Category: *Ladner/Tsawwassen
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel, December 2, 2025
PHOTO: Hudsonian Whimbrels by Glen Bodie….. Six Delta Nats met at the Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway on a cool, cloudy morning. On the north side of the causeway were Common Loons, Wigeon and Green-winged Teal. We crossed carefully to the south side of the causeway where there was much more activity – Harlequins, Common Goldeneye, Mallards,…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Centennial Beach, November 29, 2025
PHOTO: Great Blue Heron with Sculpin by Terry Carr…. 19 of us, including some Delta Nature Kids families, gathered on Saturday at Centennial Beach in Boundary Bay Regional Park. On the way we had passed a flock of Snow Geese in the field across the road from the park. There was one Bald Eagle in…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Boundary Bay Dyke at 104th St, November 26, 2025
PHOTO: Spotted Towhee & House Finch by Susan Gemeinhardt…. Four of us gathered at the foot of 104th Street this morning at 9 am: Lindly, Pat, Susan and me. The weather was cool and overcast but we were lucky to have no rain all morning. The tide was high, right up to the dyke, and…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Boundary Bay Dyke at 104th St, November 25, 2025
PHOTO: Black-bellied Plover & Dunlin by Terry Carr….. 9 Delta Nats met at Boundary Bay Dyke at 104th St on a cold wet morning – Teresa, Lee, Connie, Dottie, Christine, Lori, Mike, Bob and Terry. We walked along the dyke towards 96th St. The tide was very high, so there was no place for the…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Centennial Beach, November 12, 2025
PHOTO: Northern Pintail by Brian Avent….. We started out from the parking lot at Centennial Beach at 9am sharp. We were Bruce, Nicki, Brian, Louise, Chris, Doug, Erin, Lynne, Susan and Warren. It was overcast and although the forecast suggested we might see a shower, we never did. Our first stop was at the pond…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Centennial Beach, November 11, 2025
PHOTO: Mountain Bluebird by Bob Winston….. It was a clear, crisp Remembrance Day morning as the Delta Naturalists Casual Birders began to gather in the Centennial Beach parking lot in Tsawwassen under the watchful eye of a Bald Eagle. There were two topics of conversation — the absence of traffic, and the cold wind off…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Ladner Harbour Park, October 29, 2025
PHOTO: Ruby-crowned Kinglet by Glen Bodie…. Eleven of us gathered in the parking lot by the caretaker’s house where the feeders had plenty of seed and small birds were taking advantage of this. Glen was going to start with us on Shirley’s trail but not continue far and Margaretha joined us then keeping our total…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Ladner Harbour Park, October 28, 2025
PHOTO…..Song Sparrow by Terry Carr….. 10 Delta Nats met at Ladner Harbour Park – Freddie, Bob, Connie, Lee, Dorothy, Lorna, Lindly, Dottie, Roger and Terry. Black-capped Chickadees and a pair of Downy Woodpeckers were feasting on the feeders by the caretakers house, and an Anna’s Hummingbird was at the hummingbird feeder. We headed along Shirley’s…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel, October 8, 2025
PHOTO: Black-capped Chickadee by Susan Gemeinhardt… Although Wednesday started out cloudy, by the end of the morning it was sunny and quite pleasant. Noreen and I started our morning at the Causeway and were pleased to have virtually no wind and a near high tide so the birds were easy to spot. A Belted Kingfisher…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel, October 7, 2025
PHOTO: Snow Geese by Colin Huggett….. Lorna and I (Terry) met Glen on the Tsawwassen ferry causeway at 8am in bright sunshine. The tide was high and the water was calm. Near the shore were 3 diving Horned Grebes. Farther out were Surf Scoters, White-winged Scoters, Cormorants and a Common Loon. On the spit were…
