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The annual Padilla Bay Christmas Bird Count carried on this year, with a few modifications because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
On a drizzly Saturday morning, Jeff Osmundson and Colleen Shannon set up a spotting scope atop a dike outside La Conner, bundled up against the weather and listening closely for the cries of birds.
âFor a lot of people who like to look at birds, no weather is worse than staying home,â said Osmundson, president of the Skagit Audubon Society.
Osmundson and Shannon are longtime participants in the count, surveying locations throughout the 15-mile circle around Padilla Bay, and said they enjoy participating in this kind of citizen science.
Itâs here, just in time for Christmas. The datebook âGlimpses of History of Seymour-Boyds Creek,â is now available.
The personal datebook is like a calendar but instead of dates for every day of the year contains spaces to write in important personal dates such as anniversaries, birthdays and regular appointments.
It is a fundraiser for Friends of Seymour Library. It is illustrated with artistsâ drawings and photographs of historic buildings in Seymour, Trundles Crossroads and Boyds Creek, along with information about their history.
It is for sale at the interim Seymour Library behind the Boys & Girls Club on North Pitner Road in Seymour or at The Local Eatery & Grill in Boyds Creek, which sponsored its production.