Category: Alaksen NWA
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Alaksen National Wildlife Area, July 8, 2026
PHOTO: Red Admiral Butterfly by Bruce Taylor………… 3 of us met in the public lot at Alaksen National Wildlife Area. We were Jeff, Nicki and Bruce. We scanned London Slough and saw some young but almost fully grown Mallards, a Wood Duck and an invasive Red-eared Slider Turtle. We made our way over to the…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Alaksen National Wildlife Area, July 7, 2026
PHOTO: Barred Owl by Jonathan Mwenifumbo……. 14 DNCBers met at Alasksen National Wildlife Area on Westham Island. There were Mallards and Wood Ducks in the slough and Flickers, Robins, Cowbirds and Collared-Doves were perched above it. Near the buildings were Barn Swallows, Cedar Waxwings, Goldfinches, House Sparrows, Song Sparrows, House Finches, Chickadees and Anna’s Hummingbirds.…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Alaksen National Wildlife Area, July 30, 2025
PHOTO: Yellow Warbler by Bruce Taylor…. 11 of us met at the parking lot at Alaksen at 8am. It was a gorgeous sunny morning. We scanned London Slough from the parking lot and saw some Cedar Waxwings, Mallards, Canada Geese and Wood Ducks. We started our walk at the native wildflower garden behind the staff…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Alaksen National Wildlife Area, July 29, 2025
PHOTO: Barred Owl with rodent by Christine Gaio….. 15 DNCBers met at Alaksen National Wildlife Area when the gates opened at 8am – Grace, Christine, Henry, Naoko, Jonathan, Roger, Mike, Susan, Dorothy, Margaret, Connie, Lorna, Lorraine, Douglas and Terry. Alaksen NWA is located next to Reifel Bird Sanctuary and is the location of Environment and…
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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 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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DNCB Outing No. 2023-34B to Alaksen National Wildlife Area, Wed. 13 August, 2023
Where were the birds? We were all there in great numbers: Liz and Alan, Brian and Louise, Warren and Lynne, Anne, Brian R, Jonny Mac, Lee, Lidia, Lindly, Margaret, Marion, Glen and newcomer Joanna Chin who gamely made the whole trip with us on a pair of crutches! Maybe our large number scared off the…
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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. 2022-34A to Alaksen National Wildlife Area, August 23, 2022
Thirteen DNCBers plus Anne Murray’s grandson, Matthew, met at Alaksen National Wildlife Area on Westham Island. We had to wait until the gate opened at 9am. The thirteen were Anne, John, Jacquie, Lee, Dottie, Bob, Lorna, Mike, Rogers 1&2, Jonathan, Lorraine and Terry. Matthew kept us on our toes with questions and comments. There were…
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-35B to Alaksen on September 1, 2021
Noreen and I started at the Ferry Causeway about 07:45, and although we did not see the Brown Pelicans, we saw 12 species including the noisy Black Oystercatchers and Caspian Terns. About 08:45 we headed to Alaksen to meet up with the rest. A group of 10 intrepid birders (**see below) gathered at the Alaksen…
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