Category: Hooded Merganser
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-52B to Boundary Bay Dyke from 72nd to 64th, December 28, 2022
After weeks of winter’s wrath, the Gods of Birdwatching struck a truce with their colleagues over at the weather department and blessed our group with a partly sunny morning. There were 15 of us in total (from left to right): Dave, Lorna, Glen, Rosemary, Thea (yours truly), Mike, Noreen, Chris, Margaretha, Jim, Grant, Terry, Roger,
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Ladner Christmas Bird Count (East Tsawwassen Area), December 18, 2022
Our team for Area I included five walking groups and one feeder watch. Terry Carr counted the waterfowl on the ponds at the Beach Grove golf course; Liz and Alan Stewart and Joe Stephenson surveyed the interior of Boundary Bay Park, David Hoar, Noreen Rudd and Margaretha Schramm did the shoreline areas of the park,
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-49C to Boundary Bay Dyke at 72nd, December 8, 2022
Thursday December 8, a tiny contingent of six Delta Naturalists (Dirk, Syd, Margaretha, Liz W, Roger, and myself) went to 72nd dyke to look for the Mountain Bluebird as reported on Metro Vancouver’s Rare Bird Alert Monday Dec. 5. We were fortunate to see a bright vibrant blue male feeding close to the dyke 200 metres east of
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-41B to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Reifel & Ladner, October 12, 2022
Thea asked me to write this report this week and she also said that she wouldn’t be at the Ferry Causeway. I showed up at the causeway just before 8. It was a beautiful morning with the unjust rising, the tide in and a very calm sea. It was also very lonely. There was one
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DNCB Outing No. 40B to Burnaby Lake, October 5, 2022
Another aberrantly warm October morning dawned on Vancouver, enticing 13 birders to the ever-popular Burnaby Lake Regional Park: Brian, Louise, Gabriele, Margaretha, Glen, Jacquie, Kirsten, Lee, Margaret, Marion, Stephanie, and Thea and her guest, Catherine. Here, a 12,000-year-old glacial lake sprawls across 770 acres of land that, together with the surrounding deciduous and fir forests,
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-34B to Alaksen National Wildlife Area, August 24, 2022
Fourteen enthusiastic birders gathered as the gates opened and headed west down the cedar-lined road looking for owls. Although we had no luck, sometime after we passed, a Barred Owl did pose for some photographers in the farthest west trees, something we learned at the end of our walk. Thea also found a fairly ancient
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-32A to Jackman Wetlands, August 9, 2022
Twelve DNCBers met at Jackman Wetlands on 272nd St in Langley. We were pleased to see New Yorkers Carolyn and Bill who are once again staying in Point Roberts. The others were David, Noreen, Lidia, John, Lindly, Jacquie, Lee, Dottie, Bob, Margaret, Mike and Terry. Jackman Wetlands, a former landfill site, now has paths, ponds
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-23B to Colony Farm Regional Park, June 8, 2022
Eight keen birders congregated in the carpark near the Community Gardens at Colony Farm: Brian and Louise, Jim, Kirsten, Marion, Rayme, Thea (lead), and Chris (author). A good group, with a number with excellent birding skills. Brian, Louise, and Thea spotted a pair of Turkey Vultures before others arrived. We started on the annual “Lazuli
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-23A to Colony Farm Regional Park, June 7, 2022
Nine DNCBers met at Colony Farm Regional Park in Coquitlam on a lovely warm sunny morning – Roger 1, Mike, Lorna, Lidia, Dottie, Bob, Jacquie, Lori and Terry. Anna’s Hummingbirds and Cedar Waxwings were seen by the parking lot at the community gardens. We headed for the path below the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital, where Lazuli
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