Category: *Ladner/Tsawwassen
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Delta Nats Display at Art Fair & Open House at BBRP
On Saturday, Sept. 15, seven Nats (wo)manned our Display at the foot of 72nd Avenue on the dike path in Boundary Bay Regional Park (BBRP). This first-time event was organized by Metro Vancouver Parks and the Cammidge House Committee (CHC), and called “Art Fair and Open House”. There were other exhibitors along the BBRP trail,…
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DNCB Outing No. 2012-38 to Tsawwasen Ferry Port & Reifel Sanctuary
On another beautiful Wednesday morning in LotusLand, thirteen DNCBer’s (Ken & Anne, Jonathan & Lorraine, Bryan & Janet, Hans, Jackie, Jane, Mike, newbies Marguerite and Sheila, and me) enjoyed birding utopia again at the Tsawwassen Ferry Port, then on to Reifel Bird Sanctuary. Hi-lites were: a Great-horned Owl (GHO), 5 Stilt Sandpipers and lots of…
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Starry Night at Deas Island Park
Metro Vancouver Parks estimate that there were about 450 people (~200 fewer than last year), mostly kids, at the Starry Night event at Deas Island Park tonight (Sat. Aug. 18, 7:30-10:00 p.m.). It was a very comfortable evening, but the clouds prevented Jim Ronback and the Astronomers (including Delta Nat Terry McComas) from seeing any…
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DNCB Outing No. 2012-36 to Tsa Ferry Port and Reifel
It was another glorious Wednesday morning for 8 DNCBer’s (Bryan & Janet, Jane Z, Mike B, Kay G, Alan P, Jackie D and me). We started at the Tsawwassen Ferry Port, drove to and toured Reifel Bird Sanctuary, and then climaxed the morning with delicious ice cream sundaes at Emma Lea’s farm. Some neat hi-lites…
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DNCB Outing No. 2012-29 to the Ferry Terminal and Reifel
Another awesome Wednesday of Delta Nats Casual Birding at the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal and then on to our Mecca, Reifel Bird Sanctuary on Westham Island. Fifteen participants (Ken & Anne, Jonathan & Lorraine, Marion S, Hans-Ulf & Gerhard, Roger M, Mike B, Eleanor C, Kay G, Eric L, Jane Z, Alan P and me) saw…
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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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DNCB Birds on the Bay Outing 2012-26 in BBRP
On Wednesday, June 6, we had an almost unwieldy 34 participants for our Delta Nats quarterly Birds on the Bay outing in Boundary Bay Regional Park. It was a beautiful sunny morning. Hi-lites were: Spotted Sandpiper, Lincoln Sparrow, two Bonaparte Gulls, Western Tanager, and especially the gourmet delights prepared by the Delta Nats Ladies at…
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DNCB Outing No. 2012-23 to Ladner South Arm Marsh Park
Eleven birders (Anne M, Marion S, Hans-Ulf, Lorna, Ken B, Kay G, Eric L, Jimmy “Red Socks” Ronback, Jonathan & Lorraine and me) spent a glorious Wednesday morning wandering around the South Arm Marsh Park in Ladner. Hi-lites were good looks at “Candy Birds” (i.e. Western Tanager, Black-headed Grosbeaks, Warblers and Vireos), Swainson’s Thrush and…
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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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