A group of eight, led by Darryl Thompson, birded Point Roberts USA and
Boundary Bay BC 0n Tuesday. Highlights were fourteen Bald Eagles,
soaring close to us, above the bluff at Lilly Point, an immature
Gyrfalcon attacking waterfowl near the marina, Short-eared Owls
contesting Northern Harriers for territory at dusk, and Dall Porpoises
and a Thayer's Gull off Lighthouse Park.
The group also visited OWL (Orphaned WildLife) a rehabilitation
facility, located off 72nd St. near the Boundary Bay Airport. A few of
the species seen were Golden Eagle, American Kestrel, Great Gray Owl,
Hawk Owl, Tawny Owl, Screech Owl, Great Horned Owl, Barred Owl, and Bald
Eagle.

Wild species seen/heard were:

Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Tundra Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Northern Pintail
American Wigeon
Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Oldsquaw
Black Scoter
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Gyrfalcon
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Black Turnstone
Dunlin
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Pigeon Guillemot
Ancient Murrelet
Rock Dove
Band-tailed Pigeon
Short-eared Owl
Northern Flicker
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Brewer's Blackbird
House Finch
Evening Grosbeak
submitted by Art Wait