Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Centennial Beach

• BBRP Fall Nest Box Review

  Photos by Terry Carr Click on any photo to see large version More photos on the DNCB Picasa site (Oct. 21 and Nov. 7, 2014). On October 21, Roger and Terry opened 18 of our 31 nest boxes in Boundary Bay Regional Park.  On November 7, Roger, Mike and Terry opened the rest.  These nest

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  November 7, 2014

  *DNCB, BBRP, Centennial Beach

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-38 to 104th St. on BBRP Trail

  Our outing to 104th St. on the BBRP dike trail was very abbreviated as it rained very heavily.  Surprisingly, we started with 12 folk, Ken B, WR Al & Pauline, newbies Liz Walker and her son, Mike B, Marylile & Rob, Otto and me.  The Wimps left after our target bird, the Ash-throated Flycatcher, refused

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  September 24, 2014

  *DNCB, 104 Street, American Pipit, BBRP, Black-bellied Plover, Cackling Goose, Centennial Beach, Greater White-fronted Goose, Long-billed Dowitcher

• DNCB Birds on the Bay Outing No. 2014-36 in Boundary Bay Regional Park

  We had another gorgeous Wednesday morning as almost 30 folk (actually 26), including several Newbies, left Cammidge House (CH) at 9:00 a.m. on our quarterly Birds on the Bay (BOTB) outing in Boundary Bay Regional Park.  Lots of hi-lites including a Wilson’s Snipe, some Warblers and Shorebirds with the climax a delectable array of goodies

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  September 10, 2014

  *DNCB, American Pipit, BBRP, Birds-on-the-Bay, Centennial Beach, Least Sandpiper, Northern Harrier, Semi-palmated Sandpiper, Wilson’s Snipe

• Fathers Day Pancake Breakfast at Centennial Beach BBRP

  The Boundary Bay Park Association (BBPA) held its 14th Annual Fathers Day Pancake Breakfast at Centennial Beach on Sunday, June 15.  Delta Nats had lots of representation on hand along with BBPA members, several being members of both organizations.  We were: Jim Kneesch, Joyce Manary, Elizabeth Perrin, Geof & Jean Hacker, Don & Rochelle Farquhar, Roberta

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  June 15, 2014

  *BBPA, *DNCB, BBRP, Centennial Beach, Father’s Day

• Delta Nats Barn Owl Box Report

  Our two Barn Owl Boxes in Boundary Bay and North 40 Parks were checked this March and neither was occupied.  However, there were positive signs. Photos, and videos, by Roger Meyer Click on any photo to see larger version Boundary Bay Barn Owl Box On Friday, March 14, I joined Metro Vancouver’s Lynden Mager and

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  March 27, 2014

  *DNS, Bald Eagle, Barn Owl Box, BBRP, Centennial Beach, Cooper’s Hawk, North Forty/VWS

• DNCB “Birds on the Bay” Outing No. 2014-10 in BBRP

  Photos by Terry Carr (TC), Jonathan Mwenifumbo (JM) & Marion Shikaze (MS) A huge group of about 35 nature lovers enjoyed a brilliant Wednesday morning walk in Boundary Bay Regional Park on Delta Nats quarterly Birds on the Bay event.  A few neat sightings, a lot of chat-bonding, and a finale of some scrumptious grub,

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  March 12, 2014

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, BBRP, Birds-on-the-Bay, Cammidge House, Centennial Beach, Cooper’s Hawk, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk

• Spring Preparation of Delta Nats BBRP Bird Boxes

  Photos by Donna Thomson (DT), Roger Meyer (RM), Terry Carr (TC) & Peter Ward (PW) Nine committed Delta Nats showed up at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 25 at the 12th St. parking lot of BBRP to assist in the Spring Preparation of our 30 Bird Boxes in the Park.  It was a gorgeous, sunny

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  February 25, 2014

  *DNCB, BBRP, Centennial Beach, Nestbox

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-50 to Boundary Bay Dike Path, and the Barn Owl Box Installation at BBRP

  Photos by Glen Bodie (GB), Terry Carr (TC), Bill Denham (BD) & Ken Borrie (KB) Sixteen plus DNCBers enjoyed a very pleasant Monday morning in Boundary Bay Regional Park (BBRP) along the path between 64th and 72nd Streets.  Hi-lites included Snowy and Long-eared Owls, American Tree Sparrows and other neat stuff.  Check out the photos

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  December 16, 2013

  American Tree Sparrow, Barn Owl Box, BBRP, Black-bellied Plover, Centennial Beach, Eurasian Wigeon, Long-eared Owl, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Snowy Owl

• DNCB “Birds on the Bay” outing No. 2013-49 in Boundary Bay Regional Park

  Click on photo to enlarge photos by Terry Carr (TC), Glen Bodie (GB) & Roger Meyer (RM) Over 20 folk participated in one way or another in our quarterly Birds on the Bay (BOTB) outing in Boundary Bay Regional Park (BBRP) on Wednesday, December 11.  The weather was cool and clear, the Bay unusually covered

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  December 11, 2013

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, BBRP, Birds-on-the-Bay, Cammidge House, Centennial Beach, Cooper’s Hawk, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Wilson’s Snipe

• BBRP Fall Nest Box Review

  On Tuesday, October 8, Peter Ward, Terry Carr and I spent more than 3 hours trudging through swamp and blackberry bushes in Boundary Bay Regional Park (BBRP) to check our Delta Nats Nesting boxes.  Fortunately, it was a beautiful morning/afternoon.  I updated our Nestbox Chart (see attached BBRP-Nestbox-Chart- Oct 2013) with the results of our

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  October 8, 2013

  Barn Owl Box, BBRP, Centennial Beach