Delta Naturalists Society

Category: *Ladner/Tsawwassen

• DNCB Outing #2011-9 South Delta Ramble

  Monday morning was sunny, relatively warm, and looked like the start of a great day for birding.  Only five intrepid birders showed up at Petra’s; Lorna, Anne, Rick, Marg and Roger and we were all able to fit in Anne’s van.  We started at the foot of the Tsawwassen ferry causeway hoping to find the Willet

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  February 28, 2011

  *DNCB, 104 Street, 96 Street

• Birds on the Bay Outing #2011-02A in Boundary Bay Park

  At 9:00 a.m. this morning (Wed. Jan. 12), Rochelle and I were alone at Cammidge House.  An unusual heavy, for Delta, snowfall hit the Lower B.C. Mainland last night and this freaks out the locals.  At writing this, it’s now 7:00 p.m. and the snow is nearly all melted away.  However, Delta Nats first 2011

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  January 12, 2011

  *DNS, Bald Eagle, BBRP, Birds-on-the-Bay, Cammidge House, Centennial Beach, Dunlin, Eurasian Wigeon, Mew Gull, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Sanderling

• DNCB Outing #2011-01 to Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  Sixteen birders in a convoy of six vehicles spent a gorgeous, clear and sunny Monday morning (Jan. 3) travelling the farmers’ fields of Ladner, then Westham Island and then at Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  They like their names in print: Roger, Rochelle (without Don), Hans-Ulf, Lorna Terry, John (without Kay), newbie Ansa, Kathleen, Deborah, Bill &

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  January 3, 2011

  *DNCB, Barn Owl, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Brown Creeper, Cooper’s Hawk, Coyote, Dunlin, Great Horned Owl, Merlin, Northern Goshawk, Northern Harrier, Northern Hawk Owl, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Ring-necked Duck, Ring-necked Pheasant, Short-eared Owl, TFN, Trumpeter Swan, TsaTsu Heronry, Westham Island

• DNCB Outing #122 Northern Hawk-owl Hunt December 6, 2010

  Photos by Rick Woolley A beautiful December morning, cold but clear, Lorna, Terry, Don, Rochelle, Marg, Rick and Roger decided to head towards Westham Island to see if the recently seen Northern Hawk Owl could be found.  Following the usual route beginning at the ferry jetty, we passed some small grebes (probably Horned) on the north side,

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  December 6, 2010

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Hooded Merganser, Horned Grebe, Northern Hawk Owl, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Northern Shrike, Peregrine Falcon, Reifel, Ring-necked Duck, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Westham Island

• Birds on the Bay Outing in Boundary Bay Park

  Almost 50 participants enjoyed a beautiful sunny walk this morning (October 16) in Boundary Bay Regional Park (BBRP).  It was a Birds on the Bay event, with Nature Vancouver also joining up with the host Delta Naturalists.  We started at historic Cammidge House and walked to the pond at Centennial Beach where one Northern Shoveler was

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  October 16, 2010

  *DNCB, *DNS, Bald Eagle, BBRP, Birds-on-the-Bay, Cammidge House, Centennial Beach, Cooper’s Hawk, Northern Harrier, Peregrine Falcon, Red-tailed Hawk

• DNCB Outing No. 103 to Burnaby Lake

  Casual Birding Outing #103 Seven participants (John & Kay, Rick & Marg, Lorna, Roger and me) spent a quite warm but comfortable and very enjoyable morning wandering around Burnaby Lake Regional Park.  Don & Rochelle joined us at Petra’s but could not participate in this “away trip”.  Roger (aka Benson Hemphill with the Renton Bird

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  August 4, 2010

  *DNCB, Burnaby Lake, Osprey, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

• DNCB Outing No. 100 to Serpentine Fen Wildlife Area

  Casual Birding Outing #100 Nine participants (Hans, Lorna, Anne, Rick & Marg, Roger, Linda, Aussie visitor Sally Hoedemaker and me, Eleanor wimped out after coffee at Petra’s) spent a gorgeous morning at Serpentine Fen in South Surrey on Wednesday, July 14.  It was our 100th Outing, and the group surprised me at Petra’s with the

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  July 14, 2010

  *DNCB, North Forty/VWS, Serpentine Fen

• DNCB Outing No. 99 to Reifel in the sunshine

  Casual Birding outing #99 See Rick’s photos  of the outing Nine participants (Rick & Marg, Eleanor, Lorna, Anne, Valerie, Linda, a guest appearance by Roger, and me) enjoyed a gorgeous, almost hot, morning on the way to and from and at Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  Our first stop was the Kingfisher Bridge at the entrance to

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  July 7, 2010

  *DNCB, Barn Owl, Reifel, TFN, TsaTsu Heronry

• DNCB Outing No. 95 to Mud Bay Park plus

   Casual Birding outing #95 Four Interpreters with Metro Vancouver Parks & Recreation (Vanessa, Jennifer, Michelle and Serena) joined Delta Nats (Hans, John & Kay, Anne, Lorna and me) this morning on an outing to Mud Bay Park which is part of, and located at, the southern most end of Boundary Bay Park along the dike. 

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  June 14, 2010

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Mud Bay Park, North Forty/VWS, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk

• DNCB Outing No. 94 Songbirds near the airport

  Casual Birding outing #94 Eight participants (Roger, John & Kay, Lorna, Hans, Anne, Rochelle and me) enjoyed a fruitful outing to the old residential area that was expropriated when Boundary Bay Airport was expanded.  This area off 72nd Street is, I believe, now owned by Delta Corp and is basically used by dog-walkers.  I was

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  June 7, 2010

  *DNCB, Cooper’s Hawk, North Forty/VWS, Red-tailed Hawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk