Category: Eastern Kingbird
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Sturgeon Slough & Pitt Lake, June 17, 2026
PHOTO: Common Yellowthroat by Colin Huggett……… Colin and Stephanie were joined by new member Dawne for an early Wednesday outing at Sturgeon Slough. Weather was coolish with intermittent clouds and a bit of a breeze, so good birding conditions. Following Terry’s suggestion we explored the east side of the dyke first and Dawne quickly spotted…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Sturgeon Slough & Pitt Lake, June 16, 2026
PHOTO: Bald Eagle & Bullock’s Oriole by Terry Carr……. Seven DNCBers met at Sturgeon Slough in Pitt Meadows – Terry, Mei, Margaret, Lorna, Lindly, Dottie, Bob. The telephone poles were covered with Starlings. A bird on the top of a distant tree on the east side of the road turned out to be a Lazuli…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Colony Farm, May 27, 2026
PHOTO: Lazuli Bunting by Bruce Taylor……. Nine Delta Nats set out to explore Colony Farms on a beautiful sunny morning. We immediately walked across the road to look for the Lazuli Bunting which luckily was seen in short order as it flitted around an area down a short path. After finding our main target we…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Colony Farm, May 26, 2026
PHOTO: L azuli Bunting by Christine Gaio…. Seven DNCBers met at Colony Farm Regional Park in Coquitlam. The weather forecast said that the rain would stop before 8 AM – but it did not. It was steady rain to begin with but there were breaks later. We started along the path towards the works yard…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Sturgeon Slough, Pitt Meadows, June 18, 2025
A very early start to avoid rush hour and an impending rain storm resulted in a very pleasant and successful bird outing for one DNS member! Despite the looming rain clouds many birds were singing and showing up on my two hour walk along Katzie Marsh trail and the drive past Catbird Slough where I stopped…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Sturgeon Slough, Pitt Meadows, June 17, 2025
PHOTO: Lazuli Bunting by Christine Giao…. 13 DNCBers met at Sturgeon Slough in Pitt Meadows – Margaret, Lee, Bryce, Christine, Connie, Carolyn, Bill, Lidia, Mike, Freddie, Claude, Roger & Terry. The east side of the road was very birdy – Cedar Waxwings, Willow Flycatcher, Hairy Woodpecker, Tree Swallows and a gorgeous Lazuli Bunting that Christine…
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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 Outing to Sturgeon Slough, June 12, 2024
PHOTO: Yellow-breasted Chat by Terry Carr…. 13 indomitable Casual Birders gathered at Rannie Road in the Pitt Valley at 8:50am for our walk to Sturgeon Slough. It was cloudy, but the rain held off. Rannie Road intersects with Ladner Road just south of here, so our local-area Ladner family must have had relatives that built…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Colony Farm, June 5, 2024
PHOTO: Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee on Dandelion by Terry Carr….. The Tuesday outing was cancelled because of rain so a combination of Tuesday and Wednesday birders made a group of 20 who met at what was formerly called Colony Farm Regional Park in Coquitlam. Those of us from south of the Fraser were delayed by an…
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DNCB Outing No. 2023-25B to Sturgeon Slough, Pitt Meadows, June 21, 2023
An enthusiastic group of 16 gathered at the Sturgeon Slough overpass on Rannie Road just after the Summer Solstice (07:56) – Brian & Louise, Colin & Stephanie, Chris, Jim, Glen, Lidia, Terry, Mike, Russel, Roger, Lindly, Marion, Noreen and David. Bryan DeB joined later to make 17. The Tuesday outing had been cancelled due to…
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