Category: Common Yellowthroat
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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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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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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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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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DNCB Outing No. 2022-19B to North 40 Park Reserve, May 11, 2022
It was a relatively small group of birders that showed up at North 40 Park Reserve on this warm, spring morning. They were Margarita, Gabriele, Colin, Stephanie, Roger, and Thea (your intrepid albeit clueless leader). The sun was valiantly competing against the clouds, and I had to shed two layers before we struck out; a…
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-19A to North 40 Park Reserve, May 10, 2022
The North 40 Park Reserve was a great place to be on Tuesday morning, May 10, and I know 12 people who will agree with me: Terry, Lorna, Mike B1, Roger K, Lee, Jacquie, Dottie, Lindly, Johnny Mac, Bryan, Dirk and Sean. It seemed to threaten rain at the start, but by the end it…
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-18A to Joe Brown Park, May 3, 2022
Eight DNCBers met at Joe Brown Park in Surrey – Jacquie, Lee, Dottie, Bob, John, Glen, Lorna, Terry. Several very active Yellow-rumped Warblers entertained us right at the beginning of the path. Most of them seemed to have the yellow throat of the Audubon’s population. Along the way to the equestrian area we saw Black-capped…
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-16B to Boundary Bay Dyke from 64th St to 72nd St on April 20, 2022
It was a cold morning with sun and a stiff breeze as we gathered in the 64th Street parking lot under the watchful eyes of an adult Bald Eagle and an Anna’s Hummingbird. Thea B. tallied the arrivals, and we ended up with 14 including Brian & Louise, Noreen & David, Dirk F, Gabriele, Marion,…
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-16A to Boundary Bay Dyke from 64th St to 72nd St on April 19, 2022
Thirteen DNCBers walked Boundary Bay Dyke from 64th St to 72nd St – Jacquie, Lee, Anne, Glen, Dottie, Bob, Margaret, Lindly, Bryan, John, Colin, Stephanie and Terry. Although the forecast was for rain, we were pleasantly surprised to wake up to sunshine in Tsawwassen. But there was a bitterly cold wind which kept many of…
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-15B to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway and Reifel Bird Sanctuary, April 13, 2022
Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway Report Glen was already at the terminal pull-in stop when I arrived just after 8:30 am, and Bryan Debou joined us shortly after, arriving impressively by electric bicycle! The tide was high, and Bufflehead flocks were the dominant feature on the north side: I estimated about 200 birds, total, in sight, both…
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