Category: *Ladner/Tsawwassen
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DNCB Outing No. 2016-49: Boundary Bay Dike – 104th Street to the Mansion
Photos by Roger Meyer (RM), Terry Carr (TC), Jack MacDonald (JMacD), Chris McVittie (CMcV), Brian Avent (BA), David Hoar (DH), Glen Bodie (GB). More photos at our DNCB Flickr site. By daybreak the snow had abated, but the roads were icy and it took 20 minutes to clear the car windows. However, the main roads…
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DNCB Birds on the Bay Outing No. 2016-37 in Boundary Bay Regional Park
Under gorgeous sunshine this morning, we had more than 30 participants in our quarterly Birds on the Bay (BOTB) outing in Boundary Bay Regional Park (BBRP). Check out photos (soon I hope) on our new DNCB Flickr site. Also see this report and earlier reports and Delta Nats info on our website. At 9:00 am,…
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DNCB Outing No. 2016-36 on Boundary Bay Dike at 104th St.
Twenty-three (wow) DNCBers enjoyed a walk on the mud and the path at the 104th St. entrance to the Boundary Bay dike path. Lots of migrants in the Bay and we had some good sightings on a cloudy but comfortable Wednesday morning. Check out photo evidence on our new DNCB Group Flickr site at: https://www.flickr.com/search/?group_id=3027315%40N23&text=2016-36&view_all=1.…
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Starry Night at Deas Island Park & Ladner Animal Expo at Memorial Park
Delta Nats: Your fantastic DNS Display Team had our hands-on, educational and very popular Display at two events this past weekend. We participated in Metro Vancouver’s annual Starry Night at Deas Island Park on Saturday evening, August 20, then again on Sunday, August 21 in the annual Ladner Animal Expo at Memorial Park. The weather…
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DNCB Birds-on-the-Bay Outing No. 2016-23 in Boundary Bay Regional Park
About 25 participants, including lots of Newbies, enjoyed our quarterly Birds on the Bay (BOTB) outing this morning in Boundary Bay Regional Park (BBRP). There are not a plethora of birds in BBRP in June, it being nesting time and wintering Shorebirds and Waterfowl have gone to their northern, inland or Arctic nesting grounds, but…
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DNCB Outing No. 2016-13 to Brunswick Point
About 17 DNCBers enjoyed a gorgeous Tuesday morning along the Brunswick Point (BP) Trail. Check out the beaut photos by Terry, Liz, Glen, Pat and Pascale on our DNCB Picasa site. Five of us left Petra’s at 8:00 a.m. (note new time next Wednesday is 7:30 a.m.) and stopped at the Tsatsu Heronry where the…
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DNCB Birds on the Bay Outing No. 2016-10 in Boundary Bay Regional Park
more photos by Jim (JK), Glen (GB), Pat (PS) on the DNCB Picasa site. Almost 30 folk (see 29 names at end) enjoyed a dry but windy quarterly Birds on the Bay outing in Boundary Bay Regional Park (BBRP) yesterday (Wednesday). Not a lot of birds seen, but a few neat species, and a super…
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Bird Nest Box Report- BBRP & Earthwise
This morning (March 3) seven Delta Nats cleaned and closed all our Bird Nest Boxes at Boundary Bay Regional Park, plus the box behind Geof & Jean Hackers home. It was overcast and spit rain occasionally, but we split into three groups and the task was done in less than an hour. Terry and Mike…
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DNCB Outing No. 2016-1 to Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty, Ladner Fields and Alaksen WMA
Only five DNCBers ventured out in the rain yesterday (Tuesday) on a “revised” local outing to the Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, through Ladner Farmers’ fields to Alaksen Wildlife Management Area (WMA) on Westham Island. We postponed our scheduled outing to Bowen Island because of the inclement forecast. Although the weather was crappy, it wasn’t too uncomfortable…
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