Delta Naturalists Society

Category: North Forty/VWS

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-19B to North 40 Park Reserve, May 11, 2022

  It was a relatively small group of birders that showed up at North 40 Park Reserve on this warm, spring morning. They were Margarita, Gabriele, Colin, Stephanie, Roger, and Thea (your intrepid albeit clueless leader). The sun was valiantly competing against the clouds, and I had to shed two layers before we struck out; a

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  May 11, 2022

  Bald Eagle, Bewick’s Wren, Common Yellowthroat, Great Horned Owl, North Forty/VWS, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2021-51 to North 40 Park Reserve and 72nd St Dyke, December 21, 2021

  Thirteen DNCBers enjoyed a cold, dry outing to the North 40 Park Reserve on 72nd St and the dyke at the end of 72nd St. The 13 were Warren, Lynne, Colin, Stephanie, Jonathan, Lorraine, Mike B1, John, Pat, Manli, Thea, Bryan D and Terry. The paved streets of the former military wireless station meant that

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  December 21, 2021

  72 Street, Bald Eagle, Boundary Bay, Brown Creeper, Great Horned Owl, Marsh Wren, North Forty/VWS, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Varied Thrush

• DNCB Outing No. 2021-47A to Brunswick Point & North 40/VWS, November 23, 2021

  Twelve people met at Brunswick Point on Tuesday. It was clear but cold, and very windy with whitecaps on the river. The wind kept most birds hidden, but we did have some good sightings. A Merlin sped by the parking area. Several Northern Harriers were patrolling both sides of the dyke, and there were Eagles

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  November 23, 2021

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black-bellied Plover, Brown Creeper, Brunswick Point, Cedar Waxwing, Dunlin, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Merlin, North Forty/VWS, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Trumpeter Swan

• 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 Outing No. 2014-9 to Delta Heritage AirPark and North Forty Park

  Eleven hardy, or silly, DNCBers spent a miserable, rainy Monday morning walking the dike path at Delta Heritage AirPark (104th St.) and then in the North Forty “Dog” Park (near Boundary Bay Airport).  Check out the photo evidence when Roger posts them with this Report on our Blog soon. Seven of us (Roger with Mike,

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  March 3, 2014

  *DNCB, 104 Street, Bald Eagle, Barn Owl Box, Delta Heritage AirPark, North Forty/VWS, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk

• Barn Owl Box installed in North Forty Park

  Peter Ward, Terry Carr, Roger Meyer and I installed a Delta Nats Barn Owl Nesting Box in the North Forty Park on Tuesday, October 8.  Peter and Ken Hall had originally constructed the box for Delta Nats to install in Boundary Bay Regional Park (BBRP), but it did not meet Metro Vancouver’s standards for Barn

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  October 8, 2013

  Barn Owl Box, North Forty/VWS

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-21 to the North Forty Park

  Photos by Jonathan, Terry & Ken click on any photo to see larger version DNCB at North Forty monkey tree Fourteen (one more than our usual Lucky 13) DNCBers had a fun but overcast Wednesday morning at the North Forty Park behind Boundary Bay Airport.  We were: Roger, PB Lorna, Mike, Kay, Bryan & Janet,

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  May 29, 2013

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Great Horned Owl, North Forty/VWS, Red-tailed Hawk

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-7 to the North Forty and Kings Links Golf Course

  Eight hardy DNCBers (Roger, Sheila, Donna, Marion, Bryan & Janet, chauffeur Gerhard and me) braved the crappy weather this morning (Monday) on an outing to the North Forty “dog-walk” Park, Kings Links Golf Course and then the dike overlooking Boundary Bay at the end of 72nd Street.  Hi-lites included a Rough-legged Hawk, Peregrine Falcon, Northern Shrike

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  February 18, 2013

  *DNCB, 72 Street, Bald Eagle, North Forty/VWS, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Peregrine Falcon, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Snowy Owl

• DNCB Outing No. 2012-27 to the North Forty and Blackie Spit

  Eleven participants (Terry C, Anne M, Eleanor C, Peggy K, Gerhard L, Mike B, Deborah T, Eric L, Ken B. & Anne A come lately, and me, plus Annie K and Eileen who left for coffee before we arrived at Blackie Spit) enjoyed some decent birding on a spitting rain day at the North Forty

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  June 13, 2012

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Blackie Spit, Dunsmuir Gardens, Hudsonian Whimbrel, North Forty/VWS

• DNCB Outing No. 2012-21 to the North Forty Park

  Nineteen insatiable birders showed up on a rainy Wednesday morning at Beach Grove Park and then the “North 40” (aka the war-time air base and Vancouver Wireless Station from 1941 to 1971 when it closed).  We were: Roger M, Mike B, Kay G, Eleanor C, Hamilton Lyle, Ken & Anne, Judy K and Sis, Bryan

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  May 2, 2012

  *DNCB, Beach Grove, Great Horned Owl, Merlin, North Forty/VWS