Category: Common Yellowthroat
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Joe Brown Park, June 10, 2025
PHOTO: Juvenile Barred Owl by Bob Winston….. A quartet of birders met at Joe Brown Park (Alan, Lee, Dottie and Bob) to see what June would provide at this hot spot. The day was very nice, warm and a light breeze. The Jim Arnold trail was getting overgrown thus hard to see the birds but
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel, June 4, 2025
PHOTO: Red-tailed Hawk by Christine Gaio…. Three of us met at the ferry causeway – Freddie, Lorna and Terry. The tide was fairly low and there were very few birds. Most of the waterbirds have headed to interior lakes for breeding. There was a solitary Black Oystercatcher and a very curious baby Yellow-bellied Marmot. The
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Colony Farm Regional Park, May 21, 2025
PHOTO: Bullock’s Oriole by Terry Carr…. Seven Delta Nats met at Colony Farm Regional park in Coquitlam – Roger, Christine, Bob, Freddie, Claude, Dottie, Terry. Our quest for Lazuli Buntings started on the service road below the Labyrinth. Christine managed to photograph the female but the more colourful male did not appear. We did see
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Ladner Harbour Park, May 6, 2025
PHOTO: Anna’s Hummingbird on Nest by Christine Gaio… Ten DNCBers met at Ladner Harbour Park – Dorothy, Lorna, Christine, Mike, Jim, Susan, Dottie, Bob, Terry and Roger. We started at Shirley’s Walk where we watched Marsh Wrens and Black-capped Chickadees gather fluff from the cattails. We also saw Red-winged Blackbirds, Robins, Song Sparrows, White-crowned Sparrows,
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Centennial Beach, April 30, 2025
PHOTO:Killdeer by Glen Bodie….. Another beautiful sunny day for birding – Bald Eagles in the sky and the trees, song birds calling from the bushes – so 9 DNCBers met at Centennial Beach: Colin and Stephanie, Warren and Lynne, Al (sans Liz), Jim, Margaretha, Anne and Glen. We followed “the usual” route around the park.
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Centennial Beach, April 29, 2025
PHOTO: Killdeer Chicks by Christine Gaio…. Three Delta Nats met at Centennial Beach on a gorgeous morning – Christine, Lorna and Terry. There were no Eagles in the trees around the parking lot but we did see a few later on. In the pond, Northern Shovelers were swimming in circles to stir up food, along
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Joe Brown Park, April 23, 2025
PHOTO: Ruby-crowned Kinglet by Glen Bodie…. On a sunny, but cool to start, Wednesday morning 9 DNCBers met at the 125 Ave entrance to Joe Brown Park: Colin and Stephanie, Warren and Lynne, Freddie (sans Claude), Richard, Margaretha, Anne and Glen. There were lots of species along the forest path, though most were hard to
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Joe Brown Park, April 22, 2025
PHOTO: Bewick’s Wren by Christine Gaio…. Ten DNCBers met at Surrey’s Joe Brown Park – Lee, Terry Christine, Connie, Dottie, Dorothy, Naoko, Henry, Lorna and Grace. Colin joined us later. We had good views of a Yellow-rumped Warbler across the street. We were surprised at how many leaves had opened in the last few days
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Delta Naturalists Outing to North 40 Park Reseve & 72nd Street Dyke, April 9, 2025
PHOTO: Short-eared Owl by Glen Bodie……There were 9 birders at the North 40 park at 8am: Alan and Liz, Warren and Lynne, Colin and Stephanie, and Roger, Anne and Glen. The sprinkles had stopped and the sun tried to break through the clouds, often succeeding but leaving us a bit chilled whenever we got away
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Serpentine Fen, April 2, 2025
PHOTO: Fox Sparrow by Freddie Whiting…. 8 am this Wednesday saw five Delta Naturalists meet at the Serpentine Fen parking lot. Colin and Stephanie, Lynne and Warren, and Freddie (sorry, we forgot to take a group photo). Light rain and cool temperatures kept most people (and their dogs) at home and there was just one
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