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DNCB Outing No. 2020-08 to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel

Twenty-three DNCBers had an enjoyable outing on Tuesday to the Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, TFN and Reifel Bird Sanctuary. It was cloudy and cold, but the rain held off. Brian’s eBird list showed 54 species (see below). Photos are on the DNCB flickr site https://www.flickr.com/search/?group_id=3027315%40N23&view_all=1&text=2020-08 Beside the ferry causeway were Surf & White-winged Scoters, Common &
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February 25, 2020

*DNCB, American Bittern, Barred Owl, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Black Oystercatcher, Black-bellied Plover, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Dunlin, Eurasian Wigeon, Northern Harrier, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Reifel, Ring-necked Duck, Sandhill Crane, TFN, Trumpeter Swan, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway
DNCB Outing No. 2020-07 to Blaine Marine and Semiahmoo Parks, USA

Eighteen DNCBers enjoyed a super sunny Tuesday at Blaine Marine and Semiahmoo Parks in Washington State. The photogs were ecstatic with the conditions and got some beaut shots of many species up-close-and-personal. Check out their wizardry on our DNCB Flickr site. All eighteen of us met around 8:15 am at the entrance to Blaine Marine
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February 18, 2020

*DNCB, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Black Oystercatcher, Black Turnstone, Blaine Marine Park, Canvasback, Cooper’s Hawk, Drayton Harbor, Dunlin, Harbour Seal, Long-tailed Duck, Pacific Loon, Pelagic Cormorant, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-necked Grebe, Red-throated Loon, Sanderling, Semiahmoo Spit
DNCB Outing No. 2020-06 to Serpentine Fen and Surrey Lake

Nineteen DCNBers had an enjoyable and productive outing to four Surrey Parks on Tuesday. It was a dry day with high overcast. The stops included Serpentine Fen, Surrey Lake and two new stops recommended by Ken and Anne A. – Goldstone Park Elementary School and Cloverdale Youth Park. Debbi’s ebird lists for the four stops
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February 12, 2020

*DNCB, Bald Eagle, Beaver, Belted Kingfisher, Cackling Goose, Cloverdale Youth Park, Eurasian Wigeon, Goldstone pond, Hooded Merganser, Northern Harrier, Peregrine Falcon, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Serpentine Fen, Surrey Lake, Wilson’s Snipe
DNCB Outing No. 2020-05 to Brunswick Point

Ten DNCBers braved the elements on Tuesday for an outing to Brunswick Point in Ladner, where we saw 26 species. Check out the photos on our DNCB Flickr site. We left Tsawwassen at 7:30 in light rain. And it was still only rain when we returned to Tsawwassen. However for our 2 hours at Brunswick
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February 4, 2020

*DNCB, Bald Eagle, Brunswick Point, Dunlin, Northern Harrier, Peregrine Falcon, Trumpeter Swan, Western Meadowlark, Wilson’s Snipe
DNCB Outing No. 2020-04 to Point Roberts, USA

Twenty-three DNCBers enjoyed a rainless, almost comfortable, Tuesday morning birding the hotspots in Point Roberts USA. Our photogs got some great shots, but our Flickr site is “down” at the moment. I’m providing links here to our DNCB Flickr “Pool”, and to some of our Nats photog’s individual sites: Glen, Terry, David, Noreen, Pat and
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January 28, 2020

*DNCB, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Black Turnstone, Brandt’s Cormorant, California Sea Lion, Common Murre, Harlequin Duck, Lighthouse Marine Park, Lily Point Park, Pacific Loon, Pelagic Cormorant, Pigeon Guillemot, Point Roberts, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-tailed Hawk, Western Grebe
DNCB Outing No. 2020-03 to Iona Regional Park

Twenty-four keeners enjoyed a fairly productive Tuesday morning in Iona Regional Park and the adjacent sewage ponds. We only recorded 26 species (see David’s eBird list below), but saw tonnes of birds, and you can check out the brilliant photo evidence, including the Blue Goose, on our DNCB Flickr site. Two vehicles left Petra’s at
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January 22, 2020

*DNCB, Bald Eagle, Blue Goose, Blue-winged Teal, Canvasback, Iona Beach Regional Park, Northern Shrike, Ring-necked Duck, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Sewage Lagoons
DNCB Outing No. 2020-02 to Alaksen & Reifel Bird Sanctuary

Ten hardy DNCBers braved the cold (-8C) on a “changed” outing to Alaksen National Wildlife Area (NWA) and our “Mecca” Reifel Bird Sanctuary. We saw many neat species, 50 total according to David’s eBird list (see below), and our photogs got lots of beaut shots you can enjoy by clicking on our DNCB Flickr site.
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January 14, 2020

*DNCB, Alaksen NWA, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Brown Creeper, Dunlin, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Hooded Merganser, Merlin, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Sandhill Crane, Trumpeter Swan, Varied Thrush
DNCB Outing No. 2020-01 to White Rock Pier & Blackie Spit Park

Seventeen brave souls spent a rainy, windy, Tuesday morning on the White Rock pier, then at Blackie Spit Park. Despite the crappy weather there were tonnes of birds around and our photogs got some great shots which you can enjoy on our DNCB Flickr site. Some car-pooled from Petra’s at 7:30 am and we all
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January 7, 2020

*DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Scoter, Black Turnstone, Blackie Spit, Bonaparte’s Gull, Brandt’s Cormorant, California Sea Lion, Harbour Seal, Long-billed Curlew, Marbled Godwit, Mew Gull, Pacific Loon, Purple Finch, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-necked Grebe, Thayer’s Gull, White Rock Pier
DNCB Outing No. 2019-53 Ladner Christmas Bird Count

Several Delta Nats participated in the Ladner Christmas Bird Count on Saturday, December 21. Each Christmas Bird Count is conducted on a single day between December 14 and January 5. Counts are carried out within a 24-km diameter circle that stays the same from year to year. The Ladner Christmas Bird Count includes Tsawwassen, Point
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December 22, 2019

*DNCB, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle, Barn Owl, Barred Owl, BBRP, Beach Grove, Boundary Bay, Brown Creeper, Cackling Goose, CBC Ladner, Centennial Beach, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Great Horned Owl, Greater White-fronted Goose, Hooded Merganser, Merlin, Northern Harrier, Peregrine Falcon, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Red-tailed Hawk, Ring-necked Duck, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Sanderling, Short-eared Owl, White-fronted Goose, White-throated Sparrow
DNCB Outing No. 2019-52 to Surrey Lake Park & Mud Bay Park

Thirteen DNCBers lucked out again with the weather and had an enjoyable Tuesday outing walking the circular trails at both Surrey Lake Park then Mud Bay Park. We only registered 36 species on eBird as being seen, but most sightings were up-close-and-personal, as we like them. Check out the spectacular photo evidence on our Flickr
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December 18, 2019

*DNCB, Cackling Goose, Mud Bay Park, Surrey Lake

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DNCB Outing No. 2020-08 to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel

DNCB Outing No. 2020-07 to Blaine Marine and Semiahmoo Parks, USA

DNCB Outing No. 2020-06 to Serpentine Fen and Surrey Lake

DNCB Outing No. 2020-05 to Brunswick Point

DNCB Outing No. 2020-04 to Point Roberts, USA

DNCB Outing No. 2020-03 to Iona Regional Park

DNCB Outing No. 2020-02 to Alaksen & Reifel Bird Sanctuary

DNCB Outing No. 2020-01 to White Rock Pier & Blackie Spit Park

DNCB Outing No. 2019-53 Ladner Christmas Bird Count

DNCB Outing No. 2019-52 to Surrey Lake Park & Mud Bay Park

Delta Naturalists Outing to Brunswick Point, December 17, 2025