The East Lake WA Audubon had a weekend field trip to Reifel Bird Sanctuary
and Tsassawwsen terminal on Sat. and had 65 species. Sun. we birded Blaine
Marine Park and pier, Semiahmoo spit, Birch Bay and Lummi Flats for 66
species and a total of 91 for the weekend. At Reifel it was wonderful to see
the sky full of calling SNOW GEESE. Two BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS at the
expected location on Fuller Slough. There were 30-40 TRUMPETER SWANS in
fields on the way in. We saw 19 other wildfowl species. About 100
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were near the viewing tower. Included in five raptor
species was a PEREGRINE FALCON. A PEFA was also at Tsassawwsen. On the east
side of the trail at Reifel we got good VIEWS of a NO. SAW-WHET OWL. In the
woods on the south side of the road, just east of the parking lot, we could
see GREAT HORNED OWL and BARN OWL perched about 50-60 apart. The Barn Owl
was hunkered down like it was afraid to move with the GHOW nearby. At
Tsassawwsen there were a few MARBLED GODWIT, but not the Hudsonian reported
a few days earlier, a lone WILLET and a number of WHITE-WINGED SCOTER. We
stayed at Blaine Sat. night and had the added bonus of watching the lunar
eclipse through our scopes.