Delta Naturalists Society

Author: Delta Naturalists Society

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-14 to Iona Regional Park

  Six DNCB weirdoes (PB Lorna, Kay, Bryan & Janet, Donna and me) spent Wednesday morning in the pouring rain at Iona Regional Park.  Lots of hi-lites including: Ruddy Ducks, Virginia Rail (seen), Canvasbacks, colourful warblers and more.  Check out Bryan’s photos on our DNCB Picasa site. I was hoping no one would show up at

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  April 10, 2013

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Iona Beach Regional Park, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Richmond, Virginia Rail

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-13 to Maplewood Flats Conservation Area

  Lucky thirteen birders (Roger, Hans-Ulf, Lorna, Jane, Kay, Donna, Janet, Sheila, Jonathan & Lorraine, Mike, newbie Gus and me) enjoyed another gorgeous Easter Monday morning at Maplewood Flats Conservation Area in North Vancouver.  Hi-lites included: FOY Yellow-rumped Warbler, Evening Grosbeaks, Black Oystercatchers and delicious fish & chips at Michael Buble’s favourite restaurant, the Crab Shack. 

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  April 1, 2013

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Black Oystercatcher, Cooper’s Hawk, Evening Grosbeak, Hooded Merganser, Maplewood Flats, Mew Gull, Pelagic Cormorant, Purple Finch, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing 2013-12 to Queen Elizabeth Park, Vancouver

  Seventeen very fortunate birders (Roger, Mike, Anne M, Sheila, Jane, Lorna, Gerhard, Ken & Anne, Marion, Donna, Janet without Vienna Bryan, Bev, Jonathan without Lorraine, Terry, Kaye and me) spent a glorious Monday morning prancing in the Spring sun and warmth at Queen Elizabeth Park in downtown Vancouver.  Lots of hi-lites including: Red Crossbills, both Anna’s

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  March 25, 2013

  *DNCB, Barred Owl, Cooper’s Hawk, Hutton’s Vireo, Red Crossbill

• DNCB Outing 2013-11: TFN and Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  Twelve DNCB’ers {Lorna, Mike, Hans, Gerhard, Marion, Paul, Sue, Quinn, Ken, Anne, Bryan, and me (Janet)} met at Petra’s for a morning of brilliantly sunny and thoroughly wind-chilly birding.  In honour of our missing leaders, no one presumed to sit in “the head chair” which was reverently overturned and decorated (see photos on our DNCB

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  March 18, 2013

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Great Horned Owl, Peregrine Falcon, Reifel, TFN

• DNCB/Birds on the Bay Outing No. 2013-10 to Boundary Bay Regional Park

  Seventeen folk (Don & Rochelle, Ken & Anne, Jonathan & Lorraine, Paul and home-schooled Quinn, Roger & Anne M, Mike & Lorna, Leona & Sheila, Jackie & Jennifer and me) enjoyed a very comfortable quarterly Birds on the Bay outing in Boundary Bay Regional Park (BBRP).  Hi-lites included: American Kestrel, Sanderlings, Common (Eurasian) Teal, Northern Shrike,

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  March 13, 2013

  *DNCB, *DNS, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle, BBRP, Birds-on-the-Bay, Boundary Bay, Centennial Beach, Eurasian Teal, Mountain Bluebird, Mourning Dove, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Red-tailed Hawk, Short-eared Owl

• Barn Owl and Other Bird Boxes at BBRP

  Peter Ward, Ken Hall and I met with Markus Merkens of Metro Vancouver Parks this morning at our Nats storage locker (new shelving installed – thanks Lynden) at Centennial Beach.  Metro Vancouver was neither happy with our Barn Owl Box design nor our suggested installation near Cammidge House.  Markus has ordered a telephone pole and

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  March 12, 2013

  *DNCB, *DNS, Barn Owl Box, BBRP, Centennial Beach

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-9 to Drayton Bay, Blaine, Washington

  Fifteen DNCBer’s enjoyed a gorgeous, sunny Monday morning on an “away trip” to Blaine, Washington.  We were: Roger, Mike, PB Lorna, Sheila, Jane Z, Annie K & Eileen, Anne M, Ken & Anne A, Marion, White Rock Al, Deborah, Kay and Tom.  Hi-lites were many, some in breeding plumage; read on as I elaborate.  Check

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  March 4, 2013

  *DNCB, Blaine Marine Park, Drayton Harbor, Semiahmoo Spit

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-8 to replace Nestboxes at BBRP

  Check out Donna’s records: BBRP Nestbox Chart 2013 BBRP Nestbox Chart 2012_2013 (these are also available under “Publications”, right column) Next Monday, March 4: DNCB trip to Blaine.  Some will meet at Petra’s, leaving at 8:00 a.m.  Some will meet in the Peace Arch Park parking lot behind the Duty-Free shop at the border to

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  February 25, 2013

  *DNCB, *DNS

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-7 to the North Forty and Kings Links Golf Course

  Eight hardy DNCBers (Roger, Sheila, Donna, Marion, Bryan & Janet, chauffeur Gerhard and me) braved the crappy weather this morning (Monday) on an outing to the North Forty “dog-walk” Park, Kings Links Golf Course and then the dike overlooking Boundary Bay at the end of 72nd Street.  Hi-lites included a Rough-legged Hawk, Peregrine Falcon, Northern Shrike

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  February 18, 2013

  *DNCB, 72 Street, Bald Eagle, North Forty/VWS, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Peregrine Falcon, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Snowy Owl

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-6 Boundary Bay Lagoon-Beach Grove-Deas Island

  Only the hardiest of “Delta Force” turned out at Petra’s on a damp, bone-chilling Monday morning.  Lorna, Hans, Gerhard, Sheila, Eric, Donna, Brian and Janet, and myself (Roger) headed down to the lagoon at the foot of 12th Ave. and walked out to the viewing platform.  Along the way we sighted Northern Harriers, the usual

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  February 11, 2013

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Beach Grove, Boundary Bay, Deas Island Regional Park, Northern Harrier