Brant - Barred Owl‏ Dick Porter 8/10/13

Highlights of another wonderful sunny day birding Whatcom County:



Saw our first Brant of the season at Blaine/Drayton Harbor today. With a group of Canada Geese by the very large concrete pilings just in front of town.



Barred Owl sitting in a traffic lane on Northwest Road, just south of Wiser Lake road. We noticed a car swerving around it, drove slowly past it (much surprised at what we saw) and were concerned for its health. We turned around and went back – when we stopped about 30 feet away, it flew into the adjoining woods before we could get out of the car. Last seen on a branch about 30 yards into the trees on the West side of the Road.



Dick