Category: Common Yellowthroat
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-42 to Iona Beach Regional Park on October 19, 2021
We had a beautiful morning for our DNCB trip to Iona. Even before I got out of my car, I was enjoying the sight of a Cooper’s Hawk sitting just a few metres away. Snow Geese were calling overhead and gathering on the shore as the tide went out and there were many Ring-billed and…
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-36 to DeBoville Slough on September 7, 2021
The weather forecast called for possible showers and we did encounter some drizzle as we departed Tsawwassen about 07:30, however, 7 intrepid birders turned up for our walk along the North side of the slough. Marion was early, and the rest of us a bit late as the traffic was slow in spots. The group…
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-35B to Alaksen on September 1, 2021
Noreen and I started at the Ferry Causeway about 07:45, and although we did not see the Brown Pelicans, we saw 12 species including the noisy Black Oystercatchers and Caspian Terns. About 08:45 we headed to Alaksen to meet up with the rest. A group of 10 intrepid birders (**see below) gathered at the Alaksen…
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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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DNCB Outing No. 2021-32B to Terra Nova on August 11, 2021
While four of us, Noreen and David, Lidia and Marion S. were waiting at the parking lot, we kept hearing a loud sharp “aoowww”! We soon spotted a Green Heron being harassed by a swallow as it sat in a bare-branched tree out in the marsh. The heron continued to call after the swallow left,…
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-30B to Blackie Spit on July 28, 2021
A group of 7 met at 8:00 – they were David and Noreen, Warren and Lynn, Roger2, Mike B2, and Marion S. The spit area was very quiet except for the usual Ring-billed Gulls accompanied by a singular California Gull, Savannah sparrows,and a juvenile Brown-headed Cowbird, plus several harbour seals kept an eye on us…
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-25A to Sturgeon Slough on June 22, 2021
6 of us met at 8:30 am on a bright sunny morning for a new walk in the Pitt Meadows area, with hopes of seeing the Yellow-breasted Chat that has been hanging out here for awhile. I had arrived a bit earlier so that I could check out Catbird corner a few kilometres up the…
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-24B to Iona Regional Park on June 16, 2021
Fourteen birders met at Iona Regional Park on a lovely sunny morning. A brilliant male Yellow-headed Blackbird posed in the parking area. Tree, Violet-green, and Barn Swallows were hunting insects over the pond, Marsh Wrens were singing, and Red-winged Blackbirds were active. Along the path were Song Sparrows, Towhees, Willow Flycatchers, hummingbirds and damselflies. Bushes…
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