Year: 2010
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DNCB Outing No. 94 Songbirds near the airport
Casual Birding outing #94 Eight participants (Roger, John & Kay, Lorna, Hans, Anne, Rochelle and me) enjoyed a fruitful outing to the old residential area that was expropriated when Boundary Bay Airport was expanded. This area off 72nd Street is, I believe, now owned by Delta Corp and is basically used by dog-walkers. I was
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DNCB Outing No. 93 to Iona
Casual Birders outing #93 Seven participants (John & Kay, Gord & Roberta, Ron, Roger and me) spent a very pleasant and fruitful Sunday morning birding at Iona Sewage Ponds and the neighbouring GVRD Park. We parked by the Sewage Plant and entered the gate there. The first pond was loaded with neat stuff, all up-close-and-personal.
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DNCB Outing No. 92 to Serpentine Fen
Casual Birding Outing #92 Seven participants (Val, Don & Rochelle, Lorna, Hans, Terry and me) spent a beautiful Victoria Day morning at Serpentine Fen. The drive there via the farm roads was quiet with few birds in the fields as most were being tilled by the farmers. Even most of the Bald Eagles have left
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DNCB Outing No. 91 to Maplewood Flats
Casual birding outing #91 Ten participants (Roger, John & Kay, Don & Rochelle, Hans, Terry, Anne, Eleanor and me) spent a gorgeous morning wandering around Maplewood Flats in North Vancouver this morning. It was an hour’s drive to get there (a bit longer for us with our Librarian Navigator) in our two vehicle convoy, but
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DNCB Outing No. 90B: Birds on the Bay
On a gorgeous Wednesday morning, 15 to 20 participants (some came and went during the walk) enjoyed a Spring “Birds on the Bay” stroll around Boundary Bay Regional Park in Tsawwassen. We started and finished at historic Cammidge House. On our walk around the pond at Centennial Beach, a lonely female Lesser Scaup was resting
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DNCB Outing No. 90 to Colony Farm on a windy day
Casual Birding Outing #90 Twelve participants (They like to see their names in print – Hans, Lorna, Don & Rochelle back from umpteen Mediterranean cruises, Photog Terry back from Morocco, Annie K back from Salt Springs Island, Guru Anne back from Oz, Roger, John & Kay back from Mexico, Eleanor back from Trinidad and me
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2010-20 DNCB Outing No. 89: Birthday walk at Brunswick Point
Casual Birding outing #89 Hans, Lorna, Val and rookie Linda Halls joined me on Monday morning on an outing along the dike at Brunswick Point. It was chilly, a bit overcast and the tide was out further than we would have liked. Reports of 100,000+ shorebirds at Brunswick was our destination, and lots of them
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DNCB Outing No. 88 to Beach Grove & Boundary Bay dyke
Casual Birding #88 Six birders (Hans-Ulf, Val, Lorna, Jim, rookie Annie and me) spent a pleasant morning at Beach Grove Park in Tsawwassen and a bit of time at the dike on Boundary Bay. Our destination bird was the Great Horned Owl, and we were happily entertained by the parents and their two fuzzy young
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Spring Birds on the Bay
On a gorgeous Wednesday morning, April 14, eleven people participated in the first Spring “Birds on the Bay” Casual Birding Outing at Boundary Bay Park in Tsawwassen. We started, and finished, our walk at historic Cammidge House, where a few White-crowned Sparrows were foraging in the house’s surrounding gardens. Several adult and juvenile Bald Eagles
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Alaksen NWA ~ Casual Birding outing # 87
John & Kay, Lorna and Jim joined me this morning on an outing to Alaksen CWS (Canadian Wildlife Service) Wildlife Refuge. On the way there, we stopped at the Tsatsu Shores Heronry where we found the “guardian” Bald Eagle’s nest among the 400 Great Blue Heron nests. Dad was roosting nearby and made the shift
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