Expect tourists flocking to Maple Hall for bird talk

Heather Carter, La Conner Chamber of Commerce director, has worked hard to establish a new migration pattern: a last Saturday in January Birding Showcase event in Maple Hall. Carter has a full day and full slate of vendors set for Jan. 26. She is hoping for a repeat of the full hall for last year’s keynote talk.

Dr. Kaeli Swift, this year’s speaker, starts at 4 pm. Her research at the University of Washington is studying the foraging behaviors of Canada jays in Denali National Park. She studies corvids: crows, ravens, jays and magpies.

Carter has scheduled 16 educational and artistic vendors t...