Year: 2010
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Serpentine Fen
Casual Birding #86 Ten participants (I like to list them because they love to see their names in print: Roger with Hans-Ulf, rookies Jonathan & Lorraine and Eleanor in his car, and John & Kay, Lorna and Jim with me) spent a chilly but pleasant Easter Monday morning at Serpentine Fen in Surrey. We had
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Iona and Terra Nova
Attack pheasant on Casual Birding Outing #85 Five of us (John & Kay, Lorna, Val and me) enjoyed a weird morning of birding at Iona then Terra Nova Park in Richmond. It was raining at 8:30 a.m., then on departure from Petra’s at 9:00 a.m. it was sunny with not a cloud in the sky.
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Great Blue Herons at Roberts Bank
Casual Birding #84 Nine participants (Roger, Hans-Ulf, Val, Gord, Lorna, Eleanor (aka the “second Mary” in my Saturday Birds-on-the-Bay report), John & Kay and me) enjoyed a gorgeous Monday morning of birding at the Tsa-Tsu Shores Heronry, Reynold’s Farm on Westham Island and Reifel Bird Sanctuary. The number of nesting Great Blue Herons at the
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Winter Birds on the Bay
On a gorgeous Saturday morning, March 20, Delta Naturalists’ Society hosted the last “Winter Birds on the Bay” Casual Birding outing in Boundary Bay Park in Tsawwassen. We had 35 participants who began, and finished, the 2 ½ hour walk at historic Cammidge House. We had an auspicious start as an immature Bald Eagle posed
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Watershed Park Casual Birding outing #82
Six participants (John & Kay, Lorna, Val, Hans-Ulf and me) spent an enjoyable morning at a new destination for all of us, Watershed Park in North Delta. This large forest park along the North Delta escarpment is managed by Delta Corporation. There are many well-groomed trails (for people, horses and mountain bikes) among the tall,
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Iona Sewage Lagoon ~ Casual Birding #81
Eight of us (Jim, John & Kay, Lorna, Eleanor, Terry, Gord and me) spent a pleasant morning of birding at the Iona Sewage Lagoons and Park. As we passed the airport, a dark morph Red-tailed Hawk was perched on the fence. The tide was out, but lots of Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, American Wigeon, Mallards
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Elgin Park and Blackie Spit ~ Casual Birding #80
Seven participants (Hans-Ulf, Lorna, Gord & Roberta, Roger, Terry and me) spent a pleasant post-Olympic Monday morning of birding at Elgin Park and Blackie Spit in South Surrey. We drove the main highways (17 and 99) to get there, and did happen to see a couple of Red-tailed Hawks and the Rough-legged Hawk along Highway
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On the dyke in east Delta ~ Casual Birding #79
On Monday, the 7th and last day of our gorgeous Summer, eight participants (Lorna, Hans-Ulf, Roger, Jim, Anne, John & Kay and me) enjoyed the morning along the dyke at 112th Street. We drove the back roads to get to 112th and spotted a Peregrine Falcon on a tower near 72nd. Over 50 Bald Eagles
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Reifel Bird Sanctuary ~ Casual Birding #78
Seven participants (John & Kay, Hans-Ulf and his Calgarian brother-in-law Derek, Lorna, Terry and me) spent a very interesting morning at Reifel Bird Sanctuary. On our way to Reifel, we stopped at the Tsawwassen First Nations’ “Kingfisher Bridge” and he was in the same tree on the same branch as on previous outings. Many Bald
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Birds on the Bay outing ~ Feb 10
About 30 participants enjoyed a mild, dry outing around Boundary Bay Park on Wednesday, February 10 (yesterday) on the Delta Nature’s 2nd Winter “Birds on the Bay” event. The tide was in, but there was a bit of shoreline exposed, so the shorebirds, geese and ducks could be seen up-close-and-personal and were in nice breeding
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