Category: Bullock’s Oriole
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DNCB Outing No. 2016-24 to Pitt Lake
About 22 (I lost count; guesstimate participant list at end) DNCBers enjoyed some beautiful vistas and interesting sightings on our Wednesday morning walk in the Pitt-Addington Marsh Wildlife Management Area. Check out lots of photos on our DNCB Picasa site. Eight of us left Petra’s at 7:30 a.m., car-pooling nicely in two vehicles, and made…
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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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DNCB Outing No. 2014-31 to Brunswick Point
Photos by Jonathan, Terry, Glen, Liz, Marion & Ken on DNCB Picasa site More than 20 “almost birders” enjoyed another gorgeous Delta morning wandering along the dike path at Brunswick Point. The Shorebirds are arriving here in big numbers for their “feeding pit-stop” on their way south and we had a few other hi-lites including…
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DNCB Outing No. 2014-28 to Pitt Lake
More photos at DNCB Picasa website Eight of us left Petra’s in two cars (Tom, Gerhard, Jane, Julian and Kay, Glen, Roger, Mike) to reunite on the road up to the lake when Roger grabbed a terrified Northern Flicker from under a mob of crows. He launched it into nearby dense shrubbery, in hopes it…
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DNCB Outing No. 2014-21 to Cheam Lake Park in Chilliwack
Photos by Terry Carr (TC) and Marion Shikaze (MS) to be added soon! On an overcast, but dry, Wednesday morning, nine DNCBers left the Ladner Bus Exchange at 6:15 a.m. on an outing to Cheam Lake Wetlands Regional Park in Chilliwack. It’s a beautiful park; we saw a few neat birds and enjoyed a super…
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DNCB Report 2014-19 to Tsa Tsu Heronry and Reifel Bird Sanctuary
Photos by Terry Carr (TC), Glen Bodie, Greg Hall (GH), Liz Stewart (LS), Jim Kneesch (JK), & Marion Shikaze (MS) (and Tony Mitra (TM) soon?) Wednesday was another gorgeous day in paradise. Twenty-four DNCBers visited the Tsa Tsu Shores Heronry then spent the rest of the morning at our “Mecca”, Reifel Bird Sanctuary. Hi-lites included: 400…
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DNCB Outing NO. 2013-23 Grant Narrows/Pitt Lake/Katzie Slough
The morning did not look promising as it was raining lightly in Tsawwassen as we met at Petra’s. Newcomer Glen, Sheila, Terry, Kay, (latecomer) Lorna, and myself (Roger) left for Pitt Meadows in two cars and picked up Mike in New West on the way. Just before reaching the lake we stopped to view a…
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DNCB Outing No. 2012-24 to Grant Narrows Park
Seven birders (Lorna, Kay, Marion S, rookie Jane K, Eric L, Anne M and me) got drenched on this morning’s “away” outing to beautiful Grant Narrows Regional Park (now operated by the Katzie Development Corp.) at Pitt Lake. Hi-lites included: beaut looks at several Warbler species, including a MacGillivray’s Warbler, nesting Ospreys, and finally seeing…
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DNCB Outing No. 2011-26 to Brunswick Point & the North Forty
Seven weirdos weathered a windy Wednesday (Roger & Rose, Mike & Lorna, Hans Ulf, Sleepy Alan and me) at Brunswick Point, and then a more enjoyable and successful late stint at the North Forty. Hi-lites were an American Bittern, nesting Cooper’s Hawks, Bullock’s Oriole and Lively Lorna’s Butter Tarts. See photos of our outings on…
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2011-25A North Forty Report
Son Scott and I visited the North Forty Park behind Boundary Bay Airport today (Sunday, June 26) for a couple of hours in mid afternoon (3:00 to 5:00 p.m.). It was hot, sunny and a beaut outing: we got all our Destination Birds (LB, BO and Candy), up-close-and-personal. It is so nice to go with…
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