Year: 2010
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DNCB Outing #115 to Reifel Bird Sanctuary
DNCB’s: Thirteen birders (John & Kay, Rick & Marg, Jonathan & Lorraine, Anne & Roger, Lorna & Eleanor, newbies Donna & Deborah and me) enjoyed a cool Monday morning of casual birding on the way to/from and at Reifel Bird Sanctuary. Our destination bird was a Wood Sandpiper and we did not see it. We
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Birds on the Bay Outing in Boundary Bay Park
Almost 50 participants enjoyed a beautiful sunny walk this morning (October 16) in Boundary Bay Regional Park (BBRP). It was a Birds on the Bay event, with Nature Vancouver also joining up with the host Delta Naturalists. We started at historic Cammidge House and walked to the pond at Centennial Beach where one Northern Shoveler was
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Brunswick Point – Outing #113
Eight of us (Rick & Marg, scope-bearer Ron, Lorna, Gord, Sam, son Scott and me) enjoyed a gorgeous Thanksgiving (Canadian) Day morning at Brunswick Point. Our destination bird was the Tropical Kingbird (TKB) which was seen around there since first spotted at Reifel last Tuesday. Since we had some “newbie Cas Birders”, we drove through
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DNCB Outing #112 to UBC Farm & Camosun Bog
Eleven participants (Roger, Lorna, scope bearers Ron & John, Kay, wet camera-less photog Rick & Marg, newbie Lorraine N, Hans, our humble guide Bev and me) enjoyed a wet morning wandering around the diverse habitats of the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Farm. Monday morning traffic from Tsawwassen to UBC was horrendous, so we arrived
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DNCB Outing No. 2010-42 to Mount Baker, WA
Sixteen birders (Terry & Janan, John & Kay, Bill & Mary, Hans & Ursula, Jim, Lorna, Eleanor, Lorraine, Annie K, Can, Roger and me) enjoyed a beautiful, clear day at Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in Washington State. Four cars left Petra’s this morning (Wed. Sept. 21) at 8:00 a.m. No problems at Customs other than
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DNCB Outing No. 2010-41; Birds on the Bay outing in Boundary Bay Regional Park
Twenty plus birders participated in the Delta Nats “Birds on the Bay” outing in Boundary Bay Regional Park on Wednesday morning, September 15. We had visitors from Hamilton, Ontario, Smithers, B.C. and other areas of Metro Vancouver (e.g. West Van, White Rock, Surrey). Our walk left from historic Cammidge House at 9:00 a.m. and the
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Boundary Bay dyke birding
Casual Birding outing # 108 It was cloudy at first, but turned out clear and sunny on Wednesday morning, September 8 (our 37th Wedding Anniversary) when 12 birders (Can, Rick & Marg, John & Kay, Jonathan & Lorraine, Lorna, Gord, Roger and Terry) joined me on Outing #108 (Hans-Ulf did 106 and 107) along the
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Reifel Bird Sanctuary casual birding
Casual Birding Outing #106 At 7:30 AM, on the 18th of August a Lone Ranger was waiting to be joined by fellow casual birders. At 7:50 AM he was being rewarded, Lorna Clements, full of enthusiasm as ever, joined him. Together the “pair” waited until 8:50 AM. Nobody else appeared and the two of us parted Petra’s
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