The George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary is situated on Westham Island’s farmland and consists of a plethora of wetlands, ponds, intertidal marshes, walkways and low dykes next to the Fraser River.
There are approximately 200+ species of birds such as snow geese, sandhill cranes, mallards, bald eagles, spotted towhee, yellowlegs, long-billed dowitchers and western sandpipers, to name a few.
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