Category: *DNCB
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2010-20 DNCB Outing No. 89: Birthday walk at Brunswick Point
Casual Birding outing #89 Hans, Lorna, Val and rookie Linda Halls joined me on Monday morning on an outing along the dike at Brunswick Point. It was chilly, a bit overcast and the tide was out further than we would have liked. Reports of 100,000+ shorebirds at Brunswick was our destination, and lots of them
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DNCB Outing No. 88 to Beach Grove & Boundary Bay dyke
Casual Birding #88 Six birders (Hans-Ulf, Val, Lorna, Jim, rookie Annie and me) spent a pleasant morning at Beach Grove Park in Tsawwassen and a bit of time at the dike on Boundary Bay. Our destination bird was the Great Horned Owl, and we were happily entertained by the parents and their two fuzzy young
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Spring Birds on the Bay
On a gorgeous Wednesday morning, April 14, eleven people participated in the first Spring “Birds on the Bay” Casual Birding Outing at Boundary Bay Park in Tsawwassen. We started, and finished, our walk at historic Cammidge House, where a few White-crowned Sparrows were foraging in the house’s surrounding gardens. Several adult and juvenile Bald Eagles
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Alaksen NWA ~ Casual Birding outing # 87
John & Kay, Lorna and Jim joined me this morning on an outing to Alaksen CWS (Canadian Wildlife Service) Wildlife Refuge. On the way there, we stopped at the Tsatsu Shores Heronry where we found the “guardian” Bald Eagle’s nest among the 400 Great Blue Heron nests. Dad was roosting nearby and made the shift
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Serpentine Fen
Casual Birding #86 Ten participants (I like to list them because they love to see their names in print: Roger with Hans-Ulf, rookies Jonathan & Lorraine and Eleanor in his car, and John & Kay, Lorna and Jim with me) spent a chilly but pleasant Easter Monday morning at Serpentine Fen in Surrey. We had
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Iona and Terra Nova
Attack pheasant on Casual Birding Outing #85 Five of us (John & Kay, Lorna, Val and me) enjoyed a weird morning of birding at Iona then Terra Nova Park in Richmond. It was raining at 8:30 a.m., then on departure from Petra’s at 9:00 a.m. it was sunny with not a cloud in the sky.
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Great Blue Herons at Roberts Bank
Casual Birding #84 Nine participants (Roger, Hans-Ulf, Val, Gord, Lorna, Eleanor (aka the “second Mary” in my Saturday Birds-on-the-Bay report), John & Kay and me) enjoyed a gorgeous Monday morning of birding at the Tsa-Tsu Shores Heronry, Reynold’s Farm on Westham Island and Reifel Bird Sanctuary. The number of nesting Great Blue Herons at the
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Winter Birds on the Bay
On a gorgeous Saturday morning, March 20, Delta Naturalists’ Society hosted the last “Winter Birds on the Bay” Casual Birding outing in Boundary Bay Park in Tsawwassen. We had 35 participants who began, and finished, the 2 ½ hour walk at historic Cammidge House. We had an auspicious start as an immature Bald Eagle posed
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Watershed Park Casual Birding outing #82
Six participants (John & Kay, Lorna, Val, Hans-Ulf and me) spent an enjoyable morning at a new destination for all of us, Watershed Park in North Delta. This large forest park along the North Delta escarpment is managed by Delta Corporation. There are many well-groomed trails (for people, horses and mountain bikes) among the tall,
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Iona Sewage Lagoon ~ Casual Birding #81
Eight of us (Jim, John & Kay, Lorna, Eleanor, Terry, Gord and me) spent a pleasant morning of birding at the Iona Sewage Lagoons and Park. As we passed the airport, a dark morph Red-tailed Hawk was perched on the fence. The tide was out, but lots of Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, American Wigeon, Mallards
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