Delta Naturalists Society

Year: 2017

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-51 Ladner Christmas Bird Count

  Report on Area I, by Terry Carr DNCBers took part in the Ladner Christmas Bird Count on December 23.  There are photos on our Flickr site at: https://www.flickr.com/search/?group_id=3027315%40N23&view_all=1&text=2017-51 The count is part of the regional Christmas Bird Count, which is part of a much larger count across the continent.  Counts happen in over 2,000 localities

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  December 23, 2017

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Barn Owl, Beach Grove, Boundary Bay, Cedar Waxwing, Centennial Beach, Common Redpoll, Cooper’s Hawk, Long-eared Owl, Merlin, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Peregrine Falcon, Point Roberts, Red Crossbill, Red-tailed Hawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Short-eared Owl, Western Meadowlark, White-throated Sparrow, Wilson’s Snipe, Yellow-headed Blackbird

• DNCB Report No. 2017-50 to Point Roberts, USA

  More photos at our DNCB Flickr site Rain & Snow: Another DNCB Tuesday of crappy weather.  Only three of us (Mike, Terry and me) went to Pt. Roberts where it poured rain, and we birded without leaving the vehicle.  However, Terry got some good photos that you can see on our Flickr site at: www.flickr.com/groups/dncb,

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  December 19, 2017

  *DNCB, Coyote, Harlequin Duck, Hooded Merganser, Lighthouse Marine Park, Pelagic Cormorant, Point Roberts, Red-breasted Merganser

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-49 Birds on the Bay in Boundary Bay Regional Park

  More photos at our DNCB Flickr site It was a gorgeous sunny Wednesday morning for our quarterly Birds on the Bay outing in Boundary Bay Regional Park.  We had about 25 participants (I lost count with so many children) including several Newbies and kids, and lots of neat sightings.  Check out the photo evidence on

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  December 13, 2017

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, BBRP, Birds-on-the-Bay, Black Oystercatcher, Boundary Bay, Centennial Beach, Cooper’s Hawk, Dunlin, Eurasian Wigeon, Hooded Merganser, Merlin, Mew Gull, Northern Harrier, Western Meadowlark

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-48 to Blaine and Semiahmoo Bay, Washington

  More photos at our DNCB Flickr site Finally, a sunny Tuesday!  Twenty DNCBers enjoyed a beautiful clear and cool day at various spots around Drayton Harbour and Semiahmoo Bay in Blaine, Washington.  Plus, we had a lot of really neat sightings.  Check out the photo evidence, including spectacular scenery shots, on our Flickr site at:

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  December 5, 2017

  *DNCB, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Black Scoter, Black Turnstone, Blaine Marine Park, Common Redpoll, Drayton Harbor, Harbour Seal, Harlequin Duck, Long-tailed Duck, Pelagic Cormorant, Red Crossbill, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-necked Grebe, Red-throated Loon, Ruddy Duck, Semiahmoo Spit, Trumpeter Swan

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-47 to Burnaby Lake Park

  More photos at our DNCB Flickr site Seven DNCB “Martyrs” endured the 4th miserable and rainy Tuesday in a row at the normally beautiful & bountiful Burnaby Lake Park.  Our Leader Roger M was at Petra’s, but unfortunately was called away to a Family “Taxi” emergency.  Only two photos taken by Ladner Jack on our

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  November 28, 2017

  *DNCB, American Dipper, Burnaby Lake, Hooded Merganser

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-46 to Iona Regional Park

  More photos at our DNCB Flickr site It was another miserable Tuesday so only three of us battled the rain at Iona Regional Park.  And, as always happens, it was a very enjoyable and almost comfortable outing, with lots of brilliant sightings.  Check out David’s photos on our Flickr site at: www.flickr.com/groups/dncb, then click the

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  November 21, 2017

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black-bellied Plover, Canvasback, Dunlin, Hooded Merganser, Iona Beach Regional Park, Long-billed Dowitcher, Pectoral Sandpiper, Peregrine Falcon, Pied-billed Grebe, Red Crossbill, Ring-necked Duck, Ruddy Duck, Rusty Blackbird, Sewage Lagoons, Spotted Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-45 to Stanley Park

  More photos at our DNCB Flickr site It was a miserable, rainy and cold Tuesday morning; nine hard core DNCBers sort of enjoyed a shortened, and relatively productive outing, to Stanley Park in Vancouver.  Check out Jack’s, Brian’s and Terry’s beaut photos, despite the rain, on our Flickr site at: www.flickr.com/groups/dncb, then click the magnifying

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  November 14, 2017

  Bald Eagle, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Harlequin Duck, Hooded Merganser, Lost Lagoon, Pelagic Cormorant, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Red-throated Loon, River Otter, Siwash Rock, Stanley Park

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-44 to Terra Nova Park, Richmond

  More photos at our DNCB Flickr site Eighteen DNCBers spent a cold but dry Tuesday morning at Terra Nova Park in Richmond.  It was a particularly successful outing with several rare and photogenic sightings (e.g. Red Crossbills, Rough-legged Hawk, etc.).  Check out the photo evidence on our Flickr site at:  www.flickr.com/groups/dncb, then click the magnifying

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  November 7, 2017

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Cooper’s Hawk, Hooded Merganser, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Peregrine Falcon, Red Crossbill, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Terra Nova, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-43 to Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal and Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  More photos at our DNCB Flickr site Thirty (Wow! See names at end) folk enjoyed another brilliant Fall Tuesday morning in Delta on our DNCB outing to Roberts Bank (aka Salish Sea or Georgia Strait) at the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal, then through the Ladner and Westham Island farmers’ fields to Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  Lots of

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  October 31, 2017

  *DNCB, Barn Owl, Barred Owl, Black Oystercatcher, Black Turnstone, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Brown Creeper, Dunlin, Eurasian Wigeon, Hooded Merganser, Hudsonian Whimbrel, Long-billed Dowitcher, Mute Swan, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Pelagic Cormorant, Red-necked Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Ring-necked Duck, Rough-legged Hawk, Trumpeter Swan, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-42 to Deception Pass & Whidbey Island WA

  More photos at our DNCB Flickr site Terry and Roger organized a gem of an outing on Tuesday to Deception Pass and Whidbey Island in Washington State.  We had 21 participants under gorgeous sunshine spending an awesome day of birding and sight-seeing in this idyllic area of the San Juan Islands.  Check out the many

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  October 24, 2017

  *DNCB, American Kestrel, Ancient Murrelet, Bald Eagle, Bonaparte’s Gull, Common Murre, Cooper’s Hawk, Coupeville, Cranberry Lake, Crockett Lake, Deception Pass, Gray Whale, Harbour Porpoise, Harlequin Duck, Heermann’s Gull, Marbled Murrelet, Mew Gull, Pacific Loon, Pelagic Cormorant, Pigeon Guillemot, Red-necked Grebe, Rhinoceros Auklet, Ring-necked Duck, Short-eared Owl, Trumpeter Swan, Whidbey Island