Boundary Bay : Northern Harrier

[theducks]

Boundary Bay : Northern Harrier
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Went down to Boundary Bay park today for some bird watching. Had some good luck - saw lots of herons, a red tailed hawk, and this northern harrier.

We drove down to within 5 metres of the US border with Point Roberts - you can see a sign on the other side of the 6ft cyclone fence that says "Roosevelt Way". It's a small exclave of the USA created through essentially a surveying oversight.

Had a really nice dinner afterwards at Alfa's Greco-Roman. Mmm. Content.


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Comments

[pt.livejournal.com]

Hhahah, that's awesome!

I love the border crossing here :)

[theducks.livejournal.com]

Point Roberts is an interesting case - the only way out of it by land is through Canada. No airports, no scheduled ferry.

In fact, on the way back, I was passed by a US DHS Customs and Border Protection car - one of the few times you'll see a US Government plated car outside of the US.

[(Anonymous)]

In Google maps the resolution changes between the Canadian and US sides of the border. The image quality drops substantially as you go from the Canadian side to the US side.

What are the trying to hide?

Tank Divisions?