Subject: Big Ditch Thursday
Date: Dec 30 01:01:02 2000
From: David Brodeur - dbrodeur at astro-cycles.com


I did some casual birding with my wife and daughter on Thursday. We walked
along the dike to the north at Big Ditch and found a Snowy Owl, an immature
Northern Shrike, and a Prairie Falcon. The falcon was sitting on a small
stump in the plowed field, being very inconspicuous.

The other highlight of the day was watching the large flock of Snow Geese on
Fir Island take off when disturbed by a pair of passing Bald Eagles.

Dave Brodeur
Seattle