Author: Delta Naturalists Society
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Watershed Creek Fish Release event at Watershed Park, Delta
This morning’s Bird Walk at Watershed Park was on the occasion of the 11th Annual Watershed Creek Fish Release event. The eclectic group of parents, kids and near-parents, which grew to around 33 participants (not counting a couple which looked like they may be born any day now) met at the Pinewood Elementary School entrance…
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DNCB Outing No. 2013-15 to Stanley Park
Photos by Marion Shikaze Sixteen birders got lots of walking exercise wandering around Stanley Park on a beautiful Wednesday morning. We were: Bryan & Janet, Ken & Anne, Marion and newbie Kirsten, Roger, Kay, PB Lorna, Mike, Biker Ron, Donna, Annie K, Eleanor, Sheila and me. Hi-lites included: gorgeous Spring flowers in bloom, waterfowl in…
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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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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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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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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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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…
