Category: *Ladner/Tsawwassen
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Deas Island Regional Park, March 12, 2025
PHOTO: 13 Bald Eagles by Glen Bodie…. After checking with each other on Tuesday evening to make sure we were all reading the same weather forecast, Anne, Colin, Stephanie and Glen met at Deas Island. There were Bufflehead, Scaup and Mallards in front of the Rowing Club and we could hear Varied Thrush from deep…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Deas Island Regional Park, March 11, 2025
PHOTO: Common Goldeneye by Terry Carr……. Four DNCBers met at Deas Island Regional Park – Christine, Lorna, Dorothy and Terry. There was light rain – but it tapered off as we followed our usual route. On the river were Red-breasted Mergansers and Double-crested Cormorants. Robins and two Canada Geese were feeding on the shore. In…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel, March 5, 2025
PHOTO: Great Blue Heron Colony by Terry Carr… Pat, Dorothy and Terry met on the Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway in bright sunshine. The tide was high and there were only a few of each duck species close to shore – Mallards, Bufflehead, American Wigeon, Common and Barrow’s Goldeneye, Scaup and Surf Scoters – no large flocks.…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel, March 4, 2025
PHOTO: Dunlin Murmuration by Glen Bodie…. It seemed a not-too-promising day from the weather forecast, and a few birders fell off the sign-up sheet, but still, Nicki, Bruce, Anne and Glen met at the Ferry causeway pullout, and later met up with Lori at Reifel. The rain held off until we were on our way…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Centennial Beach, December 11, 2024
PHOTO: Brant Geese by Glen Bodie….. The casual birders arrived at Centennial Beach to find an unexpectedly clear morning – Joni, Stephanie, Lidia, Nicki, Jez, Anne, Richard, Liz, Lee and Glen. We were greeted by a Merlin on top of the tallest tree, and 15 Bald Eagles (many of them juveniles of various ages) in…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Centennial Beach, December 10, 2024
PHOTO: White-crowned x Golden-crowned Sparrow (hybrid) by Brian Avent…. Thirteen DNCBers met at Centennial Beach for a walk around this part of Boundary Bay Regional Park. Bob, Dottie, Dorothy, Margaretha, Jacquie, Connie, Vicky, Lorna, Roger, Brian, Debbie, Terry & Christine. There were several Bald Eagles in the trees around the parking lot – including one…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway and Reifel, December 4, 2024
PHOTO: Hudsonian Whimbrel by Glen Bodie……. There were 3 DNCBers at the Ferry causeway in the heavy fog: Brian R, Lorna and Glen. We saw the sun start rising from the SE over Pt Roberts and, luckily, we saw a few birds in the high tide. The north side had a flock of Dunlin mumurating…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel, December 3, 2024
PHOTO: Short-eared Owl by Jim Kneesch….. Today’s outing started with three brave birders at Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty where the weather was crisp but fog free. Chris, Jim and Grant enjoyed a spectacle of over 4000 Dunlin dancing across the sky. After surveying the expected ducks (Mallards, Northern Pintails and Green-winged Teal) we wondered where the…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Boundary Bay at 104th, October 23, 2024
PHOTO: Dunlin & Coyote by Glen Bodie….. It promised to be a grey and cool – or maybe even cold – morning on the dike when these 13 birders met up at 104th Ave: Lynne and Warren, Grace, Henry, Naoko, Brian (w/o Louise), Stephanie (w/o Colin), David S, Connie, TK, Lucia, Margaretha and Glen. The…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Boundary Bay at 104th, October 22, 2024
PHOTO: Dunlin & Black-bellied Plover by Terry Carr…… 18 DNCBers met on Boundary Bay dyke at 104th. It was cold and windy but the wind was keeping the rain clouds away. The tide was far out so the ducks and shorebirds were far out on the tide line. There were huge flocks of Snow Geese…
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