Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Hermit Thrush

• DNCB Outing No. 2021-41B to Ladner Harbour Park and Boundary Bay Dyke at 104th, October 13, 2021

  A small contingent of 6 (Pat, Manli, Lidia, Gabriel, Noreen & David) started at the parking lot and walked the road to the start of the Shirley Trail checking the slough for Roger’s Pied-billed Grebe from Tuesday that had been there as we drove in.  It was hidden, but Mallards, a Great Blue Heron, and

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  October 13, 2021

  *DNCB, 104 Street, Bald Eagle, Bewick’s Wren, Black-bellied Plover, Brown Creeper, Dunlin, Eurasian Wigeon, Hermit Thrush, Ladner Harbour Park, Least Sandpiper, Marbled Godwit, Marsh Wren, Pacific Golden Plover, Pacific Wren, Pectoral Sandpiper, Peregrine Falcon, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Ruff, Sanderling, Virginia Rail, Western Sandpiper, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2021-27B to Cypress Provincial Park on July 7, 2021

  Our group of 8 met at the High View lookout. It was cool and windy, and by the time I got there, early for a change, David and Noreen already had an impressive list of 8 or 9 species, including Band-tailed Pigeons, Warbling Vireo, Swainson’s and Hermit Thrush. We managed to increase the list to

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  July 7, 2021

  *DNCB, Band-tailed Pigeon, Brown Creeper, Cypress Mountain, Evening Grosbeak, Hermit Thrush, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Sooty Grouse, Swainson’s Thrush, Townsend’s Warbler, Warbling Vireo, Western Tanager

• DNCB Outing 2019-39 to Iona Regional Park

  THREE Reports this week!!  From Anne Murray, Roger Meyer & Tom Bearss, just back from his golfing trip to Newfoundland. From Tom:  Thirty (Wow!) DNCBers enjoyed another beautiful Wednesday morning of birding in Iona Regional Park.  We saw lots of neat species including shorebirds, warblers (some being banded), raptors and newly-arrived migrant waterfowl; check out

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  September 18, 2019

  *DNCB, Caspian Tern, Hermit Thrush, Hooded Merganser, Iona Beach Regional Park, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Long-billed Dowitcher, Merlin, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pectoral Sandpiper, Peregrine Falcon, River Otter, Western Sandpiper, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2019-28 to Derby Reach Regional Park, Langley

  Twenty-two DNCBers enjoyed an overcast but very comfortable Wednesday morning outing along the Fort to Fort trail in Derby Reach Regional Park. We had a few neat sightings, and lots of good chatter with several newbies and returning world travelers; check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site. Eight of us left Petra’s

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  July 10, 2019

  *DNCB, Cedar Waxwing, Derby Reach, Hermit Thrush, Merlin, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Pileated Woodpecker, Swainson’s Thrush, Western Tanager

• DNCB Outing No. 2018-43 to Reifel Island via Ferry and TFN Lands

  Check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site. Once again we began without our regular leader, Tom, who is basking in the Australian sun while we started the day shivering in the morning cold on the Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty.  Starting at Petra’s with Terry, Mikes 1 and 2, David and Noreen, PB Lorna,

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  October 23, 2018

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Brown Creeper, Cedar Waxwing, Cooper’s Hawk, Hermit Thrush, Long-billed Dowitcher, Pelagic Cormorant, Red-necked Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Ring-necked Duck, Sandhill Crane, Trumpeter Swan, Wilson’s Snipe

• DNCB Outing No. 2018-17 to Ladner Parks

  Photos at our DNCB Flickr site On a gorgeous, hot (record high near 25 degrees) Wednesday morning, eighteen DNCBers visited Beach Grove Park, then several parks in Ladner.  Check out the photo evidence on our Flickr site at: DNCB Flickr site. On leaving Petra’s at 7:30 am before going to Ladner, eight of us decided

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  April 25, 2018

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Beach Grove, Brown Creeper, Great Horned Owl, Hermit Thrush, Ladner Harbour Park, Ladner S.Arm Marsh, Orange-crowned Warbler, Ring-necked Duck, Townsend’s Warbler, Wilson’s Snipe, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-41 to Iona Regional Park & Sewage Lagoons

  See photos at DNCB Flickr site Twenty-seven DNCBers (names listed at the end of this Report) enjoyed a beautiful, sunny autumn morning at Iona Regional Park.  The air was crisp and clear, the mountains were spectacular, and the tide was out.  Early arrivers to the park were rewarded with the sight of a large flock

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  October 11, 2016

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Garter snake, Hermit Thrush, Iona Beach Regional Park, Long-billed Dowitcher, Merlin, Mew Gull, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Pectoral Sandpiper, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Ring-necked Duck, River Otter, Ruddy Duck, Sewage Lagoons, Western Meadowlark, Wilson’s Warbler, Woolly Bear Caterpillar

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-40 to Queen Elizabeth Park

  Fourteen DNCBers spent an overcast but dry and comfortable Tuesday morning wandering around the gorgeous flower beds of Queen Elizabeth Park in downtown Vancouver.  There seemed to be a “fallout” of Warblers in the trees so we had lots of neat sightings; check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site and Roger’s Flickr

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  October 4, 2016

  *DNCB, Cooper’s Hawk, Hermit Thrush, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Northern Harrier, Orange-crowned Warbler, Queen Elizabeth Park, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-29 to Iona & Manning Park

  Report A:  Iona Regional Park Only four of us, Roger, Mike, Chris and I, went to Iona Regional Park last Wednesday while several others (Kirsten, Marion & Jean, plus Pat & Maureen, Manli & Liz) spent the day at Manning Park.  Check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Picasa site.  Kirsten’s Manning Park report

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  July 20, 2016

  *DNCB, *EC Manning Park, American Three-Toed Woodpecker, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Beaver Lodge Wetlands, Blackwall peak, Chipping Sparrow, Clark’s Nutcracker, Columbian Ground Squirrel, Douglas Squirrel, Gray Jay, Hermit Thrush, Iona Beach Regional Park, Least Sandpiper, Merlin, Mule Deer, Pectoral Sandpiper, Pied-billed Grebe, Purple Martin, Semi-palmated Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Spruce Bay Beach, Strawberry Flats, Western Sandpiper, Yellow-pine Chipmunk, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-45 to Stanley Park

  Twenty-four folk spent a cool (10˚ C) but comfortable Tuesday morning wandering around Vancouver’s “jewel”, Stanley Park.  Lots of neat bird, and animal, sightings; check out the photo evidence by Denise (aka Uma), Pat, Terry, Glen and Marion on our DNCB Picasa site. Three carloads left Petra’s at 7:30 a.m. and the morning traffic was

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  November 10, 2015

  Barrow’s Goldeneye, Black Oystercatcher, Harlequin Duck, Hermit Thrush, Lost Lagoon, Pelagic Cormorant, Pied-billed Grebe, Raccoon, Red Crossbill, Red-necked Grebe, River Otter, Second Beach, Stanley Park, Third Beach