Young Birders on the Delta Christmas Bird Count for Youth - Photo: Melissa Hafting Today, I held the Youth CBC in Delta. This year we held the event at Reifel Bird Sanctuary. Thanks to Kathleen Fry for letting us in and for allowing the youth to come in for free. The weather forecast was awful saying it was going to be sleet, heavy rain and wind. Luckily the weather was beautiful, no rain and even some sun! 15 youth turned up and we all had a blast. The kids were all masked and were happy to be socializing with their fellow young birders. We started out with a bang as we saw 2 Black-crowned Night-Herons in the open and a Merlin flying close and fast by our heads! Young Birders looking at 2 adult Black-crowned Night-Herons at Reifel - Photo: M. Hafting Young birders on the East Dyke searching for birds - Photo: Jim Lai Young Birders at Reifel during the CBC 4 Youth - Photos: Jim Lai We walked on and quickly spotted 14 Bohemian Waxwings with 1 Cedar (which allowed for a nice comparison) ...
