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DNCB Outing No. 2022-11B to Terra Nova Regional Park, March 16, 2022
A lucky dozen turned up at Terra Nova in sunshine and with blue skies just before 08:00. These included Roger 2, Mike B2, Lidia, Gabriele, Margaretha, Marion, Terry, Jim K, Glen, Richard H., Noreen and I. Bryan DeB joined up with us later along Westminster Highway near the community gardens. We started off into the
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-11A to Terra Nova Regional Park, March 15, 2022
It had been “a dark and stormy night”, but the rain stopped by 8:00 AM when 11 enthusiastic birders gathered at the west parking lot of Terra Nova Park. This was the first outing since Daylight Saving Time, and there was a lot of grumbling about how it was really 7:00 AM. Participants were Roger,
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-10B to Brunswick Point, March 9, 2021
It was a cold, sunny morning for the Wednesday Brunswick Point outing. There were 16 of us – Lorna, Richard, Lidia, Brian, Louise, Gabriele, Margaretha, Glen, Janet, Marion, Warren, Lynne, Colin, Stephanie, Bryan and Terry. Just before the parking area there was an American Kestrel on a wire. By the time we got out of
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-10A to Brunswick Point, March 8, 2022
It was a cloudy morning, threatening rain, but eight of the sign-ups showed up in a timely fashion at the parking spot at the end of Brunswick Point. Roger was forgiven for being late as he had awesome pictures of an American Kestrel that he had spotted on “Superman’s House” – the film set location
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-09B to Blackie Spit, March 2, 2022
The sky was pregnant with the promise of rain (and actual rain) when seven brave, weather-defiant birders arrived at Blackie Spit – Brian, Louise, Jonathan, Lorraine, Margaret, Terry, and Thea. And right when I was doubting my decision to drive 40 minutes only to spend three hours in the rain, I spotted a flotilla of
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-9A to Blackie Spit, March 1, 2022
On Tuesday we went to Blackie Spit and got a special treat from Colin — a walking tour of the back streets of Crescent Beach. The group of 11 was Colin and Stephanie, Bob and Dottie, Johnny Mac, Lee, Mike B, Lorna, Roger, Pat and Glen. It started fairly dark and cloudy with quite a
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-8B to Burnaby Lake, February 23, 2022
It was a crisp, -3˚C, sunny, beautiful morning when we met up at 9am to start our walk. North Van’s Richard had been there awhile, and informed us that the Mandarin Duck and Eurasian Green-winged Teal were at Piper Spit as well as many other species. It was a swift visit for Richard as he
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-8A to Burnaby Lake, February 22, 2022
Thirteen DNCBers met by the Piper Spit Nature House at Burnaby Lake Regional Park on a very cold, clear morning – Pat, Glen, Lidia, Margaret, Bob, Dottie, Jacquie, Lee, Lindly, Roger, Mike, Lorna and Terry. This was a new destination for several of the participants. We were pleased that Istvan, a local birder who was
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-7B to Serpentine Fen, February 16, 2022
11 intrepid birders struck out for Serpentine Fen on a sky chunky with clouds, fringed pink with the rising sun. They were Terry (our group leader), Brian, Gabriele, Glen, Joe, Lidia, Louise, Margaret, Margaretha, Marion, Rayme, and, yours truly, Thea. We met at the parking lot—which has potholes the size of meteor craters—on King George
