Category: *Ladner/Tsawwassen
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DNCB Outing No. 2012-3 to Beach Grove & BBRP Parks, Tsa Ferry Port and TFN
Ten birders (Ken & Anne, Jonathan & Lorraine, Roger, Mike, Lorna, Hans, Eleanor and me) spent a cold, miserable morning at Beach Grove Park, Boundary Bay Regional Park (BBRP), Tsa Tsu Shores, Tsawwassen Ferry Port, and on the Tsawwassen First Nations reserve (TFN). Hi-lites were: Great-horned Owl, Brant Geese, Western Grebes, Black-bellied Plovers, a Rough-legged
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Bird Box Opening at BBRP
Eight Delta Nats spent a glorious Thursday morning “opening and cleaning” the 28 bird nesting boxes at Boundary Bay Regional Park. Bird Box Guru Don Farquhar dropped by at 9:30 a.m. at our 12th Street parking lot meeting place to give us a “revised” map. We split into two groups: Roger, Ken, Alan and Donna
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DNCB Outing No. 2012-1 to Tsawwassen Ferry and Delta Container Ports and Brunswick Point
I’m baack!!! Happy New Year. Eleven birders (Roger, Hans-Ulf, Lorna, Terry, Ken & Anne, and four Newbies John McFarland, Julie, Bryan & Janet, and me) spent a mild Monday morning at the Tsawwassen Ferry Port, then the Deltaport Container Port, then Brunswick Point. We saw lots of neat stuff; some hi-lites being a Gyrfalcon, three
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DNCB Outing No. 2011-50 Birds-on-the-Bay in BBRP
About 20 participants enjoyed a cool and overcast (but dry) morning at Boundary Bay Regional Park on the quarterly Delta Nats Casual Birds-on-the-Bay outing. Hi-lites were the Brant Geese, a brilliant Hooded Merganser, some almost-interesting chatter, and a delicious gourmet lunch including home-made scones and cookies made by the Delta Nats Ladies (Thanks Jennifer, Eleanor
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DNCB Outing No. 2011-49 to Ferry Port and Reifel
Six DNCBer’s (Mike, Roger, Hans, Anne M, Terry and me) enjoyed a beautiful, sunny Monday morning of birding at the Tsawwassen Ferry Port and then at Reifel Bird Sanctuary. Hi-lites were: sunrise looks at hundreds of waterfowl in the Bay at the Ferry Terminal, two Tundra Swans among a flock of 50+ Trumpeters, feeding the
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DNCB Outing No. 2011-48 White Rock Pier/Blackie Spit/72nd
Even with a cold morning we had a large turnout at Petra’s. Without our leader, Tom (we had fun coming up with imaginative excuses he may have had for abandoning us…we won’t print Hans’s winner), we decided to drive directly to the White Rock pier hoping to see a variety of sea birds. Those taking
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DNCB Outing No. 2011-47 to 64th and 72nd Streets on the Dike
Seven Casual Birders (Hans, Roger, Mike, Jonathan & Lorraine, Terry and me; Kay apparently cannot tell time so she missed us and birded alone at Boundary Bay Park) enjoyed a beautiful, sunny Monday morning along the Boundary Bay dike path at 64th and 72nd Streets. It was a banner morning for up-close-and-personal looks at several
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DNCB Outing #44 to Beach Grove
The group, consisting of Lorna, Eleanor, Marion, Mike, Terry, Hans and Roger, decided to repeat the trip of the same day last year for comparison. Unfortunately, the trip was mainly a stark contrast instead. Beginning at Beach Grove School we scanned the evergreens for the Great Horned Owls that are usually there at this time
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DNCB Outing No. 2011-41 to Tsawwassen and Delta Ports
Nine birders (Hans, Lorna, Marian, Eleanor, Mike, Terry, returnee Annie K, newbie Gareth and me) spent a glorious Monday morning along the causeways to and at the two Tsawwassen Ports, Ferry and Coal/Cargo. The tide was high and the hi-lites were the thousands of waterfowl in the Bay (actually the Georgia Strait), topped off with
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DNCB Outing No. 2011-40 to Boundary Bay & Reifel Island
Happy Thanksgiving… a dull and rainy start to the day. Meeting at Petra’s were a hardy few. Regulars Lorna, Tom, Marion, Mike and Roger were joined by newcomers Bruce and Niki who are soon to be local residents. Because of the inclement weather we decided to start at the foot of 12th Avenue and bird
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