Friday, January 27. I had some business in Aberdeen so I spent the late afternoon at Ocean Shores.  The Emperor Goose was present at the golf course on the fairway near the driving range with usual group of Greater White-fronted Geese (2) and Canada Geese (8). Later I went to Damon Point.  There were reported eight different owls there but I only saw 2 on the right side of the point walking from the parking lot 3/4 of the way down the beach. Further adventures saw birds at the Jetty but the light was so bad with the setting sun that identification was difficult (for me).  Good birding all.  Roger Hunt.

In case you couldn’t guess ABC stands for Advanced Birding Class, the Tahoma Audubon Society birding class taught by Ken Brown for many years. In order to free up spaces in the class for new students, and to provide a forum for the rest of us to continue to meet regularly and organize field trips together we’re planning to meet monthly.  The first meeting will be Thursday Jan 26, 2012 at Bella Nina restaurant in Tacoma at 7 PM.  We’ll start to decide on a format for the meetings, formalize a meeting time and place, and will have a brief presentation on Sparrow ID by Ed Pullen.  Looking forward to seeing you all there.