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DNCB Outing No. 2022-22A to Campbell Valley Regional Park, May 31, 2022
Ten DNCBers met at Campbell Valley Regional Park in Surrey on a very pleasant morning – Roger 1, John, Lidia, Jacquie, Lee, Dottie, Bob, Lorna, Mike B1 and Terry. The lush vegetation included many flowers and berries. David’s plant brochures and iNaturalist helped identify them. Lee pointed out some interesting slime moulds. At the Listening
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-21B to UBC Botanical Garden, May 26, 2022
Eight birders met at the Viewpoint on Old Marine Drive below the UBC Botanical Garden – Debbi, Lorna, Janet, Susan, Lee, Jacquie with her Italian visitor Fio from Genova, and Terry. On the river below and flying above, were Canada Geese, Gulls, noisy Caspian Terns, Eagles, Cormorants, Swallows, Crows and a Raven. In the foliage
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-21A to UBC Botanical Garden, May 25, 2022
It was rumors of Jaegers and Ospreys that lured 7 birders through peak morning traffic to the UBC look-out on Old Marine Drive. And while such rare treasures were never found, the sheer abundance of passerine species seen and heard more than compensated. The birders present were Margaret, Margaretha, Gabriele, Glen, Stephanie, yours truly, and
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-20C to Queen Elizabeth Park, May 19, 2022
With the rain drumming down and the wind howling in the Douglas Firs outside my apartment, we made the call on Wednesday morning to cancel our bird trip, and thank goodness we did because today’s outing to Queen Elizabeth gardens was a smorgasbord of sunshine, warblers, and flycatchers! Gabriele, Margaretha, Marion, Glen, Kirsten, and I
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-19B to North 40 Park Reserve, May 11, 2022
It was a relatively small group of birders that showed up at North 40 Park Reserve on this warm, spring morning. They were Margarita, Gabriele, Colin, Stephanie, Roger, and Thea (your intrepid albeit clueless leader). The sun was valiantly competing against the clouds, and I had to shed two layers before we struck out; a
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-19A to North 40 Park Reserve, May 10, 2022
The North 40 Park Reserve was a great place to be on Tuesday morning, May 10, and I know 12 people who will agree with me: Terry, Lorna, Mike B1, Roger K, Lee, Jacquie, Dottie, Lindly, Johnny Mac, Bryan, Dirk and Sean. It seemed to threaten rain at the start, but by the end it
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-18A to Joe Brown Park, May 3, 2022
Eight DNCBers met at Joe Brown Park in Surrey – Jacquie, Lee, Dottie, Bob, John, Glen, Lorna, Terry. Several very active Yellow-rumped Warblers entertained us right at the beginning of the path. Most of them seemed to have the yellow throat of the Audubon’s population. Along the way to the equestrian area we saw Black-capped
