Author: Delta Naturalists Society
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DNCB Outing No. 2013-29B Cruise in San Juan Islands
Six DNCBers (Tom, Sheila, Anne M, Pauline, Lorna, Al) met in Blaine to take the San Juan Island Cruise (see website/blog http://www.whales.com/). Terry Carr took the same tour earlier on July 13. The following Report by naturalist Victoria Souze is posted on the website of San Juan Cruises at http://blog.whales.com/2013/08/bird-watching-cruise-report-%E2%80%93-july-27-2013/ We left the harbor on
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DNCB Outing No. 2013-29 on the Gulf Island Ferries
Nineteen DNCBers met on the Salt Spring Ferry round 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday for our all-day Island Ferry “Birding” Outing. It was a glorious day and it was a wonderful Island Cruise, but we didn’t see a lot of different bird species. Some hi-lites included: Rhinoceros Auklets, Pigeon Guillemots, Bonaparte Gulls, spectacular scenery and scrumptious
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DNCB Outing No. 2013-28 to Hi Knoll Park & Brydon Lagoon
other DNCB 2013-28 Photos coming soon! Below this Report are details of • Gulf Island Ferry Tour Wednesday, July 24 • Bellingham boat trip – Saturdays until Aug 24 We had another huge turn-out (21 participants) on another glorious BC Wednesday morning as we toured Hi-Knoll Park and Brydon Lagoon in Surrey, virgin territory for
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DNCB Outing No. 2013-26 to Lighthouse Park & Whytecliffe Park, West Vancouver
Photos by Terry, Roger, Marion, and David Thirteen lucky DNCBer’s enjoyed a glorious Wednesday morning at a new destination for us, Lighthouse Park in West Vancouver, and then to Whytecliffe Park and Horseshoe Bay for lunch. Hi-lites included: several Western Tanagers, Turkey Vulture, 500 year old trees, beautiful vistas and for gourmands, the most delicious
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Delta Nats Garden Party
Tom’s Report is below the photos. Click on any “thumbnail” photo to see a large version – then use cursor arrows to go forward or back through all the photos – [ESC] will bring you back to this Blog Report On a sunny Saturday evening, June 22, the Delta Nats held their annual Garden Party
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DNCB Outing No. 2013-24 to Iona Regional Park
More photos by Terry, Jonathan, Marion, Roger & Ken will be added soon! Seventeen birders, including a couple of DNCB rookies, enjoyed another glorious Wednesday morning at Iona Regional Park and the adjacent Sewage Lagoons. Highlights included both Blue-winged and Cinnamon Teals, nesting Spotted Sandpipers, feeding young Yellow-headed Blackbirds and the usual inane conversation and
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Father’s Day Pancake Breakfast
Photos by Terry Carr Click on any photo to see large version On Sunday, June 16, Delta Nats had their inter-active Display set up at Centennial Beach for the 13th Annual “Sunday in the Park” Fathers Day Pancake Breakfast. This is a joint event organized by the Boundary Bay Park Association (formerly the Cammidge House
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DNS Vancouver Aquarium Tour
On Friday, June 14 your Delta Nats Executive was invited to visit the Vancouver Aquarium by Danny Kent, a Curator there for 25 years. Danny is a good friend of the Delta Nats Society and has given a number of Presentations to the Delta Nats at our monthly meetings over the years. He and his
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