Delta Naturalists Society

Year: 2014

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-51 around Boundary Bay at 72nd St.

  Fifteen DNCBers enjoyed a glorious, sunny, Monday morning walking the Boundary Bay Regional Park dike path at 72nd Street.  Lots of hi-lites including: Townsend’s Solitaire, Golden Eagle, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Sparrows including Lincoln’s and a sun tan.  There are some beaut photos (by Liz, Marion, Terry, Jim) on our DNCB Picasa site.  DNCBers love their names

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  December 29, 2014

  *DNCB, 72 Street, Bald Eagle, Boundary Bay, Eurasian Wigeon, Golden Eagle, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Townsend’s Solitaire, Western Meadowlark

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-50 Birds on the Bay

  See full set of photos by Terry Carr (TC), Liz Stewart (LS) & Glen Bodie (GB) on our DNCB Picasa site More pictures from the above photographers will be added to the Report below, soon! DNCBers: I’m Baaaaack!  On a typical mild but overcast Winter Wednesday morning in Delta, about 20 DNCBers enjoyed our quarterly

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  December 17, 2014

  *DNCB, American Pipit, Bald Eagle, BBRP, Birds-on-the-Bay, Boundary Bay, Cammidge House, Centennial Beach, Cinnamon Teal, Eurasian Wigeon, Merlin, Red-tailed Hawk, Virginia Rail

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-49 to Burnaby Lake

  See full set of photos by Terry Carr (TC) (and maybe others?) on our DNCB Picasa site A few intrepid birders met up at the Burnaby Lake Nature House on this dreary morning.  As we arrived from various locales, we jinxed ourselves by commenting on how warm and dry it was thus far.  Eventually, we

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  December 10, 2014

  *DNCB, Burnaby Lake, Long-billed Dowitcher

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-48 to Maplewood Flats, North Vancouver

  See full set of photos by Terry Carr (TC) on our DNCB Picasa site Today, Wednesday December 3, our quaint group of casual birders enjoyed a gorgeous morning of birding, chatting, and walking around the Maplewood Conservation area.  We met at the parking lot around 9:15am, and the birds were already gorging themselves at the

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  December 3, 2014

  *DNCB, Cooper’s Hawk, Gyrfalcon, Maplewood Flats, New Brighton Park, Peregrine Falcon, River Otter

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-47 to Blaine, WA

  At 8:45 a.m., a group of nine hardy DNCBirders, comprised of regulars Mike, Hans, Kirsten, Lorna, Gareth, White Rock Leona and Al, together with some-timer Wim as well as newcomer Tom from Langley, assembled at the entrance to Blaine Marine Park for another outing around the second favourite “foreign” destination, Drayton Harbour and Semiahmoo Spit.

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  November 26, 2014

  *DNCB, Black Turnstone, Blaine Marine Park, Drayton Harbor, Harbour Seal, Harlequin Duck, Pelagic Cormorant, Ruddy Duck, Semiahmoo Spit

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-46 to Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty, & Brunswick Point from Deltaport Way

  Photos by Roger Meyer (RM), Terry Carr (TC), Liz Stewart (LS), Jim Kneesch (JK) and Marion Shikaze (MS) (maybe Glen Bodie (GB) soon?) at DNCB Picasa site Sixteen eager birders bundled up for the chilly morning and set out to find birds along the Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty and the Delta Port end of the Brunswick Point

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  November 19, 2014

  *DNCB, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Black Turnstone, Black-bellied Plover, Brunswick Point, Cooper’s Hawk, DeltaPort Causeway, Eurasian Wigeon, Harbour Seal, Harlequin Duck, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Merlin, Northern Harrier, Pelagic Cormorant, Peregrine Falcon, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-45 to Stanley Park and Ambleside Park, West Vancouver

  More photos by Roger Meyer (RM), Marion Shikaze (MS) & Terry Carr (TC) at DNCB Picasa site Such a glorious morning to be arriving at Second Beach to spend a morning with the birds.  Quiet waters, clear skies and glorious sunshine and rafts of birds just offshore seemed to make the long drive through morning

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  November 12, 2014

  *DNCB, Ambleside Park, Bald Eagle, Beaver, Beaver Lake, Harlequin Duck, Lost Lagoon, Raccoon, River Otter, Second Beach, Stanley Park

• BBRP Fall Nest Box Review

  Photos by Terry Carr Click on any photo to see large version More photos on the DNCB Picasa site (Oct. 21 and Nov. 7, 2014). On October 21, Roger and Terry opened 18 of our 31 nest boxes in Boundary Bay Regional Park.  On November 7, Roger, Mike and Terry opened the rest.  These nest

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  November 7, 2014

  *DNCB, BBRP, Centennial Beach

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-44 to Point Roberts, WA

  Photo albums by Terry Carr (TC), Jim Kneesch (JK), Liz Stewart (LS) and Ken Borrie (KB) are posted at DNCB Picasa site – some of these photos have been added to this Report On Wednesday, November 5, twelve birders braved threatening skies to depart Petra’s at 8:15.  Bound for Point Roberts were Roger, Terry, Mike,

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  November 5, 2014

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Black Turnstone, Common Murre, Harlequin Duck, Northern Shrike, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Western Meadowlark

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-43 to Blackie Spit & White Rock Pier

  DNCB at Blackie Spit (minus Mike) photo by Roger, click to see large version More photos by Glen Bodie (GB), Bryan King (BK), Liz Stewart (LS), Roger Meyer (RM), Terry Carr (TC) & Ken Borrie (KB) at DNCB Picasa. At about 8:30, eighteen enthusiastic bird aficionados assembled at Blackie Spit Park, which is named after

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  October 29, 2014

  *DNCB, Blackie Spit, Eurasian Wigeon, Harlequin Duck, Long-billed Curlew, Marbled Godwit, White Rock Pier, Willet