Delta Naturalists Society

Category: *Ladner/Tsawwassen

• 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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  March 3, 2016

  *DNCB, BBRP, Centennial Beach

• 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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  January 5, 2016

  *DNCB, Alaksen NWA, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Dunlin, Harlequin Duck, Pelagic Cormorant, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, TFN, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-48 to Sunnyside Acres Urban Forest Park, Surrey

  Twenty-three DNCBers spent our weekly Tuesday morning outing at Boundary Bay (104th St.), Elgin Heritage Park, Blackie Spit (BS), and then toured Sunnyside Acres Urban Forest Park with Dr. Roy Strang.  It was a chilly but rain-free morning with a few neat sightings and an interesting and informative Walk in the Woods with Roy.  Check

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  December 1, 2015

  *DNCB, 104 Street, Bald Eagle, Black-bellied Plover, Boundary Bay, Red-tailed Hawk, Sunnyside Acres Urban Forest

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-37 to Boundary Bay and Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  About 25 folk participated in various aspects of Wednesday’s “erratic” DNCB outing to Boundary Bay at 104th and 96th Streets, then Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  This was the alternate destination as our Mt. Baker outing (poor weather) was postponed to next Wednesday, Sept. 23.  There is some super photo evidence on our DNCB Picasa site. Seven

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  September 16, 2015

  104 Street, 96 Street, American Golden-Plover, American Pipit, Bald Eagle, Bank Swallow, Boundary Bay, Caspian Tern, Dunlin, House Wren, Least Sandpiper, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Merlin, Northern Harrier, Orange-crowned Warbler, Red-tailed Hawk, Redhead, Reifel, Sandhill Crane, Sora, Virginia Rail, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB “Birds on the Bay” Outing No. 2015-36 in Boundary Bay Regional Park

  Photos by Tony (TM), Terry (TC), Marion (MS), Jim (JK), Glen (GB) & Pascale & Alberto (P&A) more photos at DNCB Picasa site Almost 40 folk (Wow!) from all over the BC Lower Mainland participated in our Delta Naturalists’ quarterly “Birds on the Bay (BOTB)” outing in Boundary Bay Regional Park (BBRP) on Wednesday (this

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  September 9, 2015

  *DNCB, BBRP, Birds-on-the-Bay, Centennial Beach, Least Sandpiper, Merlin, Northern Harrier

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-26 to Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  Sixteen patriotic DNCBers spent Canada Day morning, first on the dike at Boundary Bay, then at our Mecca, Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  It was another gorgeous Summer day in Delta with some interesting sightings.  Check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Picasa site. Only five men (Roger, Terry, Gerhard, Hans and me) were at Petra’s

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  July 1, 2015

  *DNCB, 96 Street, Blue-winged Teal, Cinnamon Teal, Eastern Kingbird, Reifel, Ruff, Sand Wasp, Sandhill Crane

• DNCB Birds on the Bay Outing No. 2015-23 in Boundary Bay Regional Park

  Photos by Glen (GB), Ken (KB), Jim (JK), Terry (TC), Pascale & Alberto (P&A) at DNCB Picasa site About 33 folk enjoyed a glorious Wednesday morning on our quarterly DNCB “Birds on the Bay” outing at Boundary Bay Regional Park (BBRP).  Although bird sightings were at a premium, there were some pretty flower sightings, beautiful

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  June 10, 2015

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, BBRP, Birds-on-the-Bay, Cammidge House, Centennial Beach

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-10 “Birds on the Bay” Event in Boundary Bay Regional Park

  Photos by Terry (TC), Glen (GB), Liz (LS), Ken (KB) and Pascale & Alberto (P&A) on DNCB Picasa site About 30 “casual” birders (see names at end) spent a very enjoyable 2 1/2 hour ramble around Boundary Bay Regional Park (BBRP) on an overcast but dry and comfortable Wednesday morning.  This was our Delta Nats

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  March 11, 2015

  Bald Eagle, BBRP, Birds-on-the-Bay, Centennial Beach, Eurasian Wigeon, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike

• DNCB Outing 2015-5 to Ferry Causeway & Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  Photos by Liz (LS), Terry (TC), Jim (JK), David M (DM), Tony (TM), and Roger (RM). Twenty-one DNCBers enjoyed a bountiful birding morning, 56 years after the “Day the Music Died”, at our “Mecca” Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  Hi-lites included rarities Harris’s and Swamp Sparrows, Northern Saw-whet and Great Horned Owls, three Wren species, and lots

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  February 3, 2015

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Barred Owl, Black Oystercatcher, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Bonaparte’s Gull, Cooper’s Hawk, Eurasian Wigeon, Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, Great Horned Owl, Harris’s Sparrow, Northern Harrier, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Pelagic Cormorant, Peregrine Falcon, Red-necked Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Rough-legged Hawk, Sandhill Crane, Swamp Sparrow, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-51 around Boundary Bay at 72nd St.

  Fifteen DNCBers enjoyed a glorious, sunny, Monday morning walking the Boundary Bay Regional Park dike path at 72nd Street.  Lots of hi-lites including: Townsend’s Solitaire, Golden Eagle, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Sparrows including Lincoln’s and a sun tan.  There are some beaut photos (by Liz, Marion, Terry, Jim) on our DNCB Picasa site.  DNCBers love their names

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  December 29, 2014

  *DNCB, 72 Street, Bald Eagle, Boundary Bay, Eurasian Wigeon, Golden Eagle, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Townsend’s Solitaire, Western Meadowlark