Delta Naturalists Society

Category: *DNCB

• DNCB Outing #2011-5 to Blackie Spit and Serpentine Fen

  Ten birders (Roger & Mike, Lorna, Terry, Bill & Mary, Ansa, Marian, Annie K and me) spent a relatively productive Monday morning at Blackie Spit (Crescent Beach in South Surrey) and a not-so-productive morning at Serpentine Fen.  It was cold early, but warmed up nicely.  Did anyone else see the brilliant orange/red sunrise this morning

  …read more

  Delta Naturalists Society

  January 31, 2011

  *DNCB, Blackie Spit, Serpentine Fen

• DNCB Outing #2011-4 to Minnekhada Park

  Six weirdos (Roger & Mike, Lorna, Eleanor, Hans and Bill) joined me this morning on a miserable and unproductive, but enjoyable, Monday morning at Minnekhada Regional Park in Coquitlam.  Hi-lites of the outing were: Lorna’s butter tart at Smoko, Hans’ inane conversation and that we survived.  Bill’s photos are already on our Picasa site at

  …read more

  Delta Naturalists Society

  January 24, 2011

  *DNCB, Minnekhada Park

• DNCB Outing #2011-03 to Terra Nova and Garry Point Parks

  Thirteen birders spent a very pleasant Monday (Jan. 17) morning in Richmond at Terra Nova Park then at Garry Point Park in Steveston.  We were: John & Kay, Rick & Marg, Bill & Mary, Ansa, Terry, Lorna, Anne, Roger, newbie Marian and me.  Hi-lites included: many duck species in breeding plumage and up-close-and-personal including less

  …read more

  Delta Naturalists Society

  January 17, 2011

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Coyote, Dunlin, Eurasian Wigeon, Garry Point, Hooded Merganser, Mew Gull, Northern Harrier, Pied-billed Grebe, Pileated Woodpecker, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-tailed Hawk, Ring-necked Duck, Sandhill Crane, Terra Nova, Thayer’s Gull, Trumpeter Swan

• DNCB Outing #2011-02 to Iona

  Seventeen birders (we’re becoming very popular) enjoyed a very pleasant, clear and cool (+5 degrees C) Monday (Jan. 10) morning at Iona Regional Park and the adjacent Sewage Lagoons.  We were: John & Kay, Rick & Marg, Bill M, Terry C, Anne M, Bev R, Annie K, Lorna, Hans-Ulf, Roger, Kathleen W, Ansa, newbie Kitty

  …read more

  Delta Naturalists Society

  January 10, 2011

  *DNCB, American Bittern, Bald Eagle, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Canvasback, Cooper’s Hawk, Dunlin, Iona Beach Regional Park, Northern Shrike, Red-breasted Merganser, Ring-necked Duck, Rough-legged Hawk, Trumpeter Swan, Western Meadowlark, Yellow-headed Blackbird

• DNCB Outing #2011-01 to Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  Sixteen birders in a convoy of six vehicles spent a gorgeous, clear and sunny Monday morning (Jan. 3) travelling the farmers’ fields of Ladner, then Westham Island and then at Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  They like their names in print: Roger, Rochelle (without Don), Hans-Ulf, Lorna Terry, John (without Kay), newbie Ansa, Kathleen, Deborah, Bill &

  …read more

  Delta Naturalists Society

  January 3, 2011

  *DNCB, Barn Owl, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Brown Creeper, Cooper’s Hawk, Coyote, Dunlin, Great Horned Owl, Merlin, Northern Goshawk, Northern Harrier, Northern Hawk Owl, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Ring-necked Duck, Ring-necked Pheasant, Short-eared Owl, TFN, Trumpeter Swan, TsaTsu Heronry, Westham Island

• 2010 in Review

  The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads: “This blog is doing awesome!” Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 1,700 times in 2010. That’s about

  …read more

  Delta Naturalists Society

  December 31, 2010

  *DNCB, Year-end Review

• DNCB Outing #124 to Point Roberts

  Nine birders (Anne, Terry, Rick & Marg, Lorna, Bill & Mary M, Hans-Ulf and me) braved the cold this morning on an outing to Point Roberts, USA. Don & Rochelle showed up at Petra’s to wish us all a Merry Christmas.  First stop was Lighthouse Park where a flock (50+) of Sanderling was feeding along

  …read more

  Delta Naturalists Society

  December 20, 2010

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Scoter, Black Turnstone, Brandt’s Cormorant, Dunlin, Eared Grebe, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Harlequin Duck, Horned Grebe, Lighthouse Marine Park, Lily Point Park, Long-tailed Duck, Mew Gull, Northern Shrike, Pelagic Cormorant, Point Roberts, Red-necked Grebe, Sanderling

• DNCB Outing #123 to Reifel and Alaksen

  DNCB’s: I’m baaack! after 6 glorious weeks holidaying in Western Australia, with friends and relies.  Nine birders (Rick & Marg, Lorna, Roger, Terry, Anne, Hans-Ulf, Jimmy and me) enjoyed an almost sunny and raptor-filled Monday morning (Dec 13) at Reifel Bird Sanctuary and next door’s Alaksen Wildlife Refuge.  Our destination bird was the Yellow-breasted Chat

  …read more

  Delta Naturalists Society

  December 13, 2010

  *DNCB, *DNS, Alaksen NWA, Bald Eagle, Barred Owl, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Cammidge House, Cedar Waxwing, Cooper’s Hawk, Dunlin, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Great Horned Owl, Hooded Merganser, Lesser Snow Goose, Marsh Wren, Merlin, Northern Goshawk, Northern Harrier, Northern Hawk Owl, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Pacific Wren, Peregrine Falcon, Reifel, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Sandhill Crane, Trumpeter Swan, Westham Island, Wood Duck, Yellow-breasted Chat

• DNCB Outing #122 Northern Hawk-owl Hunt December 6, 2010

  Photos by Rick Woolley A beautiful December morning, cold but clear, Lorna, Terry, Don, Rochelle, Marg, Rick and Roger decided to head towards Westham Island to see if the recently seen Northern Hawk Owl could be found.  Following the usual route beginning at the ferry jetty, we passed some small grebes (probably Horned) on the north side,

  …read more

  Delta Naturalists Society

  December 6, 2010

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Hooded Merganser, Horned Grebe, Northern Hawk Owl, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Northern Shrike, Peregrine Falcon, Reifel, Ring-necked Duck, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Westham Island

• DNCB Outing #121 Deer Lake Outing November 29, 2010

  On a not too promising day with much rain forecast, four members, Lorna, Hans, Terry and Roger, met at Petra’s and decided to take a chance on the weather and try Deer Lake for a change.  Parking off Royal Oak Avenue in Burnaby, we had good luck at the start of the trail in the

  …read more

  Delta Naturalists Society

  November 29, 2010

  *DNCB, Belted Kingfisher, Brown Creeper, Coyote, Deer Lake, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Herring Gull, Hooded Merganser, Pacific Wren, Red-tailed Hawk, Ring-necked Duck, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Varied Thrush