Category: Belted Kingfisher
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DNCB Outing No. 2023-16B to Point Roberts, April 19, 2023
Another cold, windy, rainy day at Point Roberts for our intrepid group. Brian, Louise and Lindley were the only ones to stop at Kiniski’s Reef Tavern and saw Surf Scoters, Horned Grebe, Glaucous winged Gulls, Common Loon, Double Crested Cormorants, Mallards, Bald Eagles, Crows and Starlings. They were soon joined at Lighthouse Marine Park by…
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DNCB Outing No. 2023-13B to Deas Island Regional Park, March 29, 2023
Although it was chilly at 8:00 am on Wednesday, the sun shone the whole time, and it gradually warmed up as our group of seven made its way around Deas Island. We were Brian and Louise, Liz, Marion, Vicki, Margaretha, and Angela. Roger M. joined us briefly to make sure we found the Great Horned…
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DNCB Outing No. 2023-11B to DeBoville Slough, March 15, 2023
It was a small group today – Warren and Lynne, Colin and Stephanie, Richard, Lidia and Glen – which I am sure accounts for the small number of birds we saw. You can see the eBird list in the link below with only 20 species. Some of us had trouble finding the trailhead with an…
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DNCB Outing No. 2023-10A to Burnaby Lake, March 7, 2023
Twelve birders met at Burnaby Lake – Jacquie, Margaret, Bob, Dottie, Deems, Grant, Lorna, Lidia, Herb, Terry, Mike and Roger. Although we passed through showers on the drive, there was no rain in the park. In fact the sun came out as we walked the trails. Near the Nature House were Black-capped Chickadees, Song Sparrows,…
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DNCB Outing No. 2023-07B to Serpentine Fen, February 15, 2023
With high-level clouds above the eastern horizon catching fire with the rising sun, it was hard not to feel like a bear emerging from hibernation after a long, gloomy winter. 14 Birders met in the King George parking lot at Serpentine Fen: Thea (yours truly), Brian & Louise, Colin & Stephanie, David & Noreen, Glen,…
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-45C to Port Townsend, Washington, November 10, 2022
On Thursday November 10, Thea, Rosemary, Jonathan, Lorraine, Terry, Bryan, Janet, Estelle, and Lorna plunged south in the predawn gloom on a day trip to Port Townsend in the United States. Lidia overnighted in Coupeville and met us at the Keystone Ferry Terminal, so there were 10 of us in total. The day dawned overcast…
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-44B to Point Roberts, November 2, 2022
It may have been toe-numbingly cold, but with unthreatening high clouds and thin sunlight, 17 Delta Naturalists arrived at Point Roberts’ Lighthouse Marine Park grateful for the conditions. They were Thea (yours truly), Rosemary, Anne, Lidia, Jonathan, Lorraine, Nicki, Margaretha, Liz, Marion, Pat, Brian, Louise, Dave, Noreen, Lynne, and Warren. The windless day left the…
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-44A to Point Roberts, Washington, November 1, 2022
Eight DNCBers met at Lighthouse Park in Point Roberts – Dottie, Bob, Roger 2, Dirk, Glen, Lorna, Bryan and Terry. Bryan had ridden his (electric) bike from Ladner. Dave, a birder from Hamilton, was there and joined us. We had expected rain, but it was a glorious sunny but cool morning. On the pylons were…
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-35B to Brunswick Point, August 31, 2022
On yet another scorching day in Vancouver, a party of 9 intrepid birders met at Brunswick Point on the westernmost lobe of land on the southern shore of the Fraser River. They were Thea, Rosemary, Gabriele, Marion, Noreen, David, Angela, Christine, and Douglas. Here, a long, easy, flat trail traces the curve of the coastline,…
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