Category: Burnaby Lake
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Burnaby Lake & Como Lake, November 4, 2025
PHOTO: Amanita muscaria by Chris McVittie… 9 Delta Nats met at the Piper Avenue entrance to Burnaby Lake Regional Park – Chris, Christine, Lidia, Margaret, Dorothy, Terry, TK, Glen and Connie. Once again traffic was terrible for those of us coming from south of the Fraser. But it was a glorious fall day. There was
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Burnaby Lake, March 18, 2025
PHOTO: Wood Ducks by Pat Smart…. 9 DNCBers met at Piper Spit in Burnaby Lake Regional Park on a cold sunny morning – Roger, Lindly, Lidia, Pat, Lorna, Connie, Mike, Alan and Terry. There was the usual collection of ducks on and by the water – Mallards, Wood Ducks, Scaup, Green-winged Teal, Northern Pintail, Bufflehead
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Burnaby Lake Regional Park, October 2, 2024
PHOTO: Long-billed Dowitchers by Glen Bodie…… A great day for birding at Burnaby Lake – cool and mostly sunny – mist on the lake at the start and shedding layers by the end. Even some messy traffic congestion wasn’t enough to make too many of us too late for a 9am start. We were 15
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Burnaby Lake, March 6, 2024
PHOTO: Long-billed Dowitchers by Glen Bodie…… It didn’t matter that some snow was falling in Tsawwassen … we were going to Burnaby! It looked cold but actually felt warmer than the thermometer said, and the sun came in and out all morning. Lorna, Lindly, Brian and Glen did our normal route, and we were lucky
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Burnaby Lake, March 5, 2024
PHOTO: Red-tailed Hawk by Terry Carr….. Ten Delta Nats battled traffic and construction to meet at the Burnaby Lake Nature House. Although it was very cold when we arrived it was clear and the sun soon warmed things up. David, Noreen, Terry, Dottie, Jacquie, Christine, Colin, Lidia, Margaret and Bob (not in the photo). Christine
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Burnaby Lake, March 2, 2024
PHOTO: Wood Ducks by Grant Edwards… Six Delta Nats assembled at the Piper Spit entrance to Burnaby Lake Regional Park under unsettled skies. In the group photo from left to right are Grant, Thea, Nicki, Bruce, Nishanth and taking the photo Nadine. It was great to see new member Nishanth as he is the person
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DNCB Outing No. 2023-10B to Burnaby Lake, March 8, 2023
Those of us from south of the Fraser were reminded again why we’re glad not to be commuting in to the city every day! But these 11 were all glad to be at Burnaby Lake today – David and Noreen, Warren and Lynn, Colin and Stephanie, Marion, Pat, Susan, Lindly and Glen. The sun was
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DNCB Outing No. 2023-10A to Burnaby Lake, March 7, 2023
Twelve birders met at Burnaby Lake – Jacquie, Margaret, Bob, Dottie, Deems, Grant, Lorna, Lidia, Herb, Terry, Mike and Roger. Although we passed through showers on the drive, there was no rain in the park. In fact the sun came out as we walked the trails. Near the Nature House were Black-capped Chickadees, Song Sparrows,
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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. 2022-40A to Burnaby Lake, October 4, 2022
After battling heavy traffic on another gorgeous morning, 13 DNCBers met at Burnaby Lake – David, Noreen, Lidia, Lori, Pat, Chris, Dottie, Bob, Nick, Lorna, Roger, Mike, and Terry. On Piper Spit were Wood Ducks, Mallards, Green-winged Teal, Canada Geese, American Coots and Long-billed Dowitchers. David identified at least one Short-billed Dowitcher by studying its
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