Dear Tweeters,

Bob Kuntz and I enjoyed some close but fairly tricky
views of the Boreal Owl at Reifel Sanctuary on Sunday.
It was in a little cedar, closer to the phone booth,
and not in the taller cedar where it had been with the
Saw-whet. We saw two Saw-whets there (besides the
parking-lot one, there is one out in a little holly
near one of the blinds, offering very close,
unobstructed views).

We also saw a Snowy Owl out on Brunswick Point. We had
some trouble figuring out where that point is, and
even many locals that we asked were not aware of that
place name.

Here is how to reach Brunswick Point: instead of
turning right onto the wooden-decked bridge that goes
to Westham Island (where Reifel is), just keep on
straight, with the dike and Canoe Pass to your right
(to your north). At the end of the road, park and walk
the dike. Walk out to where the dike has turned and
allowed a view out to open water. The Snowy Owl was
quite close. We did not see the whiter individual that
others had reported just before we arrived.

Good birding up there!


Yours truly,

Gary Bletsch

near Lyman (Skagit County), Washington

garybletsch at yahoo.com




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