Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Belted Kingfisher

• Delta Naturalists Outing to Mount Baker, September 16, 2024

  PHOTO: Picture Lake by Terry Carr…. Five Delta Nats made the annual trek to Mount Baker, Washington, on a gorgeous day without a cloud in the sky – Joe, Margaret, Dottie, Bob, Terry. This is not a particularly birdy destination, but the scenery is spectacular. There was no wait at the border in either direction.

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  September 16, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, American Dipper, American Pipit, Austin Pass, Bagley Lakes, Belted Kingfisher, Fire and Ice trail, Mount Baker, Picture Lake, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway and Reifel, September 11, 2024

  PHOTO: Red-necked Phalarope by Glen Bodie…. It was a very grey and damp morning, which is why only newbie Bryce, Chris and I showed up at the Tsawwassen jetty. The mudflats at the landward end were exposed and there were enormous flocks of duck there, but there is nowhere convenient to stop. We met at

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  September 11, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Belted Kingfisher, Brown Creeper, Caspian Tern, Gadwall, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Horned Grebe, Killdeer, Lesser Yellowlegs, Long-billed Dowitcher, Northern Harrier, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pied-billed Grebe, Purple Martin, Red-necked Grebe, Red-necked Phalarope, Reifel, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Virginia Rail, Western Sandpiper, Wood Duck, Yellow-rumped Warbler

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Point Roberts, September 4, 2024

  PHOTO:Cooper’s Hawk by Freddie Whiting…. Eleven Delta Naturalist Casual Birders spent a pleasant sunny morning birding coastal locations at Point Roberts. A few of us – Roger, newbies Claude and Freddie, and Anne – stopped by Kiniski’s first. This stretch of beach presaged the morning’s overall bird abundance – fairly few birds scattered over a

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  September 4, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Belted Kingfisher, Bewick’s Wren, California Gull, Caspian Tern, Common Murre, Cooper’s Hawk, Harlequin Duck, Horned Grebe, Kiniski’s, Marbled Murrelet, Pelagic Cormorant, Point Roberts, Red-necked Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Point Roberts, September 3, 2024

  PHOTO: Common Loon by Terry Carr…. 9 Delta Nats crossed the border to meet at Lighthouse Marine Park in Point Roberts. Newbies, Srikar and Chandani, had taken public transit to Tsawwassen from Vancouver’s West End. Everyone was suitably impressed by how early they had started out that morning. Some of us had stopped first at

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  September 3, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, American Pipit, Belted Kingfisher, Cedar Waxwing, Harbour Seal, Harlequin Duck, Kiniski’s, Lighthouse Marine Park, Pelagic Cormorant, Point Roberts, Red-tailed Hawk, Steller Sea Lion

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Blackie Spit, August 28, 2024

  PHOTO:Horned Lark by Glen Bodie….. A select group of 5 Casual Birders met at Blackie Spit this morning: Glen, Liz, Alan, Margaretha, and Anne. The sky was grey, and it looked like it might rain. Not letting that deter us, we headed off down the spit trail in search of birds. Some gulls drifted overhead

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  August 28, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Belted Kingfisher, Blackie Spit, California Gull, Horned Lark, Lesser Yellowlegs, Purple Martin, Stilt Sandpiper, Warbling Vireo

• Delta Naturalists Outing to Aldergrove Regional Park, August 14, 2024

  PHOTO: American Bittern by Terry Carr…. 7 Delta Nats met at the 8th Avenue entrance to Aldergrove Regional Park – Dottie, Bob, Jacquie, Richard, Alan, Mike and Terry. This huge 280 hectare Metro Vancouver Park used to be the site of man-made Aldergrove Lake which was a popular local swimming hole. Metro Vancouver had grandfathered

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  August 14, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Aldergrove Regional Park, American Bittern, Belted Kingfisher, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Hermit Thrush, Merlin, Swainson’s Thrush, Turkey Vulture, Western Flycatcher, Western Painted Turtle, Western Wood-Pewee, Willow Flycatcher

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Surrey Bend Regional Park, July 31, 2024

  PHOTO: Swainson’s Thrush by Glen Bodie….. On a rather muggy overcast morning, the group of 7 met at Surrey Bend: Liz and Alan, Bill and Carolyn with son Dan, Susan G and Glen. If you haven’t been to Surrey Bend in a few years you’ll be surprised at how over-grown everything is, especially at this

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  July 31, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, Bewick’s Wren, Brown Creeper, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Red-eyed Vireo, Surrey Bend, Swainson’s Thrush, Western Flycatcher, Western Wood-Pewee, Willow Flycatcher

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• Delta Naturalists Birding Trip to 100 Mile House, June 23-27, 2024

  PHOTO: American Coots by Terry Carr…. REPORT BY THEA BECKMAN: Sunday, June 23 – Travel to 108 Golf Resort  Located in the central interior of British Columbia, the Cariboo is an intermontane region sandwiched between the Cariboo Mountains to the east and the Coast Mountains to the west with the Fraser River plateau in between.

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  June 27, 2024

  *100 Mile House, *DNCB, *DNS, *Williams Lake, 108 Golf Resort, 108 Mile Heritage Site, 150 Mile House, Alder Flycatcher, American Avocet, American Dipper, American Kestrel, American Redstart, Bald Eagle, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Belted Kingfisher, Black-billed Magpie, Blue-winged Teal, Bobolink, Bullock’s Oriole, Calliope Hummingbird, Canvasback, Cedar Waxwing, Centennial Park, Chipping Sparrow, Cinnamon Teal, Clay-coloured Sparrow, Cliff Swallow, Common Yellowthroat, Dusky Flycatcher, Eared Grebe, Eastern Kingbird, Elliot Lake, Evening Grosbeak, Gadwall, Graham Lake, Gray Catbird, Hermit Thrush, Horse Lake, Killdeer, Lazuli Bunting, Least Flycatcher, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Long-billed Curlew, Marsh Wren, Merlin, Mission Road, Mountain Bluebird, Mountain Chickadee, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Northern Waterthrush, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Orange-crowned Warbler, Osprey, Pileated Woodpecker, Purple Finch, Red-naped Sapsucker, Red-necked Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Sandhill Crane, Say’s Phoebe, Scout Island Nature Centre, Scout Lake, Sepa Lake, Solitary Sandpiper, Sora, Spotted Sandpiper, Townsend’s Solitaire, Turkey Vulture, Veery, Vesper Sparrow, Virginia Rail, Walker Valley, Warbling Vireo, Watson Lake, Western Flycatcher, Western Kingbird, Western Meadowlark, Western Wood-Pewee, White Pelican, Williams Lake First Nation reserve, Willow Flycatcher, Wilson’s Snipe, Wood Duck, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Yellow-rumped Warbler

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Sturgeon Slough, June 12, 2024

  PHOTO: Yellow-breasted Chat by Terry Carr…. 13 indomitable Casual Birders gathered at Rannie Road in the Pitt Valley at 8:50am for our walk to Sturgeon Slough. It was cloudy, but the rain held off. Rannie Road intersects with Ladner Road just south of here, so our local-area Ladner family must have had relatives that built

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  June 12, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, Black-headed Grosbeak, Bullock’s Oriole, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Eastern Kingbird, Lazuli Bunting, Osprey, Pitt Lake, Pitt-Addington Marsh WMA, Red-tailed Hawk, Sturgeon Slough, Swainson’s Thrush, Turkey Vulture, Vaux’s Swift, Willow Flycatcher, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• Delta Naturalists Outing to Serpentine Fen, May 4, 2024

  PHOTO: Cinnamon Teal by Grant Edwards….. Under cloudy but very acceptable spring weather, three Delta Nats met to do the big loop trail through Serpentine Fen.  Present were Bruce, Susan G. and Grant.  A few Yellow-rumped Warblers greeted us in the trees along the river.  The descending whinny call of a Sora grabbed our attention,

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  May 4, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Belted Kingfisher, Cinnamon Teal, Common Yellowthroat, Marsh Wren, Orange-crowned Warbler, Red-breasted Merganser, Ruddy Duck, Serpentine Fen, Sora, Yellow-rumped Warbler

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