Year: 2024
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Terra Nova Park, August 21, 2024
PHOTO: Northern Harrier by Brian Avent…. 10 Delta Naturalists met at Richmond’s Terra Nova Park for a morning of eye, ear and binocular exercise. Shortly after we started we were serenaded by distant sirens and not so distant Coyotes, and quite a song they had. The Heron, Mallard and Pied-Billed Grebe in the pond were
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Aldergrove Regional Park, August 14, 2024
PHOTO: American Bittern by Terry Carr…. 7 Delta Nats met at the 8th Avenue entrance to Aldergrove Regional Park – Dottie, Bob, Jacquie, Richard, Alan, Mike and Terry. This huge 280 hectare Metro Vancouver Park used to be the site of man-made Aldergrove Lake which was a popular local swimming hole. Metro Vancouver had grandfathered
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Campbell Valley Regional Park, August 7, 2024
PHOTO: Spotted Towhee (adult & juvenile) by Glen Bodie…. After a few late-the-night-before additions there were 5 birders at CampbellValley: Bill and Carolyn, Richard, Doug and Glen. We almost had the place toourselves. It was a little cool in the shade, but otherwise a hot day with noclouds. We started along the trail over the
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Campbell Valley Regional Park, August 6, 2024
PHOTO: Hairy Woodpecker by Terry Carr…. 4 Delta Nats met at the 16th Avenue entrance to Langley’s Campbell Valley Regional Park – Jim, Jacquie, John and Terry. We had expected another very hot day, but it was cloudy and cool. In the parking area were Juncos, Towhees and a Robin with worms. The first part
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Surrey Bend Regional Park, July 31, 2024
PHOTO: Swainson’s Thrush by Glen Bodie….. On a rather muggy overcast morning, the group of 7 met at Surrey Bend: Liz and Alan, Bill and Carolyn with son Dan, Susan G and Glen. If you haven’t been to Surrey Bend in a few years you’ll be surprised at how over-grown everything is, especially at this
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Deas Island Regional Park, July 24, 2024
PHOTO:Wood Ducks by Brian Avent……. On Wednesday morning at 8am a group of 10 started out at Deas Island. Well, a group of 8, and then 2 more came just a little bit late. We were Brian and Louise, Bill and Carolyn, Lee, Richard, David S, Doug B, Margaretha and Glen. We started near the
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Alaksen National Wildlife Area, July 17, 2024
PHOTO: Eight-spotted Skimmer by Terry Carr….. Fifteen Delta Nats met at Alaksen on our continuing heat wave. From the parking area we saw a Great Blue Heron on a piling in the slough and a family of Brown-headed Cowbirds in the trees. Barn Swallows were stopping in the mud in the slough on the other
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Alaksen National Wildlife Area, July 16, 2024
PHOTO: Juvenile Barn Swallows by Christine Gaio….. Six DNCBers assembled at the Alaksen parking lot on a beautiful Tuesday morning — Lidia, Margaret, Bob, Dottie, David S. and Christine — where Margaret bravely took on the e-bird listing duty, to everyone else’s relief. From the lot we strolled through the cedars looking for owls (none
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Delta Naturalists Outing to the North 40, July 10, 2024
PHOTO: Cooper’s Hawk by Glen Bodie…. Some of those who skipped the trip to Manning Park on Tuesday came out to the North 40 park on Wednesday – Dottie, Bob and Glen. It was a sunny hot day, but the blast furnace of the last week had started to come back to normal BC temperatures.
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Manning Park, July 9, 2024
PHOTO: Paintbrush Trail by Terry Carr…. Eleven Delta Nats met at Manning Park Resort on the hottest day of the year. Some had wisely driven up the day before and spent the night there. On the way up some of us stopped near the park entrance to look for Pikas. These little rodents were scurrying
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