Delta Naturalists Society

DNCB Outing No. 2018-14 to UBC Botanical Garden & Pacific Spirit Park

Seventeen DNCBers had a glorious morning in UBC’s Botanical Garden, then a short walk in Peter Ward’s “Aussie” section of Pacific Spirit Regional Park, then visiting the Winter home in Vancouver of the rare (here) “deformed” Summer Tanager. Check out the photo evidence of the birds, flora and people on our outing at: https://www.flickr.com/search/?group_id=3027315%40N23&text=2018-14&view_all=1. Seven
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April 4, 2018

*DNCB, Bald Eagle, Barred Owl, Brown Creeper, Cooper’s Hawk, Greenheart TreeWalk, Pacific Spirit Park, Purple Finch, Summer Tanager, UBC, UBC Botanical Garden
DNCB Outing No. 2018-13 to Point Roberts, USA

Photos by Michael Audet (MA), Brian Avent (BA), Jack MacDonald (JMacD) It was pouring rain on Tuesday morning, but eleven stalwart DNCBers showed up, surprising me, and enjoyed a decent and productive outing at various sites in Point Roberts. Check out our photog wizards’ offerings on our Flickr site at: https://www.flickr.com/search/?group_id=3027315%40N23&text=2018-13&view_all=1, including Ladner Jack’s “Goldeneye
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March 27, 2018

*DNCB, Black Turnstone, Brandt’s Cormorant, California Sea Lion, Cooper’s Hawk, Harlequin Duck, Hutton’s Vireo, Lighthouse Marine Park, Lily Point Park, Pelagic Cormorant, Pied-billed Grebe, Pigeon Guillemot, Point Roberts, Purple Finch, Red-breasted Merganser, Sanderling, Steller Sea Lion
DNCB Outing No. 2018-12 to Stanley Park

Photos by Brian Avent (BA), Terry Carr (TC), Glen Bodie (GB), David Hoar (DH), Jack MacDonald (JMacD), Maureen Sinilaid (MS), Pat Smart (PS) at our DNCB Flickr website. Report also has photos by Marion Shikaze (MSh). Sixteen DNCBers spent a very pleasant Tuesday morning wandering around Stanley Park. And we saw some neat species, up-close-and-personal
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March 20, 2018

*DNCB, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Beaver Lake, Brown Creeper, Douglas Squirrel, Harlequin Duck, Lost Lagoon, Pelagic Cormorant, Second Beach, Stanley Park, Varied Thrush
DNCB Outing No. 2018-11 Birds on the Bay in Boundary Bay Regional Park

Other photos by Terry Carr (TC) and David Hoar (DH) at DNCB Flickr website. Twenty folk enjoyed another brilliant Wednesday morning on our quarterly Birds on the Bay outing in Boundary Bay Regional Park. We saw some neat stuff, including tonnes of shorebirds and waterfowl. Check out the photo evidence on our Flickr site at:
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Delta Naturalists Society

March 14, 2018

*DNCB, Bald Eagle, BBRP, Birds-on-the-Bay, Centennial Beach, Cooper’s Hawk, Dunlin, Mew Gull, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Sanderling
DNCB Outing No. 2018-10 to Steveston Area

Fifteen DNCBers spent a beautiful Tuesday morning in several park areas along the south Fraser River between No. 5 Road and ending at Garry Point Park in Steveston. Check out the, as always, scintillating photo evidence on our Flickr site at: https://www.flickr.com/search/?group_id=3027315%40N23&text=2018-10&view_all=1. Eight of us car pooled in three vehicles from Petra’s at 7:30 am;
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March 6, 2018

*DNCB, Blue Jay, Brown Creeper, Cooper’s Hawk, Eurasian Wigeon, Finn’s Slough, Garry Point, Harbour Seal, Hooded Merganser, Northern Harrier, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-tailed Hawk, Red-throated Loon, Steveston, Varied Thrush
DNCB Outing No. 2018-09 to Reifel Bird Sanctuary, via Ferry terminal & TFN

Photos on this page by Brian Avent (BA), Pat Smart (PS) and Terry Carr (TC) More photos by these photographers at our DNCB Flickr site Spring is in the Air. Fifteen DNCBers enjoyed a brisk but colourful Tuesday morning outing to the Tsawwassen Ferry jetty, through TFN and Ladner fields, and then wandering around our
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February 27, 2018

*DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Black Scoter, Black Turnstone, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Cedar Waxwing, Common Redpoll, Cooper’s Hawk, Eurasian Wigeon, Hooded Merganser, Northern Harrier, Pelagic Cormorant, Red-breasted Merganser, Reifel, Ring-necked Duck, Sandhill Crane, TFN, Trumpeter Swan, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway
DNCB Outing No. 2018-08 to Victoria

Only 6 DNCBers spent a cool Tuesday on the ferry and wandering the seawall and parks of Victoria. Check out Terry’s beautiful photo evidence on our Flickr site at: https://www.flickr.com/search/?group_id=3027315%40N23&text=2018-08&view_all=1. Five of us (Terry, SLB Syd & Viviane, Mike B1 and me; we met Van City Lidia in Victoria) met in the dark on the
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February 20, 2018

*DNCB, *Victoria, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Bonaparte’s Gull, Fisherman’s Wharf, Harlequin Duck, Hooded Merganser, Mew Gull, Ogden Point, Pelagic Cormorant, Pigeon Guillemot, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-necked Grebe
DNCB Outing No. 2018-07 to Drayton Harbor/Semiahmoo Spit

More photos at our DNCB Flickr site With a beautiful, but cold morning, 11 eager birders arrived at the meeting site at the entrance to Drayton Harbor in Blaine, USA, after an easy border crossing. We won’t mention Jean’s tardiness. For Tom’s benefit (our absent leader) we mention those present being Mikes One and Two,
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February 13, 2018

*DNCB, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Black Oystercatcher, Black Scoter, Drayton Harbor, Dunlin, Harbour Seal, Harlequin Duck, Herring Gull, Long-tailed Duck, Merlin, Mew Gull, Pacific Loon, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-necked Grebe, Red-throated Loon, Sanderling, Semiahmoo Spit
DNCB Outing No. 2018-06 to Iona Regional Park

Tom is in Ontario – here is his abbreviated account of the Iona Outing More photos at our DNCB Flickr site Big group, 20 in total. The participants on this morning’s outing were: Art, Glen, Jim K, Ladner Jack, Van City Lidia, Mike B, Mike 2B, Marion S, Jean G, Pat & Maureen, Jonathan, Angela
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February 6, 2018

*DNCB, Bald Eagle, Hooded Merganser, Iona Beach Regional Park, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Red-tailed Hawk, Red-throated Loon, Ring-necked Duck, Sewage Lagoons, Trumpeter Swan, Western Meadowlark
DNCB Outing No. 2018-05 to Point Roberts, USA

Eighteen DNCBers finally enjoyed a sunny Tuesday outing at Lighthouse Marine Park, the Marina, Maple Beach, and Lily Point Park in Point Roberts. Check out some brilliant photo evidence on our Flickr site at: https://www.flickr.com/search/?group_id=3027315%40N23&text=2018-05&view_all=1. A convoy of too many vehicles (for cheap gas) left Petra’s shortly after 7:30 am and passed through the Border
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January 30, 2018

*DNCB, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Black Oystercatcher, Black Scoter, Harbour Seal, Harlequin Duck, Lighthouse Marine Park, Lily Point Park, Maple Beach, Pelagic Cormorant, Pied-billed Grebe, Point Roberts, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-tailed Hawk, Red-throated Loon, Sanderling

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DNCB Outing No. 2018-14 to UBC Botanical Garden & Pacific Spirit Park

DNCB Outing No. 2018-13 to Point Roberts, USA

DNCB Outing No. 2018-12 to Stanley Park

DNCB Outing No. 2018-11 Birds on the Bay in Boundary Bay Regional Park

DNCB Outing No. 2018-10 to Steveston Area

DNCB Outing No. 2018-09 to Reifel Bird Sanctuary, via Ferry terminal & TFN

DNCB Outing No. 2018-08 to Victoria

DNCB Outing No. 2018-07 to Drayton Harbor/Semiahmoo Spit

DNCB Outing No. 2018-06 to Iona Regional Park

DNCB Outing No. 2018-05 to Point Roberts, USA

Delta Naturalists Outing to Centennial Beach, December 23, 2025