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| Glaucous-winged Gull |
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| Glaucous-winged Gulls |
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| Northwestern Crow |
We drove across the border to BC and headed for Boundary Bay where I had hoped to find the Hudsonian Godwit that had been around for a few days. I had no luck with this but among the thousands of ducks found a few Mew Gulls; this species had eluded me in the UK earlier in the year.We reached Vancouver in late afternoon and had time to walk along the waterfront, finding a couple of Pelagic Cormorants among the many Double-crested Cormorants.
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| Northern Harrier |
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| Northern Shoveler |
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| Mew Gull |
On Friday morning, November 27th I took a walk along the waterfront in the morning and found a dingle male Long-tailed Duck in with a group of about a thousand Surf Scoters. This bird was in near breeding plumage, certainly the nicest looking individual I had ever seen! After spending the rest of the morning playing tourist in the city, we took a drive around Stanley Park in the afternoon. Highlights included several Red-breasted Mergansers, a single Red-necked Grebe and two Black Oystercatchers.
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| Surf Scoters |
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| Black Oystercatcher |
On Saturday we headed back to Bellingham again via Boundary Bay where I again dipped on the godwit. This time however we came across a small flock of Chestnut-backed Chickadees. In Bellingham itself a walk around the harbor yielded a Northern Shrike atop one of the masts.
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