Category: Common Yellowthroat
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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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Delta Naturalists Outing to Aldergrove Regional Park, August 14, 2024
PHOTO: American Bittern by Terry Carr…. 7 Delta Nats met at the 8th Avenue entrance to Aldergrove Regional Park – Dottie, Bob, Jacquie, Richard, Alan, Mike and Terry. This huge 280 hectare Metro Vancouver Park used to be the site of man-made Aldergrove Lake which was a popular local swimming hole. Metro Vancouver had grandfathered…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Surrey Bend Regional Park, July 31, 2024
PHOTO: Swainson’s Thrush by Glen Bodie….. On a rather muggy overcast morning, the group of 7 met at Surrey Bend: Liz and Alan, Bill and Carolyn with son Dan, Susan G and Glen. If you haven’t been to Surrey Bend in a few years you’ll be surprised at how over-grown everything is, especially at this…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Deas Island Regional Park, July 24, 2024
PHOTO:Wood Ducks by Brian Avent……. On Wednesday morning at 8am a group of 10 started out at Deas Island. Well, a group of 8, and then 2 more came just a little bit late. We were Brian and Louise, Bill and Carolyn, Lee, Richard, David S, Doug B, Margaretha and Glen. We started near the…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Alaksen National Wildlife Area, July 17, 2024
PHOTO: Eight-spotted Skimmer by Terry Carr….. Fifteen Delta Nats met at Alaksen on our continuing heat wave. From the parking area we saw a Great Blue Heron on a piling in the slough and a family of Brown-headed Cowbirds in the trees. Barn Swallows were stopping in the mud in the slough on the other…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Alaksen National Wildlife Area, July 16, 2024
PHOTO: Juvenile Barn Swallows by Christine Gaio….. Six DNCBers assembled at the Alaksen parking lot on a beautiful Tuesday morning — Lidia, Margaret, Bob, Dottie, David S. and Christine — where Margaret bravely took on the e-bird listing duty, to everyone else’s relief. From the lot we strolled through the cedars looking for owls (none…
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