Delta Naturalists Society

Category: River Otter

• DNCB Outing 2019-39 to Iona Regional Park

  THREE Reports this week!!  From Anne Murray, Roger Meyer & Tom Bearss, just back from his golfing trip to Newfoundland. From Tom:  Thirty (Wow!) DNCBers enjoyed another beautiful Wednesday morning of birding in Iona Regional Park.  We saw lots of neat species including shorebirds, warblers (some being banded), raptors and newly-arrived migrant waterfowl; check out

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  September 18, 2019

  *DNCB, Caspian Tern, Hermit Thrush, Hooded Merganser, Iona Beach Regional Park, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Long-billed Dowitcher, Merlin, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pectoral Sandpiper, Peregrine Falcon, River Otter, Western Sandpiper, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Ferry Outing No. 2019-19 to Victoria, May 13, 2019

  Sixteen DNCBers enjoyed a long but fun Monday on our ferry outing to Victoria.  Check out the photo and video evidence on our DNCB Flickr site. We took the 7:00 am ferry (Free) to Swartz Bay and the 5:00 pm back to Tsawwassen.  In between we had double-decker bus rides to and from Victoria (5

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  May 13, 2019

  *DNCB, *Victoria, Beacon Hill Park, Clover Point, Cooper’s Hawk, Great Horned Owl, Indian Peafowl, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pigeon Guillemot, River Otter

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-45 to Stanley Park

  More photos at our DNCB Flickr site It was a miserable, rainy and cold Tuesday morning; nine hard core DNCBers sort of enjoyed a shortened, and relatively productive outing, to Stanley Park in Vancouver.  Check out Jack’s, Brian’s and Terry’s beaut photos, despite the rain, on our Flickr site at: www.flickr.com/groups/dncb, then click the magnifying

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  November 14, 2017

  Bald Eagle, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Harlequin Duck, Hooded Merganser, Lost Lagoon, Pelagic Cormorant, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Red-throated Loon, River Otter, Siwash Rock, Stanley Park

• 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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  May 17, 2017

  *DNCB, Colony Farm RP, Lazuli Bunting, Northern Harrier, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Olive-sided Flycatcher, River Otter, Western Wood-Pewee, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-01 to Tsawwassen Ferry Port & Brunswick Point

  more photos at our DNCB Flickr site Part 1:  Sightings with Tom (by Tom Bearss) Ferry Terminal:  Scaup (probably Greater), one Brant, rafts of thousands of ducks, mostly Mallard, Northern Pintail and American Wigeon (at least one Eurasian), Bufflehead, both Common and Barrow’s Goldeneye, both Double-crested and Pelagic Cormorants, Green-winged Teal, a swarm of over

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  January 3, 2017

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Black Scoter, Black-bellied Plover, Brunswick Point, Cooper’s Hawk, Dunlin, Eurasian Wigeon, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Long-billed Dowitcher, Mute Swan, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Pelagic Cormorant, Peregrine Falcon, Red-breasted Merganser, Ring-necked Pheasant, River Otter, Short-eared Owl, Trumpeter Swan, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Western Meadowlark, Western Sandpiper

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-41 to Iona Regional Park & Sewage Lagoons

  See photos at DNCB Flickr site Twenty-seven DNCBers (names listed at the end of this Report) enjoyed a beautiful, sunny autumn morning at Iona Regional Park.  The air was crisp and clear, the mountains were spectacular, and the tide was out.  Early arrivers to the park were rewarded with the sight of a large flock

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  October 11, 2016

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Garter snake, Hermit Thrush, Iona Beach Regional Park, Long-billed Dowitcher, Merlin, Mew Gull, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Pectoral Sandpiper, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Ring-necked Duck, River Otter, Ruddy Duck, Sewage Lagoons, Western Meadowlark, Wilson’s Warbler, Woolly Bear Caterpillar

• 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. 2016-27 to Victoria

  Eight DNCBers (Marylile, Rob, Chris, Gerhard, Pat, Maureen, Lorna, Terry) met at Tsawwassen on the 8am ferry and enjoyed another gorgeous Wednesday in paradise, riding the ferry to Vancouver Island and double-decker bus to Victoria.  Mike met the bus and the group wandered through Beacon Hill Park and along the beach.  Check out photo evidence

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  July 6, 2016

  *Victoria, Barred Owl, Beacon Hill Park, Black Oystercatcher, Orca, Pigeon Guillemot, River Otter

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-14 to Iona Regional Park

  Twenty-eight DNCBers plus 10 Richmond Seniors (see participant list at end) enjoyed a beautiful Wednesday morning of birding in Iona Regional Park and the adjacent sewage lagoons.  Check out the many beaut photos by Terry, Roger, Liz, Pascale & Alberto, Brian, Marion S, Richard H, Glen B and Pat on our DNCB Picasa site. Nine

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  April 6, 2016

  *DNCB, Beaver, Cinnamon Teal, Iona Beach Regional Park, Long-billed Dowitcher, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Osprey, Pied-billed Grebe, River Otter, Ruddy Duck

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-45 to Stanley Park

  Twenty-four folk spent a cool (10˚ C) but comfortable Tuesday morning wandering around Vancouver’s “jewel”, Stanley Park.  Lots of neat bird, and animal, sightings; check out the photo evidence by Denise (aka Uma), Pat, Terry, Glen and Marion on our DNCB Picasa site. Three carloads left Petra’s at 7:30 a.m. and the morning traffic was

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  November 10, 2015

  Barrow’s Goldeneye, Black Oystercatcher, Harlequin Duck, Hermit Thrush, Lost Lagoon, Pelagic Cormorant, Pied-billed Grebe, Raccoon, Red Crossbill, Red-necked Grebe, River Otter, Second Beach, Stanley Park, Third Beach