Author: Delta Naturalists Society
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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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2010-07 Reifel Bird Sanctuary ~ Casual Birding #76
Jim, Hans-Ulf, Lorna and I spent a lovely Monday morning at Reifel Bird Sanctuary. This was an “unscheduled” outing as we have our Birds on the Bay event this Wednesday. Reifel is always a good outing but in February it is especially good as all the winter residents are in beautiful breeding plumage, and very
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Brunswick Point ~ Casual Birding #75
Ten birders enjoyed a dry and mild morning outing to Brunswick Point and then to 112th Street and Highway #10. We learned from Kay at Petra’s that she saw and photographed a Long-eared Owl at Brunswick Point on both Saturday and Sunday. So we drove (3 cars with Don & Rochelle, Terry, John & Kay,
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Casual birding outing #73 Alaksen
Belted Kingfisher at Kingfisher Bridge Nine birders (Val, Don & Rochelle, John & Kay, Hans-Ulf, Roger, Terry) joined me on Monday morning on an outing via the Tsawwassen First Nations Reserve and South Ladner farmers’ fields to Alaksen NWA. It was an off-and-on rainy morning but relatively mild. Our first stop was the “Kingfisher Bridge”
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Casual Birders go to Campbell Valley Park ~ outing#72
Seven of us (Rochelle, Val, John & Kay, Terry, Roger and me) went to Campbell Valley Park in Surrey this morning in search of the Great Gray Owl that Roger had seen yesterday. It was overcast and rainy when we left Petra’s at 9:00 a.m., but it turned out to be a gorgeous sunny and warm
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First winter Birds on the Bay outing
A dozen brave souls, including several rookies, joined me this morning in the rain on Delta Nats first Winter “Birds on the Bay” Casual Birding outing at Boundary Bay Park in Tsawwassen. At the park entrance at the foot of 12th Avenue, we watched the Canada Geese, Great Blue Herons and dabbling ducks (e.g. Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, Mallards, etc) foraging.
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Casual Birding#71 Boundary Bay dyke
Six of us saw more birds than you can imagine this morning on Boundary Bay along the dyke between 88th and 104th Streets. Anne, with daughter Cat(herine) and future son-in-law Chris visiting from NYC, Hans-Ulf and scope-porter Ron Dennett joined me. We drove the back roads to 88th and saw lots of Bald Eagles (they’re back;
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Casual Birding #70 Point Roberts
We had an eccentric group of 10 birders on a rainy and discombobulated outing to Point Roberts this morning. First-timer Judy Kilcup along with Anne’s present and future New York City children, Catharine & Chris, were welcomed by the regulars. Photo evidence of the group taken at Petra’s (without Roger and photog Don), along with a few shots of some birds
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Casual Birding Outing #69
Nine participants (John & Kay, Cabbie Don & Rochelle, Hoarse Hans, Trini Eleanor, Photog Terry and First-timers Neville and Jean D’Amato) joined me at Iona Park and Sewage Lagoons this morning. Weather was mild and tide was in. A couple of Red-tailed Hawks, Northern Harriers and a flock of Green-winged Teal caught our attention along the Airport road
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Christmas Eve birding – Casual Birders outing #68
Terry, John & Kay and I spent Christmas Eve morning at Tsatsu Shores and around the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal. It was a beautiful sunny, clear and relatively mild morning, and the tide was high. We parked near the Tsatsu Condo and tried to walk to the beach over the logs, but the water was too
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