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DNCB Outing No. 2017-25 to Campbell Valley Regional Park
More photos at our DNCB Flickr site Check out the photo evidence on our Flickr site at: www.flickr.com/groups/dncb, then click the magnifying glass icon in the “Photo Pool” row, and add 2017-25 to “DNCB Photos” in the Search box at the top of the page. At a little after 8:00 on an initially cool but
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DNCB Outing No. 2017-24 to Maplewood Flats
More photos at our DNCB Flickr site Eighteen DNCBers spent a glorious Wednesday morning in Maplewood Flats Conservation Area in North Vancouver. Check out the photo evidence on our Flickr site at: www.flickr.com/groups/dncb, then click the magnifying glass icon in the “Photo Pool” row, and add 2017-24 to “DNCB Photos” in the Search box at
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DNCB Outing No. 2017-23 Birds on the Bay in Boundary Bay Regional Park
More photos at our DNCB Flickr site Twenty-three DNCBers, mostly Newbies, had a wonderful Wednesday morning at the beach and wandering through Boundary Bay Regional Park. This was our quarterly Birds on the Bay (BOTB) outing. It was a bit cool and overcast, but we saw some neat stuff as evidenced in the photos on
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DNCB Outing No. 2017-22 to Pitt Lake
Photos by Brian Avent (BA), Chris McVittie (CMcV), Glen Bodie (GB), Maureen Sinilaid, Pat Smart (PS) & Marty Allen (MA) More photos at our DNCB Flickr site Thirteen DNCBers enjoyed a beautiful morning walking the circuit at the spectacular Pitt Polder-Addington Marsh Park at Grant Narrows (aka Pitt Lake). We have visited this Park annually
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DNCB Outing No. 2017-20 to Burnaby Lake
More photos by Chris McVittie (CMcV), Jack MacDonald (JMacD), Jim Kneesch (JK), Maureen Sinilaid (MS), Pat Smart (PS), Glen Bodie (GB), Terry Carr (TC), Roger Meyer (RM) & Ken Borrie (KB) at our DNCB Flickr site More photos of this Outing are on our Flickr website at: www.flickr.com/groups/dncb, then click the magnifying glass icon in
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BBRP – Swallow Box Activity Report
by Chris McVittie (May 23, 2017) Swallow eggs, taken with endoscope (CMcV) These last few days, I have either opened or used an endoscope to check the boxes. Up until this opening I have just observed nest box activity [on a number of outings]. The nest boxes are quite active with eggs being laid. Only one
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DNCB Outing No. 2017-19A in Brisbane, Australia
Powerful Owl (AM) A cast of two participated in an “away” outing in Brisbane, Australia on Thursday (local time). We also lucked out on some beaut sightings. Two of us car-pooled from South Bank at 7:30 am, with Brian chauffeuring. Driving was a breeze as we headed west out of town to a secret
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DNCB Outing No. 2017-19 to Colony Farm
DNCB at Colony Farm (RM) (click on photo to enlarge) A cast of “thousands” participated in our away outing to Colony Farm Regional Park (CF) in Coquitlam on Wednesday. The decent weather and prospect of some neat sightings brought out over 30 DNCBers (see List at end). We really lucked out with some beaut sightings.
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2017-18A Mother’s Day Tea with the Birds
Someone must have appeased the weather gods; Mother’s Day was a bit cool and windy, but the sun was shining, making it a very pleasant day for the annual Tea with the Birds. Estimates varied but there were 80 to 100 visitors enjoying the displays and refreshments and 40 or more on the birding walk
