Delta Naturalists Society

Category: 104 Street

• DNCB Outing No: 2012-48 From Beach Grove Lagoon to 104th Street

  With a beautiful sunny morning it was no surprise that  there was an 800% increase in members turning out over last week’s dismal performance.  Eight of us, Lorna, Mike, Marion, Brian and Janet, Gerhard, Terry, and Roger, left Petra’s for the foot of 12th Ave to survey  the lagoon.  Right away, in the parking lot,

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  November 7, 2012

  *DNCB, 104 Street, 12 Avenue, 72 Street, American Kestrel, Beach Grove, Boundary Bay, Cooper’s Hawk, Long-eared Owl, Northern Harrier, Peregrine Falcon, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Short-eared Owl, Tropical Kingbird

• DNCB Outing No. 2012-41 to the Boundary Bay Dike Path at 104th to the Mansion

  Twelve DNCB participants enjoyed a sunny Wednesday morning walk on the dike path between 104th Ave. and the “mansion” near 96th Ave in Boundary Bay Regional Park (BBRP).  Hi-lites were: lots of American Pipits, Peregrine Falcon, several Sparrow species and hundreds of newly arrived Ducks and Shorebirds.  Check out photos on our Picasa site – see

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  September 19, 2012

  *DNCB, 104 Street, 96 Street, Bald Eagle, Boundary Bay, Cooper’s Hawk, Peregrine Falcon

• DNCB Outing No. 2011-38 to Blackie Spit, 104th Street and the North Forty

  Eleven birders (Lorna, Mike, Eleanor, Gerhard, Roger, Terry, Alan, Lorraine & Jonathan and Sam) joined me at Blackie Spit in South Surrey then on the dike between 104th and 88th Streets and then finishing the morning at the North Forty Park behind Boundary Bay Airport.  It was a fine sunny morning, tide coming in, and

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  September 19, 2011

  *DNCB, 104 Street, 96 Street, Blackie Spit, Long-billed Curlew, Marbled Godwit, Merlin, North Forty/VWS, Scrub Jay

• DNCB Outing No. 2011-33 to Boundary Bay Dike

  Nine participants (Roger & Mike, Rick & Marg, Hans & Gerhard, Alan & Lorna and me) enjoyed a gorgeous Wednesday morning along the Boundary Bay dike path between 104th and 88th Streets.  Hi-lites were a Western Tanager, Peregrine Falcons, a “white-winged” Crow, lots of “distant” Shorebirds, and the Plum and Blackberry Lunch at the North

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  August 17, 2011

  104 Street, 72 Street, 88 Street, Boundary Bay, Cooper’s Hawk, North Forty/VWS, Northern Harrier, Peregrine Falcon, Western Tanager

• DNCB Outing #2011-9 South Delta Ramble

  Monday morning was sunny, relatively warm, and looked like the start of a great day for birding.  Only five intrepid birders showed up at Petra’s; Lorna, Anne, Rick, Marg and Roger and we were all able to fit in Anne’s van.  We started at the foot of the Tsawwassen ferry causeway hoping to find the Willet

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  February 28, 2011

  *DNCB, 104 Street, 96 Street

• DNCB Outing #59 to Boundary Bay

  We had 10 participants this morning on our DNCB outing along the dike, first at 72nd Street, then at 104th Street.  It was a bit overcast, but mild and the tide was fairly high and receding.  We drove the back roads by the farmers’ fields and the fast developing South Fraser Perimeter Road (SFPM) construction.  Lots of

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  October 19, 2009

  *DNCB, 104 Street, 72 Street, Bald Eagle, Black-bellied Plover, Dunlin, Merlin, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Yellow-rumped Warbler