Delta Naturalists Society

15 Delta Nats met at Ladner Harbour Park on a gorgeous, but windy morning – Pat, Lidia, Dottie, Bob, Jacquie, Deems, John, Roger, Mike, Lorna, Liz, Alan, Margaret, Margaretha and Terry. The wind had blown the clouds away but it seemed to keep the birds hidden for the first part of the walk. It was

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13 birders gathered at Iona Regional Park this morning and we were greatly outnumbered by a noisy flock of about 200 Snow Geese. It is always fun to see how these geese from far away Wrangel Island, in the Arctic Ocean, Russia, make themselves at home in our waterside parks. There seemed to be a

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The forecast was for wet weather, but five birders had a good hour in Point Roberts before the rain started. Mike, Lorna and Terry stopped at Kiniski’s where a juvenile Bald Eagle and a flock of Double-crested Cormorants were perched on the pilings. At Lighthouse Marine Park we met up with Debbi and Point Roberts

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Nine Delta Nats met at the Nature House in Burnaby Lake Regional Park – Pat, Lidia, Bob, Dottie, Jacquie, Lori, Alan, Lorna and Terry. Although the forecast was for showers we were very lucky with the weather – only one very brief shower near the end of our outing. On the path to Piper Spit,

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Five of us met at the ferry jetty parking spot as the clouds were just dispersing. The tide was mid-way between high and low. A noisy group of Black Oystercatchers had flown over shortly before I arrived – estimates varied, but 36 were on the far-side beach when we checked later. This species has become

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Lorna and I (Terry) were the only two Delta Nats who went to the ferry causeway at 8am on a wet and windy morning. There were hundreds of ducks and many herons on the shore at the start of the causeway – but the rough water was nearly empty. There were Cormorants, Horned Grebes and

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We accumulated at the dyke just before 09:00 and the tide was still out, but on its way in.  We were a group of 14 keen birders including Anne (with scope), Brian & Louise, Chris P., Colin & Stephanie, Glen, Chris McV., Jim K., Lidia, Marion, Pat S., Noreen & David.  There were numerous small

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Nine Delta Nats met at 8am – Dottie, Margaret, Jacquie, Bob, Mike, Lee, Lorna, John and Terry. The tide was still quite far out and so were the ducks and shorebirds. In the scope we could see a Common Loon and large flocks of Black-bellied Plovers with their short bills and black armpits. A Bald

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