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			Surfbirds at Oak Bay, Victoria BC  | 
		
		
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			 Highly migratory along the 
			Pacific Coast of the Americas, Surfbird at Bowker Avenue, Oak Bay, 
			Victoria BC on 18 September 2018.  | 
		
		
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			Please watch Surfbirds video and listen to their haunting 
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			Spread wing shows upperwing pattern and white 
			rump. Surfbirds fed on the kelp-covered rocks at Oak Bay, Victoria 
			BC on 18 September 2018  | 
		
		
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			This adult Surfbird has almost molted from 
			breeding to winter plumage. It still has several patterned breeding 
			plumage feathers on the upperparts. Oak Bay, Victoria BC on 18 
			September 2018.  | 
		
		
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			Bowker Avenue, Oak Bay has great shorebird 
			habitat with kelp-covered rocks. We arrived early before the 
			shorebirds are disturbed. Oak Bay, Victoria BC on 18 September 2018.  | 
		
		
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