Delta Naturalists Society

Category: River Otter

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-24 to Pitt-Addington Marsh Wildlife Management Area

  Photos by Roger (RM), Terry (TC), Glen (GB), Jonathan (JM), Pascale & Alberto (P&A), Eric (EL) & Liz (LS) at DNCB Picasa site Twenty-three DNCBers enjoyed another glorious and very warm Wednesday morning on an “away” outing to Pitt-Addington Marsh Wildlife Management Area, aka Pitt Lake, Pitt Polder, Grant Narrows, north of Coquitlam.  Lots of

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  June 17, 2015

  *DNCB, American Redstart, Bald Eagle, Band-tailed Pigeon, Black Bear, Bullock’s Oriole, Cliff Swallow, Eastern Kingbird, Grant Narrows, Osprey, Pitt Lake, Pitt-Addington Marsh WMA, River Otter, Turkey Vulture, Western Tanager

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-48 to Maplewood Flats, North Vancouver

  See full set of photos by Terry Carr (TC) on our DNCB Picasa site Today, Wednesday December 3, our quaint group of casual birders enjoyed a gorgeous morning of birding, chatting, and walking around the Maplewood Conservation area.  We met at the parking lot around 9:15am, and the birds were already gorging themselves at the

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  December 3, 2014

  *DNCB, Cooper’s Hawk, Gyrfalcon, Maplewood Flats, New Brighton Park, Peregrine Falcon, River Otter

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-45 to Stanley Park and Ambleside Park, West Vancouver

  More photos by Roger Meyer (RM), Marion Shikaze (MS) & Terry Carr (TC) at DNCB Picasa site Such a glorious morning to be arriving at Second Beach to spend a morning with the birds.  Quiet waters, clear skies and glorious sunshine and rafts of birds just offshore seemed to make the long drive through morning

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  November 12, 2014

  *DNCB, Ambleside Park, Bald Eagle, Beaver, Beaver Lake, Harlequin Duck, Lost Lagoon, Raccoon, River Otter, Second Beach, Stanley Park

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-15 to Iona Regional Park

  Photos by Terry Carr (TC), Bryan King & Jonathan Mwenifumbo (JM) It poured rain on Wednesday morning, but 10 keeners showed up at Iona Regional Park for our weekly DNCB outing.  Hi-lites were: another Sora, Canvasbacks, beaut Swallows, Lapland Longspurs for a couple, and a super lunch at the Flying Beaver.  Our photogs were a

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  April 16, 2014

  Bald Eagle, Iona Beach Regional Park, River Otter, Sora

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-02 to Iona Regional Park

  Photos by Terry Carr (TC), Bill Denham (BD), Marion Shikaze (MS), Bryan King (BK) & Ken Borrie (KB) On a mild March-like Monday morning (>12 degrees), a large group of twenty four DNCBer’s enjoyed some beautiful birding at Iona Regional Park and the adjacent Sewage Lagoons.  Check out the photo evidence on the DNCB Picasa

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  January 13, 2014

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Eurasian Wigeon, Iona Beach Regional Park, Merlin, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Praire Falcon, Red-tailed Hawk, River Otter, Rough-legged Hawk, Western Meadowlark

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-45 to Stanley Park

  Photos by Glen & Tony Click on any photo to see larger version Appropriately, eleven DNCBers participated in a memorable, dry and almost sunny, Monday morning outing on November 11 to Stanley Park.  Lots of interesting stuff seen; you can see the photo evidence on our DNCB Picasa link at https://picasaweb.google.com/DNCBirding. Seven of us (Glen,

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  November 11, 2013

  Bald Eagle, Beaver Lake, Cooper’s Hawk, Douglas Squirrel, Harlequin Duck, Lost Lagoon, Pelagic Cormorant, River Otter, Second Beach, Stanley Park

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-29B Cruise in San Juan Islands

  Six DNCBers (Tom, Sheila, Anne M, Pauline, Lorna, Al) met in Blaine to take the San Juan Island Cruise (see website/blog http://www.whales.com/).  Terry Carr took the same tour earlier on July 13. The following Report by naturalist Victoria Souze is posted on the website of San Juan Cruises at http://blog.whales.com/2013/08/bird-watching-cruise-report-%E2%80%93-july-27-2013/ We left the harbor on

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  July 27, 2013

  California Sea Lion, Common Murre, Harbour Porpoise, Harbour Seal, Heermann’s Gull, Herring Gull, Minke Whale, Orca, Osprey, Pigeon Guillemot, Rhinoceros Auklet, River Otter, Tufted Puffin