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  Photography Tour: Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary (Delta)
  October 26, 2008 














Photography Tour: Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary
Sunday October 26

Photographing Birds and Scenery

- The tour begins at Lonsdale Ave. & 15th (Blenz Coffee) at 11:00. We will back to Lonsdale at 17:00.
- Arrive 15 minutes prior to departure.
- We will pick up registrants at "Coal Harbour Community Centre - 480 Broughton St." at 11:45 too.
- Bring water, lunch... you need.
- Bring your Tele Photo Zoom!
- Fees (for transfer & Workshop):
        For members of Caroun Photo Club: $6
        For other photographers: $16
Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary Tickets: $4

- Tour requires a minimum number of participants to run; otherwise it will be presents for the next week. If the weather won’t be good, the tour presents for next Sunday.
- Members can bring their photos to our first monthly meeting after the tour. Photos will be shown and discussed.

A report of the tour with a group photo of participants, as well as some of their good photos will be posted up at this page for good.

Click
here to register on web; please mail your cheque to:

Caroun Photo Club
PO Box 37514
RPO Lonsdale East
North Vancouver, BC
V7M 3L7

Cheques payable to "Caroun Photo Club"

Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary (Ref: Catalog of Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary)

The Fraser River estuary is of international significance to birds migrating along the Pacific Flyway. The sanctuary is ideally located in the center of estuary, and contains ponds, natural tidal and marshes, and sloughs, all of which provide important resting and feeling areas of migratory birds such as waterfowl, shorebirds and other water birds. It is a place where wildlife and their habitats are protected, and it lies next to miles of flat marshland and surrounding farmland of Westham Island.

The original acreage for the present sanctuary was leased from George H. Reifel in 1963, and named in memory of his father, George C. Reifel. Additional acreage was reserved by the Provincial Crown bring the Sanctuary area to 850 acres. Mr. Reifel gifted the privately owned portion of the Sanctuary to the Federal Crown, from whom the British Columbia Waterfowl Society now leases the land.

Spring (March-May)
Spring migration begins with the arrival of swallows, hummingbird, shorebirds and warblers, and the departure northwards of the snow geese and a large portion of the waterfowl. Nesting activity of songbirds, ducks and geese is evident during April and May.

Summer (June-August)
Early June is the best time to see ducklings and goslings. During the summer, many birds go through an annual molt. Waterfowl, for example, are flightless for short period, and the male ducks take on a drab appearance resembling females called "eclipse" plumage. Shorebirds start arriving July on their migration south.

Fall (September-November)
Thousands of ducks leave their northern and interior nesting areas and start showing up in the Fraser delta. Shorebirds, warblers and hawks are in large numbers at this time. Snow Geese Peak in early November, followed by swans.

Winter (December-February)
Hawks, eagles, owls, sparrows, woodpeckers and waterfowl are abundant at this time.

Photos by: Masoud Soheili

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