survey database maintained by Bird Studies Canada.
Bird of the Month
Please send us your photos, videos, accounts, etc. of the bird from just the given month. Then, at the close of month we will create from the contributions a "bird of the month" page for that species.
- April - Bald Eagle
- May - Black Oystercatcher
- June - Purple Martin
- July - Violet-green swallow
- August - Double crested cormorant
- September - Great Blue Heron
- October - Bufflehead
- November - Surf Scoter
- December - Canada Goose
Songbirds
We count all the songbirds observed in the area. To date we are tracking this data but have no database in which to maintain this data.
