Category: *DNCB
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Casual Birding Trip #119 to Garry Point November 15th 2010
Photo by Roger Meyer Six intrepid birders (John, Kay, Lorna, Hans, Terry and Roger) met at Petras on a dull and unpromising day to decide on our trip destination. One suggestion was to bird from our comfortable seats inside the coffee shop, but drill sergeant Lorna spurred us into action. After passing through the tunnel, we
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Casual Bird Outing #118 to Beach Grove
Six intrepid birders (Terry, John, Kay, Lorna, Eleanor and Roger) met at Petra’s this morning to decide on the birding site. The weather was perfect but chilly but warmed up as the day progressed. We started at the Beach Grove elementary school parking area and roamed the adjacent park where we were rewarded with a
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Point Roberts solo #117
The group today was a bit smaller than usual consisting of myself feeling like a birding orphan. Not to be deterred I decided to go across to Point Roberts where, by pure luck, the customs computer chose me for a full scale examination…inside questioning, form filling, and a car search. At lighthouse park the rain
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Boundary Bay dyke in the rain #116
Six intrepid Casual Birders (John, Roger, Lorna, Marg, Rick and Anne) decided to go for a walk in the pouring rain this morning . We were minus Kay, who decided she wasn’t going to get soaking wet, and minus our famous leader Tom who’s off having fun elsewhere. It was my bright idea to go to the dyke since
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DNCB Outing #115 to Reifel Bird Sanctuary
DNCB’s: Thirteen birders (John & Kay, Rick & Marg, Jonathan & Lorraine, Anne & Roger, Lorna & Eleanor, newbies Donna & Deborah and me) enjoyed a cool Monday morning of casual birding on the way to/from and at Reifel Bird Sanctuary. Our destination bird was a Wood Sandpiper and we did not see it. We
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Birds on the Bay Outing in Boundary Bay Park
Almost 50 participants enjoyed a beautiful sunny walk this morning (October 16) in Boundary Bay Regional Park (BBRP). It was a Birds on the Bay event, with Nature Vancouver also joining up with the host Delta Naturalists. We started at historic Cammidge House and walked to the pond at Centennial Beach where one Northern Shoveler was
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Brunswick Point – Outing #113
Eight of us (Rick & Marg, scope-bearer Ron, Lorna, Gord, Sam, son Scott and me) enjoyed a gorgeous Thanksgiving (Canadian) Day morning at Brunswick Point. Our destination bird was the Tropical Kingbird (TKB) which was seen around there since first spotted at Reifel last Tuesday. Since we had some “newbie Cas Birders”, we drove through
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DNCB Outing #112 to UBC Farm & Camosun Bog
Eleven participants (Roger, Lorna, scope bearers Ron & John, Kay, wet camera-less photog Rick & Marg, newbie Lorraine N, Hans, our humble guide Bev and me) enjoyed a wet morning wandering around the diverse habitats of the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Farm. Monday morning traffic from Tsawwassen to UBC was horrendous, so we arrived
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