Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Harbour Seal

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-28 to Victoria

  More photos at our DNCB Flickr site Ten DNCBers rode ferries and double-decker buses, and strolled among flowers beds, trees and on beaches on our annual outing to Victoria last Wednesday. We ten were: Organizer Terry C, Richmond Brian A, local Expert & Historian Mike B, Pat & rookie Manli, Gerhard, our new SLB’s Syd

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  July 19, 2017

  *DNCB, *Victoria, Bald Eagle, Beacon Hill Park, Brandt’s Cormorant, Harbour Porpoise, Harbour Seal, Mule Deer, Pelagic Cormorant, Pigeon Guillemot

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-05 to Beach Grove Park and Pt. Roberts, WA

  Photos by Brian Avent (BA), Terry Carr (TC), Tony Mitra (TM), Roger Meyer (RM), Jim Kneesch (JK), Pat Smart (PS), Glen Bodie (GB), David Hoar (DH) more photos at our DNCB Flickr site Twenty-one DNCBers (list of participants at end) enjoyed a brilliant sunny Tuesday morning checking out the Great Horned Owl (GHO) nest at

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  January 31, 2017

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Beach Grove, Black Oystercatcher, Black Turnstone, Common Murre, Great Horned Owl, Harbour Porpoise, Harbour Seal, Harlequin Duck, Lighthouse Marine Park, Lily Point Park, Long-tailed Duck, Mew Gull, Pelagic Cormorant, Point Roberts, Red-necked Grebe, Sanderling

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-51 to Drayton Harbour & Semiahmoo Spit, USA

  More photos at our DNCB Flickr site. Ten DNCBers enjoyed a cool (~7 degrees Celsius), but dry and comfortable Tuesday morning of birding around Drayton Harbour and Semiahmoo Bay in Blaine, Washington.  Check out the photo evidence on our Flickr site at: https://www.flickr.com/groups/dncb, enter DNCB 2016-51 in top Search box. Five of us (Roger, Mike,

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  December 20, 2016

  *DNCB, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Black Oystercatcher, Black Scoter, Blaine Marine Park, Drayton Harbor, Dunlin, Harbour Seal, Harlequin Duck, Mew Gull, Pelagic Cormorant, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Red-throated Loon, Ruddy Duck, Semiahmoo Spit

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-39 to Point Roberts, WA

  Around 20 folk (I lost count) enjoyed a gorgeous Wednesday morning of birding at Pt. Roberts.  Check out the photo evidence at our DNCB Flickr site. We met at Lighthouse Park in PR shortly after 8:00 am and the Strait was quite rough, although it was sunny and mild (Orcas were seen day before).  Some

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  September 28, 2016

  *DNCB, Black Oystercatcher, Black Scoter, Black Turnstone, Bonaparte’s Gull, California Gull, Harbour Seal, Harlequin Duck, Lighthouse Marine Park, Lily Point Park, Mew Gull, Northern Harrier, Parasitic Jaeger, Pelagic Cormorant, Point Roberts, Purple Finch, Red-necked Grebe, Turkey Vulture

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-38 to Blackie Spit & Rene Savenye Park

  Over 20 DNCBers (see list below) enjoyed a gorgeous morning at Blackie Spit and Rene Savenye Park with many up-close-and-personal sightings of some neat species.  Check out photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site. Sightings included: Black Turnstone, Common Loons, Red-necked and Horned Grebes, Green Heron, Long-billed Curlew, three Marbled Godwits, Black-bellied Plovers, Greater Yellowlegs

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  September 21, 2016

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Black-bellied Plover, Cooper’s Hawk, Green Heron, Harbour Seal, Long-billed Curlew, Long-billed Dowitcher, Marbled Godwit, Northern Harrier, Osprey, Peregrine Falcon, Purple Finch, Red-necked Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-35 to Drayton Harbour & Semiahmoo Spit, Blaine, Washington

  Ten DNCBers enjoyed a wet but fun Wednesday morning circling Drayton Harbour and Semiahmoo Bay in Blaine, Washington.  Check out some photo evidence on our new DNCB Flickr website. Eight of us (Pat & Manli, plus WR Al, and Mike drove Chris, Terry, Roger and me) met at the Peace Arch Park parking lot at

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  August 31, 2016

  *DNCB, Blaine Marine Park, Caspian Tern, Cooper’s Hawk, Drayton Harbor, Harbour Seal, Harlequin Duck, Pelagic Cormorant, Red-necked Grebe, Ruddy Duck, Semiahmoo Spit

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-32 to Salt Spring Island

  Eleven DNCBers enjoyed our Gulf Island Ferry outing to Salt Spring last Wednesday.  Check out the photo evidence on our new DNCB Flickr website.  Note: Our Picasa site will be shut down soon; we are working on transferring all our DNCB Outings photos to Flickr. We all met on the 10:20 a.m. Gulf Island Ferry

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  August 10, 2016

  *DNCB, Black Oystercatcher, Bonaparte’s Gull, Brandt’s Cormorant, Harbour Seal, Harlequin Duck, Mew Gull, Pigeon Guillemot, Purple Martin, River Otter, Salt Spring Island, Thayer’s Gull, Turkey Vulture

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-8 to Alaksen NWA and Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  Photos from the DNCB Picasa site by Pascale & Alberto (P&A), Brian (BA), Roger (RM), Terry Carr (TC), Glen (GB), Marion (MS), & Pat (PS) A huge crowd of 30 DNCBers enjoyed a beautiful, sunny and mild Tuesday morning of birding at our “Mecca”, the Alaksen National Wildlife Area (NWA) and Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  We

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  February 23, 2016

  *DNCB, Alaksen NWA, Bald Eagle, Black-bellied Plover, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Harbour Seal, Hutton’s Vireo, Mink, Northern Harrier, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Rough-legged Hawk, Sandhill Crane, Trumpeter Swan, Virginia Rail

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-6 to Drayton Harbor & Semiahmoo Spit, WA

  See more photos at DNCB Picasa Site by Roger (RM), Brian (BA), Jim (JK), Marion (MS) & Glen (GB) While their esteemed leader was freezing his tail feathers off in the Far East (a.k.a. Ontario) twenty one of his faithful disciples, including several who had recently joined the flock, were enjoying a glorious, sunny day

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  February 9, 2016

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Drayton Harbor, Dunlin, Harbour Seal, Harlequin Duck, Long-tailed Duck, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-necked Grebe, Semiahmoo Spit

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-50 to Blaine & Semiahmoo, USA

  Fifteen DNCBers enjoyed a productive and fairly comfortable outing this morning (Tuesday) to Blaine Marine Park, and around Drayton Harbour to Semiahmoo Park, Marina and Resort. Check out the photo evidence at our DNCB Picasa site. Only Terry, Mike, Glen and I met at Petra’s at 8:00 a.m. and we drove fluidly (against Rush Hour

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  December 15, 2015

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Black Turnstone, Blaine Marine Park, Drayton Harbor, Dunlin, Harbour Seal, Long-tailed Duck, Mew Gull, Pelagic Cormorant, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-necked Grebe, Ruddy Duck, Semiahmoo Spit