Delta Naturalists Society

Category: *DNCB

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-8 to Point Roberts, USA

  Photos by Terry Carr (TC), Glen Bodie (GB), Tony Mitra (TM) & Marion Shikaze (MS) More than 20 birders (actually 23, duly named at report end) joined our DNCB group on a beautiful February Tuesday morning at a number of Parks in Pt. Roberts, USA.  We had tonnes of neat species, many up-close-and-personal.  Check out

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  February 24, 2015

  *DNCB, *Special Birds, Black Oystercatcher, Black Turnstone, Brandt’s Cormorant, Common Murre, Harbour Porpoise, Harbour Seal, Harlequin Duck, Pelagic Cormorant, Pigeon Guillemot, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-tailed Hawk, Rhinoceros Auklet, Western Meadowlark

• DNCB Outing 2015-7 to Blackie Spit & White Rock Pier

  Check out photos by Terry (TC), Glen (GB), Greg (GH), Marion (MS) & Ken (KB) on DNCB Picasa link         The as-always happy and enthusiastic DNCB birders met in the Blackie Spit parking lot for our weekly outing to view birds and “occasionally” exchange friendly banter.   Twenty of us assembled for the

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  February 17, 2015

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Turnstone, Blackie Spit, Cooper’s Hawk, Long-billed Curlew, Pelagic Cormorant, Red-breasted Merganser, Snow Bunting, White Rock Pier

• DNCB Outing 2015-6 to Stanley Park

  Photos by Terry (TC), Tony (TM), Jim (JK) & Roger (RM) Complete sets of photos at our DNCB Picasa site and at Tony’s Picasa site. Sixteen keeners braved the threatening skies to meet at Second Beach at 9:00 a.m.  A damp mist prevailed as our group made our way to the Sea Wall.  Tony, Jim,

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  February 10, 2015

  *DNCB, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Beaver Lake, Lost Lagoon, Raccoon, Second Beach, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Stanley Park

• DNCB Outing 2015-5 to Ferry Causeway & Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  Photos by Liz (LS), Terry (TC), Jim (JK), David M (DM), Tony (TM), and Roger (RM). Twenty-one DNCBers enjoyed a bountiful birding morning, 56 years after the “Day the Music Died”, at our “Mecca” Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  Hi-lites included rarities Harris’s and Swamp Sparrows, Northern Saw-whet and Great Horned Owls, three Wren species, and lots

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  February 3, 2015

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Barred Owl, Black Oystercatcher, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Bonaparte’s Gull, Cooper’s Hawk, Eurasian Wigeon, Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, Great Horned Owl, Harris’s Sparrow, Northern Harrier, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Pelagic Cormorant, Peregrine Falcon, Red-necked Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Rough-legged Hawk, Sandhill Crane, Swamp Sparrow, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-4 to Terra Nova Park in Richmond

  Twenty-five DNCBers enjoyed a very mild (~14 degrees) and pleasantly dry Tuesday morning wandering around the rejuvenated Terra Nova Park (TNP) in Richmond.  Lots of neat bird sightings including a rarely seen Common Teal.  Check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Picasa site.  We 25 were: Gurus Anne M and Mary T, photogs Terry,

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  January 27, 2015

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black-bellied Plover, Cooper’s Hawk, Coyote, Eurasian Teal, Eurasian Wigeon, Red-tailed Hawk, Terra Nova

• DNCB Report No. 2015-3 to Point Roberts, WA

  Twenty-four DNCBers enjoyed another glorious sunny Tuesday morning wandering around a number of Parks in Point Roberts, USA.  Hi-lites included seeing lots of neat species, some in breeding plumage, plus 3 Grebe species, 3 Scoter species, 3 Cormorant species, and a delicious lunch in the Caffe Capanna.  Check out Jim’s, Liz’s and other’s photos on

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  January 20, 2015

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Black Scoter, Black Turnstone, Brandt’s Cormorant, Common Murre, Harbour Porpoise, Harlequin Duck, Lighthouse Marine Park, Lily Point Park, Long-tailed Duck, Northern Harrier, Pelagic Cormorant, Pigeon Guillemot, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-necked Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk

• DNCB Outing 2015-2 to Iona Regional Park

  Twenty-five (WOW!) DNCBers braved the very foggy conditions on Tuesday and had a decent, not super, morning of birding at Iona Regional Park. Hi-lites were few although the White-fronted Geese and a Northern Shrike carrying prey were neat.  And lunch at the Flying beaver was a treat.  Check out photos by Liz, Glen, Terry, Jim

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  January 13, 2015

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Iona Beach Regional Park, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Red-tailed Hawk, Virginia Rail, White-fronted Goose

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-1 to Blaine and Semiahmoo Parks, Washington, USA

  Photos by Terry Carr (TC), Tony Mitra (TM), Jim Kneesch (JK) & Bill Denham (BD) Thirteen lucky DNCBers had a very productive Tuesday morning of birding around Drayton Harbour in Blaine, Washington.  Hi-lites included four Grebe species, some pelagic divers, and a tasty lunch in the recently re-opened and renovated Semiahmoo Resort restaurant.  Check out

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  January 6, 2015

  *DNCB, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Black Turnstone, Blaine Marine Park, Canvasback, Drayton Harbor, Eared Grebe, Harbour Seal, Harlequin Duck, Long-tailed Duck, Pelagic Cormorant, Pigeon Guillemot, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-necked Grebe, Red-throated Loon, Ruddy Duck, Semiahmoo Spit

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-51 around Boundary Bay at 72nd St.

  Fifteen DNCBers enjoyed a glorious, sunny, Monday morning walking the Boundary Bay Regional Park dike path at 72nd Street.  Lots of hi-lites including: Townsend’s Solitaire, Golden Eagle, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Sparrows including Lincoln’s and a sun tan.  There are some beaut photos (by Liz, Marion, Terry, Jim) on our DNCB Picasa site.  DNCBers love their names

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  December 29, 2014

  *DNCB, 72 Street, Bald Eagle, Boundary Bay, Eurasian Wigeon, Golden Eagle, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Townsend’s Solitaire, Western Meadowlark

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-50 Birds on the Bay

  See full set of photos by Terry Carr (TC), Liz Stewart (LS) & Glen Bodie (GB) on our DNCB Picasa site More pictures from the above photographers will be added to the Report below, soon! DNCBers: I’m Baaaaack!  On a typical mild but overcast Winter Wednesday morning in Delta, about 20 DNCBers enjoyed our quarterly

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  December 17, 2014

  *DNCB, American Pipit, Bald Eagle, BBRP, Birds-on-the-Bay, Boundary Bay, Cammidge House, Centennial Beach, Cinnamon Teal, Eurasian Wigeon, Merlin, Red-tailed Hawk, Virginia Rail