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Delta Naturalists Outing to Centennial Beach, November 11, 2025
PHOTO: Mountain Bluebird by Bob Winston….. It was a clear, crisp Remembrance Day morning as the Delta Naturalists Casual Birders began to gather in the Centennial Beach parking lot in Tsawwassen under the watchful eye of a Bald Eagle. There were two topics of conversation — the absence of traffic, and the cold wind off
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Burnaby Lake & Como Lake, November 4, 2025
PHOTO: Amanita muscaria by Chris McVittie… 9 Delta Nats met at the Piper Avenue entrance to Burnaby Lake Regional Park – Chris, Christine, Lidia, Margaret, Dorothy, Terry, TK, Glen and Connie. Once again traffic was terrible for those of us coming from south of the Fraser. But it was a glorious fall day. There was
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Ladner Harbour Park, October 29, 2025
PHOTO: Ruby-crowned Kinglet by Glen Bodie…. Eleven of us gathered in the parking lot by the caretaker’s house where the feeders had plenty of seed and small birds were taking advantage of this. Glen was going to start with us on Shirley’s trail but not continue far and Margaretha joined us then keeping our total
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Ladner Harbour Park, October 28, 2025
PHOTO…..Song Sparrow by Terry Carr….. 10 Delta Nats met at Ladner Harbour Park – Freddie, Bob, Connie, Lee, Dorothy, Lorna, Lindly, Dottie, Roger and Terry. Black-capped Chickadees and a pair of Downy Woodpeckers were feasting on the feeders by the caretakers house, and an Anna’s Hummingbird was at the hummingbird feeder. We headed along Shirley’s
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Terra Nova, October 21, 2025
PHOTO: Varied Thrush by Susan Gemeihardt….. 9 Delta Nats met at Terra Nova Rural Park in Richmond – Jonathan, Lidia, Connie, Colin, Susan, Dorothy, Lorraine, Anne and Terry. Again those of us coming from south of the Fraser had terrible traffic to deal with. From the parking lot we saw 18 species. A noisy pair
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Iona Beach Regional Park, October 15, 2025
PHOTO: Savannah Sparrow by Bruce Taylor…. 11 of us set out from the washroom area of Iona Beach Regional Park, on a cool crisp morning. We were Bruce, Nicki, Doug, Christine, Colin, Stephanie, Brian, Louise, Jeff, Susan and Richard. We first headed to the shore nearby but didn’t linger there because the tide was too
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Iona Beach Regional Park, October 14, 2025
PHOTO: Great Blue Herons by Jonathan Mwenifumbo….. 8 Delta Nats met at Iona Beach Regional Park in Richmond on a gorgeous autumn morning – Terry, Dorothy, TK, Lidia, Lorraine, Connie, Lorna and Jonathan. Those of us coming from south of the Fraser had terrible traffic to deal with. A pair of Eagles were perched in
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel, October 8, 2025
PHOTO: Black-capped Chickadee by Susan Gemeinhardt… Although Wednesday started out cloudy, by the end of the morning it was sunny and quite pleasant. Noreen and I started our morning at the Causeway and were pleased to have virtually no wind and a near high tide so the birds were easy to spot. A Belted Kingfisher
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel, October 7, 2025
PHOTO: Snow Geese by Colin Huggett….. Lorna and I (Terry) met Glen on the Tsawwassen ferry causeway at 8am in bright sunshine. The tide was high and the water was calm. Near the shore were 3 diving Horned Grebes. Farther out were Surf Scoters, White-winged Scoters, Cormorants and a Common Loon. On the spit were
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Reifel Bird Sanctuary, October 4, 2025
PHOTO: Yellowlegs, Dowitchers, Shovelers by Brian Avent….. Fourteen Delta Naturalists gathered bright and early at the Reifel Bird Sanctuary on Saturday, October 4th, eager to see what autumn migration had in store. Among our party was a special guest from Salmon Arm, a former DNS member who had made the long trip down to revisit
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