Day Trips & Getaways
Reifel Bird Sanctuary on Westham Island
Buy a $2 bag of seed, and within minutes black-capped chickadees are landing directly on your hand. Yes, really.
Westham Island, Delta
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Buy a $2 bag of seed, and within minutes black-capped chickadees are landing directly on your hand. Yes, really.
Westham Island, Delta
More infoOut past Ladner, over a one-lane bridge onto Westham Island, the George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary sounds like you ran out of ideas and turns out to be your best one. Buy a $2 bag of seed, and within minutes black-capped chickadees are landing on your outstretched palm, a disarmingly good icebreaker. Flat trails wind through 300 hectares of marsh; in season, thousands of snow geese descend at once.
Book the timed entry ahead (closed Mondays), then drive past Ladner over the one-lane bridge onto Westham Island. Buy a $2 bag of seed at the gate, hold out your hand, and a chickadee lands on it within minutes, better than any icebreaker you could plan. Wander the flat marsh trails, climb the lookout, and watch for snow geese fall through spring. Two to three hours; bring binoculars if you've got them.
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