Birding-Watching at the Bird Sanctuary - T2B8

George C. Reifel's Migratory Bird Sanctuary - that where the Synergy 8 & 9 ventured out to today. The day plan was from the museum, to the gift shop, to the marshy trail. The museum was one large room will filled with what seemed like around 80 birds in glass shelves. That can be creepy when you have about 10 large owls glaring at you, and one turkey vulture checking you out. We were, however, introduced to many basic new knowledge of birds: B.C's stellar jay, the peligrim falcon, the hummingbird...etc. I wore the skin of either a muskrat or a possom on my arm. It scared the crap out of Kathy Xie. I also saw Hedwig, Harry Potter's snowy owl.

I bought 2 bags of bird seeds. They were really full, so I thought it was a pretty good deal. I got a lot of attention from the ducks. It's hilarious how they all dive into a scatter for the bird seeds. I tried throwing the seeds about 5 meters ahead of the ducks, they half flew, half quickly waddled over. I threw half a bag of bird seeds into one place in the water. about 15 ducks went after it, diving with their butts waving in the air.  Good times... The chickadees were my favourite part of the trail hike. They feed on sunflower seeds. You have to kind of stand still with your arms raised to get these birds coming after your seeds. At first, I didn't get any responses, but then, 5 chickadees landed on my hands in a row. Some people were lucky and spotted an eagle, hawk, or a heron. Most of us weren't that fortunate, but we had a good time as well. I want to go back someday.