Take part in a bird count

By Jack Kintner

The Audubon Society’s annual Christmas bird count takes place on Saturday, December 29.

In Blaine, the count is done cooperatively with its Canadian equivalent Bird Studies Canada. The area to be covered includes locally-popular birding spot Drayton Harbor and much of Blaine.

What’s needed are people, experienced or not, to meet at Big Al’s at 7:30 a.m. that day and be dressed warmly enough to continue birding for the day, from 8 a.m. until dusk, which will be about 3:30 p.m.

Part-timers are also welcome, as are those who wish to participate from home and count the birds and species that come to their feeders that day.

Results from at-home watchers may be phoned in to the count’s leader, Gareth Pugh, on his cell at 604/649-1027.

For more information, Contact Pugh in White Rock, B.C. at 604/576-6831.