Delta Naturalists Society

Category: *DNS

• Delta Naturalists Outing to Surrey Bend Regional Park, July 31, 2024

  PHOTO: Swainson’s Thrush by Glen Bodie….. On a rather muggy overcast morning, the group of 7 met at Surrey Bend: Liz and Alan, Bill and Carolyn with son Dan, Susan G and Glen. If you haven’t been to Surrey Bend in a few years you’ll be surprised at how over-grown everything is, especially at this

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  July 31, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, Bewick’s Wren, Brown Creeper, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Red-eyed Vireo, Surrey Bend, Swainson’s Thrush, Western Flycatcher, Western Wood-Pewee, Willow Flycatcher

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Deas Island Regional Park, July 24, 2024

  PHOTO:Wood Ducks by Brian Avent……. On Wednesday morning at 8am a group of 10 started out at Deas Island. Well, a group of 8, and then 2 more came just a little bit late. We were Brian and Louise, Bill and Carolyn, Lee, Richard, David S, Doug B, Margaretha and Glen. We started near the

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  July 24, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Bald Eagle, Bewick’s Wren, Black-headed Grosbeak, Brown Creeper, Common Yellowthroat, Deas Island Regional Park, Gadwall, Great Horned Owl, Hairy Woodpecker, Harbour Seal, Swainson’s Thrush, Western Flycatcher, Western Wood-Pewee, Wood Duck

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Alaksen National Wildlife Area, July 17, 2024

  PHOTO: Eight-spotted Skimmer by Terry Carr….. Fifteen Delta Nats met at Alaksen on our continuing heat wave. From the parking area we saw a Great Blue Heron on a piling in the slough and a family of Brown-headed Cowbirds in the trees. Barn Swallows were stopping in the mud in the slough on the other

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  July 17, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Alaksen NWA, Black-headed Grosbeak, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Willow Flycatcher

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Alaksen National Wildlife Area, July 16, 2024

  PHOTO: Juvenile Barn Swallows by Christine Gaio….. Six DNCBers assembled at the Alaksen parking lot on a beautiful Tuesday morning — Lidia, Margaret, Bob, Dottie, David S. and Christine — where Margaret bravely took on the e-bird listing duty, to everyone else’s relief.  From the lot we strolled through the cedars looking for owls (none

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  July 16, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Alaksen NWA, Brown Creeper, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Marsh Wren

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to the North 40, July 10, 2024

  PHOTO: Cooper’s Hawk by Glen Bodie…. Some of those who skipped the trip to Manning Park on Tuesday came out to the North 40 park on Wednesday – Dottie, Bob and Glen. It was a sunny hot day, but the blast furnace of the last week had started to come back to normal BC temperatures.

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  July 10, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, *Ladner/Tsawwassen, Bald Eagle, Common Yellowthroat, Cooper’s Hawk, North Forty/VWS

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Manning Park, July 9, 2024

  PHOTO: Paintbrush Trail by Terry Carr…. Eleven Delta Nats met at Manning Park Resort on the hottest day of the year. Some had wisely driven up the day before and spent the night there. On the way up some of us stopped near the park entrance to look for Pikas. These little rodents were scurrying

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  July 9, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, *EC Manning Park, Birds, Cascade Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel, Cascade Lookout, Chipping Sparrow, Clark’s Nutcracker, Columbian Ground Squirrel, Lightning Lake, Pika, Spotted Sandpiper, Yellow-pine Chipmunk

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Cypress Provincial Park, July 2, 2024

  PHOTO: Northern Flicker by Terry Carr…. Five Delta Nats met at the lookout on Cypress Mountain on a glorious summer morning. Terry, Lidia, Lorna, Margaret and Christine We did not find the usual collection of birds here but we did have Robins, Juncos, Crows, Ravens and brief views of a Swainson’s Thrush and a Warbling

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  July 2, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Cypress Mountain, Swainson’s Thrush, Townsend’s Warbler

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• Delta Naturalists Birding Trip to 100 Mile House, June 23-27, 2024

  PHOTO: American Coots by Terry Carr…. REPORT BY THEA BECKMAN: Sunday, June 23 – Travel to 108 Golf Resort  Located in the central interior of British Columbia, the Cariboo is an intermontane region sandwiched between the Cariboo Mountains to the east and the Coast Mountains to the west with the Fraser River plateau in between.

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  June 27, 2024

  *100 Mile House, *DNCB, *DNS, *Williams Lake, 108 Golf Resort, 108 Mile Heritage Site, 150 Mile House, Alder Flycatcher, American Avocet, American Dipper, American Kestrel, American Redstart, Bald Eagle, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Belted Kingfisher, Black-billed Magpie, Blue-winged Teal, Bobolink, Bullock’s Oriole, Calliope Hummingbird, Canvasback, Cedar Waxwing, Centennial Park, Chipping Sparrow, Cinnamon Teal, Clay-coloured Sparrow, Cliff Swallow, Common Yellowthroat, Dusky Flycatcher, Eared Grebe, Eastern Kingbird, Elliot Lake, Evening Grosbeak, Gadwall, Graham Lake, Gray Catbird, Hermit Thrush, Horse Lake, Killdeer, Lazuli Bunting, Least Flycatcher, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Long-billed Curlew, Marsh Wren, Merlin, Mission Road, Mountain Bluebird, Mountain Chickadee, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Northern Waterthrush, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Orange-crowned Warbler, Osprey, Pileated Woodpecker, Purple Finch, Red-naped Sapsucker, Red-necked Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Sandhill Crane, Say’s Phoebe, Scout Island Nature Centre, Scout Lake, Sepa Lake, Solitary Sandpiper, Sora, Spotted Sandpiper, Townsend’s Solitaire, Turkey Vulture, Veery, Vesper Sparrow, Virginia Rail, Walker Valley, Warbling Vireo, Watson Lake, Western Flycatcher, Western Kingbird, Western Meadowlark, Western Wood-Pewee, White Pelican, Williams Lake First Nation reserve, Willow Flycatcher, Wilson’s Snipe, Wood Duck, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Yellow-rumped Warbler

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, June 25, 2025

  One Delta Nat scoped the compensation lagoon & spit on a nice sunny balmy day to get closer views of the many Bonaparte’s Gulls in breeding plumage (only one with black head)!Several Whimbrel were foraging amongst the large roosting group of Great Blue Herons.Two Killdeer & three Black Oystercatchers also were present on this tiny land reserve.

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  June 25, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Birds, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Jackman Wetlands, June 19, 2024

  PHOTO: Yellow Warbler by Glen Bodie…. It only takes 2 to make a DNCB group outing – Susan G and Glen. We met at Jackman Wetlands on perhaps the first real warm and sunny summer day this year to see what we could see. Even though there were only 2 pairs of eyeballs at work

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  June 19, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Bewick’s Wren, Black-headed Grosbeak, Brown Creeper, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Jackman Wetlands, Killdeer, Pied-billed Grebe, Pileated Woodpecker, Swainson’s Thrush, Willow Flycatcher, Yellow Warbler

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