Category: Birds
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Manning Park, July 9, 2024
PHOTO: Paintbrush Trail by Terry Carr…. Eleven Delta Nats met at Manning Park Resort on the hottest day of the year. Some had wisely driven up the day before and spent the night there. On the way up some of us stopped near the park entrance to look for Pikas. These little rodents were scurrying
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, June 25, 2025
One Delta Nat scoped the compensation lagoon & spit on a nice sunny balmy day to get closer views of the many Bonaparte’s Gulls in breeding plumage (only one with black head)!Several Whimbrel were foraging amongst the large roosting group of Great Blue Herons.Two Killdeer & three Black Oystercatchers also were present on this tiny land reserve.
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Colony Farm, June 5, 2024
PHOTO: Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee on Dandelion by Terry Carr….. The Tuesday outing was cancelled because of rain so a combination of Tuesday and Wednesday birders made a group of 20 who met at what was formerly called Colony Farm Regional Park in Coquitlam. Those of us from south of the Fraser were delayed by an
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Terra Nova Regional Park on February 6, 2024
PHOTO: Short-eared Owl by Terry Carr………. Twelve Delta Naturalists met at Richmond’s Terra Nova Regional Park – Brian A., Dottie, Bob, Liz, Alan, John, Margaretha, Nick, Roger, Mike, Lorna and Terry. The usual pair of Bald Eagles were watching from the top of a Douglas Fir above the parking lot. In the river were Mallards, Green-winged Teal,
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Mushroom foray into Burnaby Mountain
On October 13, a gorgeous fall day, 6 of us (Chris, Roger, Glen, David, Noreen and I) headed to Burnaby Mountain to look for picturesque and otherwise interesting mushrooms. We were hoping the recent rains would cause many mushrooms to have grown to a point where they were breaking through the large amount of leaf
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