Category: *Ladner/Tsawwassen
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Scotch Broom Removal at BBRP (No. 2012-15)
We had such an enjoyable morning today at Boundary Bay Regional Park (BBRP), that I thought a brief report might be interesting for our Delta Nats members (please circ Jimmy). Metro Vancouver Parks approached the Cammidge House Committee (CHC) and, by extension, the Delta Naturalists’ Society (DNS) to help with the removal of Scotch Broom,…
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DNCB “Birds on the Bay” Outing No. 2012-13A in Boundary Bay Park
Sixteen participants braved the windy and cold elements on Wednesday, March 14, on our Delta Nats quarterly “Birds on the Bay” Casual walk around Boundary Bay Regional Park. We were: Anne M, Roger, Sam, Ken & Anne, Bryan & Janet, Deborah, Gerhard, West Van’s Derek, Marilyn from Victoria, and our Delta Nats Ladies Jennifer, Eleanor,…
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DNCB Outing No. 2012-9 BBRP Bird Nest Box Closing
Photos by Hans Under a beautiful clears sky on Thursday (Feb. 23) morning, we (Roger, Anne M, Hans, Terry and me) cleaned and closed the Bird Nest Boxes in Boundary Bay Regional Park. Tree Swallows start arriving in early March, looking for homes. Near the 12th Ave Park entrance, the first box (No. 2) near…
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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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