Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Black-headed Grosbeak

• DNCB Okanagan Field Trip, June 12-16, 2022

  The following report was compiled by Thea Beckman as a personal account of the DNCB’s field trip to the Okanagan. As such, a personal perspective is used in the story-telling and the determination of birding highlights, list-keeping, and identification criteria. Should you have any questions, contact Thea directly at thea.beckman@gmail.com DAY 1—Manning Park Resort & Beaver

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  June 16, 2022

  *DNCB, *EC Manning Park, Bald Eagle, Beaver Lodge Wetlands, Bighorn sheep, Black-billed Magpie, Black-headed Grosbeak, Bobolink, Bullock’s Oriole, California Quail, Calliope Hummingbird, Cedar Waxwing, Cinnamon Teal, Clark’s Nutcracker, Cliff Swallow, Columbian Ground Squirrel, Common Nighthawk, Common Raven, Common Yellowthroat, Cooper’s Hawk, Eastern Kingbird, Gadwall, Ginty’s Pond, Golden Eagle, Gray Catbird, Great Horned Owl, Haynes Point Provincial Park, House Wren, Killdeer, Kobau Regional Park, Lazuli Bunting, Lewis’s Woodpecker, MacGillivray’s Warbler, Mahoney Lake, Marsh Wren, Merlin, Mourning Dove, Northern Harrier, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Okanagan, Okanagan River, Okanagan Wastewater Treatment Plant, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Osoyoos, Osoyoos Desert Centre, Osprey, Oxbow Trail at Road 22, Pied-billed Grebe, Red Crossbill, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Red-necked Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Redhead, Ruffed Grouse, Say’s Phoebe, Sora, Spotted Sandpiper, Townsend’s Warbler, Trumpeter Swan, Turkey Vulture, Twenty-minute Lake, Vaux’s Swift, Veery, Virginia Rail, Warbling Vireo, Western Kingbird, Western Tanager, Western Wood-Pewee, White Lake IBA, White-throated Swift, Willow Flycatcher, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-23B to Colony Farm Regional Park, June 8, 2022

  Eight keen birders congregated in the carpark near the Community Gardens at Colony Farm: Brian and Louise, Jim, Kirsten, Marion, Rayme, Thea (lead), and Chris (author).  A good group, with a number with excellent birding skills.  Brian, Louise, and Thea spotted a pair of Turkey Vultures before others arrived. We started on the annual “Lazuli

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  June 8, 2022

  *DNCB, Band-tailed Pigeon, Bewick’s Wren, Black-headed Grosbeak, Cedar Waxwing, Colony Farm RP, Common Yellowthroat, Eastern Kingbird, Hooded Merganser, Killdeer, Lazuli Bunting, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Peregrine Falcon, Red-tailed Hawk, Turkey Vulture, Willow Flycatcher, Wood Duck, Yellow Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-23A to Colony Farm Regional Park, June 7, 2022

  Nine DNCBers met at Colony Farm Regional Park in Coquitlam on a lovely warm sunny morning – Roger 1, Mike, Lorna, Lidia, Dottie, Bob, Jacquie, Lori and Terry.  Anna’s Hummingbirds and Cedar Waxwings were seen by the parking lot at the community gardens. We headed for the path below the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital, where Lazuli

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  June 7, 2022

  *DNCB, American Bullfrog, Black-headed Grosbeak, Cedar Waxwing, Colony Farm RP, Common Yellowthroat, Eastern Kingbird, Hooded Merganser, Lazuli Bunting, Virginia Rail, Willow Flycatcher, Wood Duck

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-22B to Campbell Valley Regional Park, June 1, 2022

  On what has felt like the warmest day of the year, at a positively sweltering 21°C, an impressive 16 DNCB members met in the northern parking lot of the Campbell Valley Regional Park: Brian, Louise, Colin, Stephanie, Margaretha, Gabriele, Marion, Jim, Glen, Chris, Warren, Lynne, Nicki, Rayme, Rosemary, and yours truly, The Keeper Of The

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  June 1, 2022

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black-headed Grosbeak, Campbell Valley RP, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Cooper’s Hawk, Douglas Squirrel, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Swainson’s Thrush, Turkey Vulture, Warbling Vireo, Willow Flycatcher, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-22A to Campbell Valley Regional Park, May 31, 2022

  Ten DNCBers met at Campbell Valley Regional Park in Surrey on a very pleasant morning – Roger 1, John, Lidia, Jacquie, Lee, Dottie, Bob, Lorna, Mike B1 and Terry. The lush vegetation included many flowers and berries. David’s plant brochures and iNaturalist helped identify them. Lee pointed out some interesting slime moulds. At the Listening

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  May 31, 2022

  *DNCB, American Bullfrog, Black-headed Grosbeak, Campbell Valley RP, Douglas Squirrel, Purple Finch, Red-tailed Hawk, Swainson’s Thrush, Wilson’s Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-21B to UBC Botanical Garden, May 26, 2022

  Eight birders met at the Viewpoint on Old Marine Drive below the UBC Botanical Garden – Debbi, Lorna, Janet, Susan, Lee, Jacquie with her Italian visitor Fio from Genova, and Terry. On the river below and flying above, were Canada Geese, Gulls, noisy Caspian Terns, Eagles, Cormorants, Swallows, Crows and a Raven. In the foliage

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  May 26, 2022

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black-headed Grosbeak, Brown Creeper, Caspian Tern, Cedar Waxwing, MacGillivray’s Warbler, Old Marine Drive, Pacific Wren, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Purple Finch, Swainson’s Thrush, Townsend’s Warbler, UBC Botanical Garden, Warbling Vireo, Western Tanager, Western Wood-Pewee, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2021-34B to Iona Regional Park on August 25, 2021

  Eight of us met at the washrooms or beach area about 8 AM.  David & Noreen were a few minutes late as they stopped to photograph a pair of Caspian Terns sitting on a log along the causeway to Iona.  Chris, Jim, Kirsten, Roger 2, Mike B2 and Lidia were already at the beach and

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  August 25, 2021

  *DNCB, Baird’s Sandpiper, Black-headed Grosbeak, Caspian Tern, Iona Beach Regional Park, Least Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, Merlin, Pectoral Sandpiper, Willow Flycatcher, Yellow Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2021-33B to Burnaby Lake on August 18, 2021

  Our small group arrived at the Piper Avenue entrance in 4 segments separated by track crossing closures that were the result of refuelling two track maintenance machines right at the crossing. We were all across the tracks by about 8:20, and the six of us (Warren & Lynne, Marion, Lidia Noreen & David) started our

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  August 18, 2021

  *DNCB, Belted Kingfisher, Bewick’s Wren, Black-headed Grosbeak, Brown Creeper, Burnaby Lake, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Douglas Squirrel, Green Heron, Long-billed Dowitcher, Mandarin Duck, Pied-billed Grebe, Purple Finch, Willow Flycatcher, Wood Duck, Yellow Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2021-31 to Surrey Bend Regional Park on August 3, 2021

  12 people signed up for our outing to Surrey Bend on Tuesday August 3 – and no one signed up for Wednesday. The 12 were Chris, Jim, Pat, Janet, Marion, Lidia, David, Noreen, Kirsten, Gabriele, Margaretha and Glen. We contemplated forming 2 groups of 6, but in the end we mixed it all up as

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  August 3, 2021

  *DNCB, Belted Kingfisher, Bewick’s Wren, Black-headed Grosbeak, Cedar Waxwing, Mourning Dove, Pacific Wren, Purple Finch, Red-eyed Vireo, Surrey Bend, Swainson’s Thrush, Turkey Vulture, Western Wood-Pewee, Willow Flycatcher, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2021-29B to Joe Brown Park on July 21, 2021

  6 folks met at 8:00am at Joe Brown park—Mike B 2, Gabriel, Jean, David, Noreen, and I (Marion S.). We were later joined by Margaretha. We began on the woods trail from 125A, but it was eerily quiet. Perhaps the cool, cloudy and windy weather kept the birds in bed longer, but birdsong was scarce. 

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  July 21, 2021

  *DNCB, Barred Owl, Bewick’s Wren, Black-headed Grosbeak, Cedar Waxwing, Joe Brown Park, Pacific Wren, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Western Tanager